Generally, common hour-level backup is performed, which indicates that at least 1-hour data loss is inevitable in the event of a business failure. Such data loss is unacceptable for some critical businesses. Some critical business systems require a more granular backup approach, with the recovery point objective (RPO) measured in minutes or seconds. CDP is therefore implemented to meet this requirement.

CDP is an advanced backup technology for I/O in seconds. Data protection is implemented by recording every data modification made by you and restoring data with zero data loss. To optimize CDP technology for enhanced data protection, HCI incorporates the CDP module at the QCOW2 file layer of the VM instead of using the traditional approach of embedding CDP software as an agent at the guest OS layer. HCI provides a cost-effective, easy-to-deploy, and high-value CDP solution that is more suitable for VM environments.

CDP is essentially a backup technology consisting of data backup and restore.

Applicable scenario: Core business with extremely high data continuity requirements, such as critical databases.

If you want use CDP backup  you need apply CDP license first