Coupling NetApp’s SnapMirror and SnapVault technology with Syncsort’s BEX software has created an integrated disk-based solution for data protection and disaster recovery of mission-critical digital assets. Within minutes of an outage or disaster, applications, databases and users can be accessing data and resuming business. This ESG Lab report focuses on the technologies that make this possible, including transparent integration with NetApp snapshot and replication technology and valuable Syncsort BEX services such as application-independent, source-side data reduction, fast and reliable disk-based data protection, near-instant data recovery and bare metal recovery of both physical and virtual servers.