What is Continuous Data Protection?

Continuous Data Protection (CDP) is an advanced form of data protection that protects data as it is created or updated, eliminating the potential for data loss. CDP is the latest development in the evolution of data protection that was, until recently, dominated by tape-based data backup. With tape-based backup, data was generally backed up once a day, or once a week, leaving large windows of time where data was vulnerable to corruption or destruction from threats like computer viruses, natural disasters and human error. In addition to the potential for the large data loss, tape-based systems burden businesses with the task of manually backing up data and transporting the data to an offsite location. This creates a considerable amount of extra work and time.

CDP is superior to tape in every way, eliminating windows of vulnerability and the manual intervention required to execute data backups and restores. Utilizing the Internet, Veraz’ CDP service, DataAlways, automatically protects data as it is created by users and transmits encrypted copies over the Internet to a secure offsite location, where it is stored and made available for instant recovery in the event of a business interruption. And DataAlways runs in the background, providing data protection that is automatic and transparent to users.

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