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Method Advantages Disadvantages When to use
Less manual
intervention, such as
changing tapes.
Tape-based
protection only
Can be stored
offsite for security
and as a
contingency for
disaster recovery.
Easy to increase
capacity by adding
more tapes.
Slower and more
cumbersome
recovery process.
Prone to errors.
When data loss
tolerance is more
generous.
When recovery
time objective is
generous.
For data that
does not change
frequently and
does not require
backup as
frequently.
For lengthy
retention period.
Both disk-based and
tape-based
protection
Combined
advantages of
above, while
balancing out each
method's
disadvantages.
A single point of
management.
See Also
Planning Protection Configurations
Defining Recovery Goals
After you select the members of a DPM protection group and the methods to use for data
protection, you define the recovery goals for the file data and application data in that protection
group.