With the introduction of Data Protection Manager, Microsoft has ushered in a new era in the area of Windows data protection. DPM with its application aware protection approach has raised the bar for DR. Windows data protection no longer remains a disconnected and disjointed task, but is now viewed and experienced as a seamless and integrated extension of the respective Application Server deployment. Though DPM 2007 can be used to protect Servers in a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) environment, recent proliferation of Application servers in IP_SAN infrastructure is now witnessing more and more DPM deployments in such scenarios. StorTrends with its various storage virtualization features complements the DPM server and makes protection with DPM a much more enjoyable experience.

StorTrends with its patented snapshot technology that are application aware with VSS integration and with its ability to support SAS and SATA disks in the same SAN network offers a cost effective solution for both the primary SAN and the DPM storage solution.

In addition, AMI’s SafeTrends CDP software can be used to complement the DR strategy offered by DPM.