Backup & Disaster Recovery Solutions

Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions Buyer’s Guide

Includes a Category Overview; The Top 10 Questions to Ask Plus, a Capabilities Reference of the Leading 24 Providers for Enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement INTRODUCTION: Backup and disaster recovery are critical to the survival of your business; as in those without a solution will find themselves out of business when the inevitable disaster, be it technical failure, natural, or a malicious

human, brings their systems down. It is therefore entirely logical that businesses should put in some time and energy towards finding a good backup and disaster recovery solution. This buyers guide hopes to reduce the amount of time and energy you spend finding the right solution by giving you a good starting point from which to begin your search. Included below you will find an analysis of

industry trends and current debates, 10 questions to ask yourself and prospective solutions providers, and

the profiles of top backup and disaster recovery solutions providers selected by Solutions Review. We wish

you the best of luck as you start your search.

TRENDS: One of the big trends we’ve seen recently is the rise of Cloud Computing. The Cloud has gained relevance in a variety of industries and services, and this includes backup and disaster recovery solutions. Of course, the cloud is only the newest version of backup and disaster recovery service delivery. Other set ups include onsite backup, backup to a self-managed secondary location, backup to a third-party warehouse, and hosted solutions. Each version has its pros and its cons, including the cloud.

The cloud offers a few big advantages. First is the cost for enterprise “The cloud also data backup and recovery, where once you get into the terabyte range enables much of data storage the cloud’s scalability really outshines much of the quicker recovery other options. In other words, with cloud solutions, it costs less to times after a disaster keep adding more data backup capacity than the others, meaning than other forms of superior scalability for a good cloud backup and disaster recovery storage.” solution, at in terms of price.

The cloud also enables much quicker recovery times after a disaster than other forms of storage, especially in cases where the facility itself was damaged or destroyed due to an accident or act of nature. That’s because Cloud storage can avoid some of the geographic and natural disaster risks that come from hosted or on premise solutions. Finally, with a cloud solution you don’t have to worry as much about a hard drive failing and all that backed up data disappearing in one fell swoop.

On the other hand, we’ve all become familiar with the security risks the cloud can entail, a la Apple’s iCloud and Jennifer Lawrence. For sensitive data, cloud storage might seem too risky for security-conscious business and IT leaders, despite cloud backup solution providers’ protests to the contrary. Hosted, third-party and on premise solutions can be made very secure when run by a security focused and conscious company. A related disadvantage is the lack of control users can find with cloud-based solutions, as you don’t have direct access to the physical device that stores backed up data. In cases where you need to have access or where there are legal issues involved, the cloud may not be your best solution.

Nevertheless, there are a few trends that are increasing the importance of one of the clouds more important benefits: scalability. Big Data has seen rapid increases in the amounts of data being collected and processed, so it would only be natural that companies might want to protect that data and back it up as well. In addition, part of what makes big data so awesome is that many kinds of both structured and unstructured data are collected and analyzed, yielding insights that were not possible before. That also increases the complexity and difficulty of backing it up, storing it, and then retrieving it all in a prompt and useful fashion when something goes wrong.

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anagement One type of data involves social media content and information, which can be used for analytics purposes as well as sales and marketing, among other areas. As official social media continues to spread through companies, industries and departments, companies are increasingly finding the need to back up that information as well. In addition to files, it is increasingly important to also backup entire business-critical applications and the operating systems they run on. These trends are putting increasing strain on the ability of backup and disaster recovery solutions to handle the incoming deluge of data. The ability to scale to both the quantity and kinds of data streaming in, including social media, will therefore be of the utmost importance to any company that deals with big data analytics or extensive social media use and analysis.

That said, data security can no longer be ignored. The cyber threats that come from individuals, criminal groups, and even nation-states have grown and evolved over the years to the point where they represent a major business risk. Any business that foolishly ignores that risk, as did Sony, will reap a whirlwind of negative financial and “Cyber threats have personal consequences. Therefore, if sensitive data or log in grown and evolved over credentials are stored on backup servers, that represents a large the years to the point vulnerability for any company. In choosing a backup and disaster where they represent a recovery solution, make sure good security practices are a top major business risk.” priority for both yourself and the potential solution provider.

Another trend to note may not be as sexy as the cloud, but is nonetheless worth your understanding. Infrastructure convergence and consolidation will also impact backup and disaster recovery practices. Convergence means that once separate technology systems are increasingly connected and integrated, or even situated within the same hardware and software. This can simplify operations, including backup and disaster recovery processes, as long as those technology components are integrated into your data center.

