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Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Recovery (DDP | ER) is a software suite that provides set-and-forget file backup, easy recovery, and extensive reporting.

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What is Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Recovery ?

Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Recovery is a suite of three applications: the Service, the User Interface, and the Notifier, as shown below. The most important component of DDP | ER is the backup service. This is a 24/7 windows service that reads backup policies and runs backups when they are scheduled (or when files change).

The User Interface is (only) the command and control center. It uses resources so please close it when you aren't using it. Backups will continue to run when scheduled.

What is a typical Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Recovery Workflow ?

Every backup sends data to a destination. The first backup sends all file data to the destination. Subsequent backups only send changed or new files to the destination. DDP | ER supports multiple backup policies, so you can define a policy for critical documents, another for everyday documents. Perhaps the critical policy backs up more often than the everyday policy. It also supports multiple destinations so, for example, you can define a local USB destination and a cloud destination. You may want one destination just for system backups.

Here is a typical scenario. This system has two backup policies. The standard policy writes documents, photos, and videos to your local drive and to a shared network storage device daily. The critical policy backs up critical documents to the local drive whenever they change - so the latest version is always backed up immediately. Once these policies are defined and the destinations are created there is no further work required - backups will happen automatically.

What is a Destination?

A "destination" is a simple word for a very complex data repository. A destination is a place to keep multiple versions of files in a compressed form. Usually you will have only one or two destinations and all backups go to those destinations. Over time a destination will gather time-accurate backups of all of your files. Each destination has a retention policy that defines how many versions of each file are kept in the destination.

The next picture shows how a single file is stored into a destination.