FAQ's

What is Continuous Data Protection?
Continuous data protection is a new concept in data backup. Traditionally, a backup is done periodically, usually once per day, though it can be done as infrequently as once per month or as IDC and other studies show remote users can backup as little as once every 6 months, if ever. These backups generally saved files as they existed at the time of the backup and any variations of the files made during the day, week, month, or year, depending on the frequency of backup, were lost with this method. 

Continuous data protection (CDP), refers to a backup of computer data by automatically saving a copy of every version of the data that the user saves. It allows the administrator (or in Mirrio’s case – the user) to restore data to any point in time.

What is the Differences from traditional backup?
Continuous data protection is different from traditional backup in that you don't have to specify the point in time to which you would like to recover until you are ready to perform a restore, equally it differs because the user is never aware of a backup taking place. Traditional backups can only restore data to the point at which the backup was taken. With Mirrio continuous data protection, there are no backup schedules. When data is written to disk, it is also asynchronously written to a second location, a Mirrio server somewhere else on the network, or somewhere inside your VPN, or even somewhere else in the world. This removes the need for traditional regularly scheduled backups for remote users.
Some solutions may be marketed as continuous data protection, but they may only let you restore to fixed intervals such as 1 hour ago, or 24 hours ago. This is not true continuous data protection, as you do not have the ability to restore to any point in time. Such solutions are often termed "Snapshot based".  Mirrio provides the user with access to every version of a file or document they have ever saved, its then up to the user to select how far they want to go back in the versions.

What are the Differences from RAID/replication/mirroring?
Continuous data protection differs from RAID, replication, or mirroring in that these technologies only protect against a local storage hardware failure by protecting the most recent copy of the data. If a software problem corrupts the data, these technologies will simply protect the corrupt data. Continuous data protection will protect against some effects of data corruption by allowing a user to restore a previous, uncorrupted version of the data.