Consolidation is a little more straightforward. Businesses have been reducing the number of data centers as well as physical pieces of hardware, replacing them with virtualization. This has had a number of benefits, but has presented challenges for backup and disaster recovery solutions. You will need to ensure that the solution you pick can handle virtual environments and will not slow or stop any virtualization plans.

Backup and disaster recovery has come a long way since asking the secretary to copy the week’s files onto a floppy disk and take it home for the weekend for safekeeping (although some businesses still follow this practice!). Although better than nothing, there are better ways to protect your business. On the other hand, you will need a way to choose the best fit for your company. To that end, you will find below 10 questions, 5 to ask yourself, and 5 to ask a potential data backup and disaster recovery solution provider, as you search for the right solution for your company.

Douglas Atkinson President Solutions Review

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anagement 5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Selecting a Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution

QUESTION #1 How much and what kinds of data do we need to back up, and how quickly?

Determining the quantities and kinds of data you need to back up can help you to narrow your focus when looking at vendors, as will pinning down how fast you need to move that data. Different kinds of data refers to types such as files, programs/applications and entire operating systems, the former being easier to store and the latter two being more difficult. Be aware that there is often a tradeoff between the quantity and complexity of the data you need to back up against the speed and ease with which that backup can happen, but a good solution can help by reducing the tradeoff costs involved.

QUESTION #2 How much time and how many people are available to set up and operate any solution?

The resources available to your company include time and people, and figuring out what amounts of each are actually available for implementing and operating a new backup and disaster recovery solution will be critical in establishing what your requirements are for a solution’s technical specs, such as kinds and amount of automation, and support services.

QUESTION #3 How much and what kinds of support will we need?

Support can come in a lot of forms. You have good old fashioned technical support, support for backing up applications, support of backing up operating systems, internal and external audit assistance, and assistance with disaster recovery, among others. Pick out what you will need given your available resources so you know what to ask for and compare when talking with vendors.

QUESTION #4 What will our business need to backup in the future?

No business can remain static for long, and that includes yours. Therefore, as with any solution that you plan to keep for a while, you have to plan for not just what you need and do now, but also what you plan to need and do in the foreseeable future. A good place to start would be listing out the kinds of data, programs, and operating systems you know you will need to back up within the lifetime of the solution, and then another list detailing those that are a possibility.

QUESTION #5 How much are we willing to pay?

The bottom line. Of course, the answer to this question can be more complicated than one might first assume. For example, even if you don’t want to pay for fancy automation, you will still need to figure in the costs of the IT guy’s time and effort to do the job manually. A complete accounting picture also needs to include the costs and risks associated with a disruptive event, which in many cases can be fatal for a business. Will the “cheaper” solution really be cheaper if it can’t back up and then restore critical types of data after a crash?

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anagement And 5 Questions You Should Ask Your Potential Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution Provider

QUESTION #6 Performance? The performance of any backup and disaster recovery solution goes way beyond speed of data transfer and data durability (how often the data that gets backed up gets corrupted). You should also evaluate ease of use, how protected physical backup sites are from various natural and man-made phenomena, and the types of data and devices the solution can handle. Those last three points should include both now and the rest of the time you plan on having the solution in place. There are a whole host of additional features that can fall into the category of performance, and a good way to measure them would be to find out how they improve the speed and accuracy of data transmission and disaster recovery.

QUESTION #7 How scalable is your solution? As your business grows, so does the need for your enterprise back up and disaster recovery solution to keep up. How easy will it be for the potential solution to keep up with you as you scale? Details can include additional licenses, increased functionality, and any limits on the amount of data that the solution can handle.

QUESTION #8 What is the total cost of ownership? Many companies that offer back up and disaster recovery solutions play pricing games. While one solution may headline a cheaper cost per gigabit of storage, make sure to read into the fine print to make sure they’re not charging you in other ways to make up the difference and then some. Total cost of ownership also means looking at the resources your company has to expend to run the solution, so take that into account as well. Finally, a “cheaper” solution that leaves you more vulnerable to an event may not be cheaper in the long run.

QUESTION #9 What kinds of support are offered as part of the package? This question allows you to match up your previously identified support needs with what each potential solution offers. See who matches up best with your needs for the best price, and you will be one step closer to choosing a winning back up and disaster recovery solution.

QUESTION #10 How do you approach Data Security? Data Security is no joke, as Sony employees can tell you as a result of the company’s data breach in late 2014. Make sure to ask how and where data is encrypted, and avoid companies that don’t encrypt data on their own servers, or give many of their own employees access to the encryption key if they do encrypt. The best providers will offer end-to-end encryption while adopting data security best practices to ensure that any breaches that do occur are dealt with swiftly and before much damage can be inflicted. Cloud solutions may be cheaper on average once you get into the terabyte range of data storage, but watch out for those hackers, who may try to make your cloud the next Apple iCloud.

