Protection Overview

Unitrends Recovery Series, Recovery MAX, ION/ION+, and Unitrends Backup appliances provide comprehensive data protection for a wide range of:

Operating systems
Applications
Hypervisors
NAS devices

Any resource protected by Unitrends is called an asset. For a complete list of assets your appliance can protect, see the Unitrends Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix on the Unitrends website.

This chapter introduces you to Unitrends protection, providing an overview to help you determine which features will work best for your environment and your business continuity plan. For details about the protection options described here and instructions for using them, see the other applicable sections of this guide.

These key components of Unitrends data protection are described in the remainder of this chapter:

Data protection best practices
Types of data protected
Backups
Backup copies
Recovery