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Data protection by making backup copies of data (backups) is a critical element of any IT system. Backup copies of data is crucial for ensuring survival of the company, and sometimes permanent loss of even a small amount of data can be fatal for the operations. The scale of the financial and reputational damages suffered by the company will depend on the speed with which the IT system, and thus the working processes will be restored after the disaster.

A back up copy of data, and sample procedure for returning them is crucial in cases where it is necessary of disaster recovery. Whether it is for a partial loss of data of minor importance or corruption of a large amount of crucial data, how successful and how quickly we can recover normal operation of the company depends on the software for backup & restore that it is used.

How will the system look for making safety copies depends on:
  • Acceptable loss of data and transactions (RPO -Recovery Point Objective)
  • Acceptable time without data and production (RTO -Recovery Time Objective)

Virtualization of the servers bring new and advanced features for making backup and recovery of data, so that for virtual environments there are specialized backup & restore solutions that utilize all the advantages of virtual environment in order to ensure Business Continuity.
Component part of the process of making a backup copy of the data represent inspected and restore procedures that ensure the integrity of the work of backup or verify that the default values for the parameters RPO and RTO are achieved.
Benefits:
  • Data lost protection
  • Quick establishment of system functioning after crush

Manufacturers: Microsoft DPM, Veeam Backup & Replication, Symantec Backup Exec