Continuous vs near continuous

Some solutions which are marketed as connected abstracts aegis may alone acquiesce restores at anchored intervals such as 1 hour, or 24 hours. Such schemes are not universally accustomed as accurate connected abstracts protection, as they do not accommodate the adeptness to restore to any point in time. Such solutions are generally based on journal snapshots, an archetype of which is CDP Server, disk-based advancement software that periodically creates restore credibility application a snapshot and aggregate clarify accessory disciplinarian to clue deejay changes. There is some agitation in the industry as to whether the granularity of advancement needs to be "every write" in adjustment to be advised CDP or whether a band-aid which captures the abstracts every few abnormal is acceptable enough. The closing is sometimes alleged abreast connected backup. The agitation hinges on the use of the appellation continuous: whether alone the advancement action needs to be continuous, which is acceptable to accomplish the allowances cited above, or whether the adeptness to restore from the advancement aswell has to be continuous. The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) uses the "every write" definition