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anagement Solution Provider Profiles

Acronis ______7

Actifio ______8

Arcserve ______9

Asigra ______10

Attunity ______11

Acxient ______12

Barracuda Networks ______13

CA Technologies ______14

Carbonite ______15

CloudBerry Lab ______16

Catalogic Software ______17

Commvault ______18

Datto ______19

Dell ______20

FalconStor ______21

HP ______22

IBM ______23

Infrascale ______24

NovaStor ______25

Symantec ______26

Unitrends ______27

VaultLogix ______28

Veeam ______29

VMWare ______30

Zetta ______31

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Acronis Backup Advanced Acronis Backup Advanced is a disk-based backup and disaster recovery software designed for larger enterprise environments and provides flexible disaster recovery for all systems; physical, virtual and cloud. Acronis Intl. Acronis Backup Advanced is tailored to support virtual machines, physical servers, Rheinweg 9, Schaffhausen, applications and workstations. One of Acronis’ strengths is its speed; average recovery Switzerland, 8200 time for Acronis Backup Advanced is minutes rather than hours. +41 52 630 280-0 www.acronis.com Backup data can be stored anywhere, including the Acronis Cloud and all backup activity can be managed by a single management console.

Key Features

 Disk Image Technology – Disk-level snapshots save complete images of a disk or volume in one step (including the operating system, applications and data). This technology works for both physical and virtual machines.

 Centralized Management – The unified dashboard lets you manage all the backup options for both physical; and virtual machines from a single, central location. Assign backup plans to one or more machines, review status updates and receive alerts from one console.

 Business Applications Protection – Disk image technology enables consistent backup of running applications. This allows you to backup Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and active directory data as you work. Granular applications data may be restored without taking the systems offline, protecting your business from expensive downtime.

 Compression and Duplication – Deduplication can be run on either the source or target side to minimize data movement and maximize utilization of storage and network infrastructure. This helps reduce storage costs and minimizes network load.

 Multiple Backup Destinations – Store your backups in up to 5 different locations to ensure more flexible, reliable recovery. Combine local disks, attached storage, tape, network storage and/or cloud locations to minimize your storage costs and provide multiple recovery options in the case of disaster.

 Acronis Backup to Cloud – All Acronis Backup Advanced products have direct access to secure offsite storage in the Acronis Cloud if you add the subscription to your purchase.

 Universal Restore – Included with all Acronis backup products, this data recovery technology gives you the ability to instantly restore backups to any machine, regardless of the platform.

Bottom Line

Acronis Backup Advanced is a thorough and powerful backup application, which is suited for an expert IT manager of a large business rather than smaller businesses. Acronis Backup Advanced has corporate level power, and has the versatility to restore individual files as well. Acronis Backup Advanced stores and recovers drives, partitions, folders and files is quite a bit differently than its competitors and requires an expert IT manager to handle but it has all the features needed for the most advanced hardware and software along with the speed desired by most large corporations.

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Actifio Copy Data Storage The Actifio Copy Data Storage System is based on patented virtual data pipeline technology that virtualizes storage and data management functions to operate at a high scale and efficiency.

Actifio enables a “data time machine” for the enterprise, eliminating backup and restore Actifio, Inc. windows and creating virtual, point-in-time copies of data on demand, for use by any 333 Wyman Street business application. Instant data recovery means no delays in restoring data for any Waltham, MA 02451 United States use. And it all is enabled through a simple consumer grade interface that is SLA-driven +1 (781) 790-7500 and application centric in applying data protection. www.actifio.com Actifio’s differentiated features in backup and recovery deliver functionality that can speed backup modernization, improve recovery point (RPO) and recovery time (RTO) service levels and apply granular protection at the application level and at the VM level.

Key Features

 Fine Tuned Service Levels – Built around the SLA Architect, the SLA (service level agreement) describes how frequently data is ingested, how long that data is retained in an instantly available snapshot pool, when that data is moved to a deduplicated and compressed pool, and how and when that data is replicated to a remote location. These SLAs can be applied to any discovered application, delivering automated lifecycle data management.

 Remote Data Protection – At set intervals, based on SLA, change blocks are asynchronously replicated. The SLA may also specify for the data to be rehydrated into the remote instant access snapshot pool to become available for immediate use. Since Dedup Async only replicates change blocks, it only uses a fraction of bandwidth most other replication technologies do. This enables remote site data protection for a broad set of applications.

