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