Enterprises big and small have seen their data grow exponentially over the years. Data protection is becoming very complex and requirements for availability are increasing every day. Given the fact that data protection is a primary concern for companies of all sizes, it requires significant investment (depending upon the company size) and surely is a contributing factor to the company’s profitability. With well thought planning in deploying IT infrastructure and implementing best practices for maintaining corporate data, such as Disaster Recovery (DR) [1] planning for data protection and security; companies can save significantly and improve their profit margins. Synthetic backup is one such DR best practice that provides effective data protection at a lower cost of operation. It also offers an edge over conventional file system backup techniques during system backup and restore.