Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
SearchStorage, Tuesday, November 28,2023
Continuous data protection (CDP), also known as continuous backup, is a backup and recovery storage system in which all the data in an enterprise is backed up whenever any change is made.
In effect, CDP creates an electronic journal of complete storage snapshots, one storage snapshot for every instant in time that data modification occurs.
CDP preserves a record of every transaction that takes place in the enterprise. In addition, if the system becomes infected with a virus or other malware such as ransomware, or if a file becomes mutilated or corrupted and the problem isn't discovered right away, it's always possible to recover the most recent clean copy of the affected file by essentially stepping back through the record of transactions to restore a file to a previous state or point in time.