Aside from the crucial Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives (RPO and RTO), a Recovery Granularity Objective (RGO) has found new life from the popularity and problems of SharePoint. The granularity issue is not new: the same problem that is being experienced with SharePoint was also a problem for Microsoft Exchange Server. For Exchange, it meant the difference between restoring a whole database and restoring a single mailbox or e-mail, and many vendors have been able to accommodate this granularity. However, the unpredicted popularity of SharePoint has forced vendors to create solutions to renewed problems.
Backup Pain
IT shops that were/are not prepared for SharePoint challenges have few options at their disposal when it comes to file restore issues: