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Article: CDP--buzz versus benefit.(Continuous Data Protection how can be well utilized)
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- Computer Technology Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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With all of the hype in the industry today over Continuous Data Protection (CDP) solutions, it is sometimes hard to separate the buzz from the benefit. For customers focused on solving real-world problems involving the recovery of business-critical data, understanding the distinction is paramount to making the right choices for safeguarding their electronic assets.
The issue for these customers is that the industry is in a state of constant fluctuation over exactly what defines CDP and what a product must do to earn that label. By the strictest definition of the term, the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) defines CDP as "a methodology that ...