For 70% of Respondents, More Than Half of All Data Business Critical

Nimble Storage, Inc. surveyed 1,600 of their customers (small, medium, and large) to get a temperature check on data protection methods, strategies, and challenges.
 
Some takeaways included:

• 70% of respondents said that more than half of all data is business critical
• 69% saying they can’t afford to lose more than six hours worth of their business critical data
• 69% of respondents rely on disk
• 57% have more than half of their protected data generated by virtualized applications
• 43% of respondents said that the biggest challenge with data protection was meeting RTOs

The need for aggressive data protection
Survey Results from 1,600 Small, Medium, and Large Businesses Worldwide

1 Business classification by number of employees: Small: 1-99, Medium: 100-999, Large: 1000+
2 Multiple selections allowed for questions