Continuous data protection

Continuous data protection (CDP), commonly known as continuous backup, is a technique used to back up application data near real-time. This backup strategy works by saving a copy of the change that is observed in the primary environment.

The primary benefits of robust continuous data protection are near-zero RPO and near-zero data loss. These benefits empower organizations to recover mission-critical VMs from any point in time, seconds before a disaster strikes, and helps them achieve their business SLAs predictably.

Continuous data protection (CDP) and snapshots are both backup strategies used to protect data. The difference is CDP  provides a continuum of recovery points capturing and tracking every change to the primary business data whereas snapshots only capture periodic images of the data at a specific and scheduled point in time.