Windows Continuous Data Protection 2.0 reduces Windows backup and protects data with both file restores and image-based Bare-Metal Restore.

R1Soft, a developer of Continuous Data Protection software for Windows and Linux servers, today announced its Windows CDP 2.0 software is now stable. The company states that Windows CDP 2.0 is generally available release of continuous data protection for Windows.

It further states that it's Windows CDP 2.0 sets a new bar for Windows data protection products, reducing backup windows and protecting data with both file restores and image-based Bare-Metal Restore. The company avers that the Windows CDP 2.0 agent requires no special hardware and can be installed and configured.

It explains that the new Windows 2.0 CDP agent adds support for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 2008 Servers and its affordable price tag and low cost of deployment allow its customers to deploy it across all of their servers. It also adds that its CDP Server supports both Windows and Linux, allowing customers the freedom to choose operating systems when it comes to Windows data protection.

''When it comes to Windows CDP, there are three types of products. The first type is replication-based CDP, such as CommVault and Falconstor. The second type offers near-Continuous backup protection, such as MS DPM and Symantec BackupExec. But only the third type offers true Continuous Protection, and that's R1Soft,'' said David Wartell, vice president of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. ''Users are telling us that replication-based CDP products are just too expensive and too complicated to deploy widely. The second type of products all rely on MS VSS for Shared Folders API and are very limited in scale and scope. For example, Symantec BackupExec and MS DPM both have a hard limit of 256 recovery points per DPM server and they can only provide near-Continuous protection for a subset of the server's file system.''