Microsoft betas backup and recovery product
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Microsoft on Wednesday released a public beta of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, a new disk-based backup and recovery server for Windows file servers that was previously called Data Protection Server. Microsoft unveiled the new member of its server family in September. The company intends the product to fill what it says is a gap in disk-to-disk backup products left by technologies based on a disk-to-tape legacy.
Early adopters have been able to handle up to 40 file servers on a single DPM server, although mileage varies. "It depends on the amount of data you're protecting and the frequency of churn of that data," Matheson said.