2 Best practices and recommendations

Section 2 - Best practices and recommendations

This section describes the best practices for your backup client application.

2.13 Consideration when using Continuous Data Protection (CDP)

Some advantages of using CDP include:

CDP prevents loss of data as the modified contents of the files are backed up automatically in close to real-time.
Frequently modified data is backed up in almost real-time. Thus, you can accurately restore an earlier version created on the same day.

Although CDP can be a helpful feature, the protection offered by CDP is often heralded without consideration of the disadvantages that it can present.

Specifically, the continuous CPU, memory and bandwidth usage can adversely affect the corresponding machine.s performance.

Please consider the limitations imposed by CDP before utilizing such feature.

CDP is not a replacement for traditional schedule backup, but is a complimentary backup, which works along with the scheduled backup to provide timely protection for your data.