Management interface for a system that provides automated, real-time, continuous data protection

A data management system, comprising:

• a management gateway comprising a processor and memory, the management gateway communicably coupled to a host driver and a set of nodes;
• wherein the host driver is associated with each of a set of data sources, the host driver monitoring and capturing application events and generating a continuous application-aware, data stream;
• wherein the set of nodes share a distributed data storage, the nodes receiving and storing, as data objects, the continuous application-aware data streams generated by the host drivers, wherein the stored data objects comprise a distributed data object store;
• wherein the management gateway provides a display interface comprising a time control that enables specification of a past time and display of a representation of the distributed data object store, or a given portion thereof, as it existed at the past time;
• and
• wherein the display interface updates the representation of the distributed data object store in real-time as data streams generated by the host drivers are received.