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Will you be prepared when disaster strikes?

The greater your dependency on computers, the greater the commercial risks associated with the failure of that equipment. There are many examples of companies that simply failed to survive following severe data loss. Ignoring the need for secondary data protection is not an option.

Hard disk failure, data corruption, viruses - all these situations mean you have to locate floppy disks,CD-ROMs, software manuals, and registration numbers to reload and rebuild the system. Even adding a new peripheral, such as a new hard disk, means recreating the disaster recovery disks.

When a computer crash does occur, most people's first thought will be 'what documents and data have I lost?' For the person charged with managing the network, however, the first and biggest problem is rebuilding and reconfiguring the system. While the rest of the organization may be clamoring to get back to work, no documents can be recovered until the system is restored.

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Now all of this can be done simply by pushing a button

The financial implications of a disaster increase every minute the process is delayed. So if you are crying out for a simple, fast, hassle-free way to return your network to exactly the way it was at the time of your last backup, you need HP's One-Button Disaster Recovery for ProLiant.

Key benefits of HP One-Button Disaster Recovery

  • You can quickly, reliably and simply restore your entire ProLiant system just by inserting the most recent backup tape, power cycling the server, pressing <F8> during the Power On Self Test (POST) and following the instructions. Your HP DAT / Ultrium tape drive or DAT Autoloader will restore your operating system, software applications, drivers and data files.
  • You will no longer need to search for software disks and manuals, and with downtime reduced, the cost implications are minimized.
  • You will no longer need to make a new set of disaster recovery floppies each time the network configuration is altered or a peripheral such as a printer is added.
  • Recovering from a disaster manually at a stressful time makes for an error-prone process. The sheer simplicity of HP One-Button Disaster Recovery means the risk of a user error during recovery, and therefore subsequent recovery failure, is significantly reduced.
  • Backup and disaster recovery preparation - previously two separate tasks - become one and the same process. New from Hewlett-Packard - quite simply the best disaster recovery product yet for the small to medium network.

HP One-Button Disaster Recovery is the simplest means available for achieving a reliable, complete disaster recovery for your ProLiant system

Network and desktop server managers have different priorities, depending on their specific roles, the nature of their organization, and the size and configuration of their networks. But when a system disaster happens, they share one common aim, whoever they are and whomever they work for: to enable users to get on with their business - quickly, reliably and with the minimum of stress.

All other disaster recovery solutions rely on you to manually prepare a set of disaster recovery floppy disks and/or CDs. The minute your system changes - a new piece of software or a new peripheral is added, for example - these disaster recovery disks are out of date. With HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, you can automatically save your latest configuration every time you make a full backup tape with overwrite.

Likewise, other solutions require a manual system recovery - a process that takes time and extensive technical knowledge. If it is not done properly you run the risk of further system failures. With HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, you will never have to perform a manual system recovery - ensuring you, and your colleagues can quickly get back to business.

Software and Hardware compatibility

HP One-Button Disaster Recovery is built into HP's entire family of DAT drives Ultrium-format tape drives, and DAT Autoloaders.

For the latest list of ProLiant servers, and software that support this feature, check the tape backup compatibility pages on our web site at http://www.hp.com/go/connect.

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