 Supports Most Environments and Operating Systems – Works across physical and virtual environments and supports a broad range of operating systems, storage systems and application environments. Actifio also has tailored deep integration for many application APIs including VMware, Oracle and major Microsoft applications.

 Streamlines IT Infrastructure and Operations – Actifio decouples data management from storage, network and server infrastructure. It enables new thinking about data protection as well as data management. By virtualizing copy data, creating a single “gold copy” for instant access, IT infrastructure and operations are streamlined.

Bottom Line

Even though they are a small private company, the fact that Actifio’s architecture removes backup windows is huge when it comes to improving RPO and RTO. Significant savings have been reported because of the elimination of competitive products and reduced storage acquisition, but they currently do not have a master catalog and single files or object resources are only supported for Windows file system, Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint.

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Arcserve Unified Data Protection

Arcserve Unified Data Protection delivers comprehensive Assured Recovery for virtual and physical environments with a next generation unified architecture and an easy to

use consol. This solution enables organizations to scale their IT environments easily Arcserve LLC while delivering against their recovery point and recovery time objectives, on premise or 8911 Columbine Road in cloud. Eden Prairie, MN 55347

United States Arcserve UDP provides a spectrum of enterprise-level functionality typically found in +1 866 576-9742 multiple point solutions such as imaging, replication and high availability. It is easy to www.arcserve.com deploy, use and manage, on premise or in the cloud, across multiple virtual and physical platforms.

It also enables the automated disaster recovery testing of business-critical systems, applications and data, without business downtime or impact on production systems. Recovery testing can be fully automated or performed on a scheduled basis, as needed.

Key Features

 Recovery Point Server (RPS) – Generates, catalogs , deletes expired backups, stores backup data sets, replicates data to other RPS machines, manages backup and restore operations and supervises CA arcserve Replication and High Availability operations.

 Global Deduplication – Optionally store a single copy of data, source-side-deduplicated across all nodes, to save both disk space and network bandwidth.

 Integrated Replication – On a continuous basis, each RPS can optionally maintain multiple copies of backup data via replication. These backup data copies are available for virtually instantaneous use on secondary servers if a primary server fails.

 Backup Plans – East-to-administer named policies that specify how to make backup copies of your data. Each plan contains instructions for copying data, replications data, making secondary and tertiary copies of data (typically offsite), setting up and maintaining Virtual Standby machines and notifying administrators that a backup job succeed or failed.

 Multiple Data Store Options – CA arcserve UDP can store data on a local disk, a remote file server, a virtualized storage device or a NAS device. Compression, global data deduplication and strong encryption are settable options.

 Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) – Restores a Windows or Linux computer’s system complete operating environment, including files, settings and operating system, to a different hard disk, to a similar but different computer or to even a dissimilar computer.

Bottom Line

Unified Data Protection is the product offers a full range of data protection products. It has made major leaps forward in the past year in improvements to previous products, but still does not have end-user file restore. UDP is most popular in Europe and Asia and appeals to midmarket companies.

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Asigra Enterprise Cloud Backup and Recovery Asigra Cloud Backup is an enterprise-class backup and recovery software solution that provides a single, integrated approach to data protection. Its range of tools and capabilities ensure you can securely protect more data while using less network and storage resources, without having to deploy multiple point solutions. Asigra is built for cloud computing environments and designed to offer backup Asigra, Inc. efficiencies by allowing enterprises to capture less, ingest less and store less data, 1120 Finch Avenue West Toronto, Ontario reducing the amount of backup assets you buy, manage and maintain. M3J 3H7, Canada +1 (416) 736-8111 Designed for compatibility with public, private and hybrid cloud architectures, the www.asigra.com Asigra Cloud Backup solution is equipped with, agentless software architecture, global deduplication and data compression technology, NIST FIPS 140-2 certified security, including AES 256 encryption and autonomic healing and validation restore capabilities.

Key Features

 Single Integrated Platform – Asigra’s single integrated platform covers against all data-loss scenarios in your environment. Whether you need to protect data on endpoint devices such as desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones, or protect critical servers and enterprise applications in physical and virtual environments.

 Flexible Data Protection Options – Asigra Cloud Backup offers flexibility in how you protect data—file-based or image- based, physical or virtual environments, from servers to smartphones and across all hardware and software platforms.

 Encryption that Secures Data In-flight and At-rest – Asigra's data encryption modules are FIPS 140-2 certified by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. Data is encrypted at the source before it leaves the company LAN, so you can be sure that all your data is secure as it travels over public networks and while it is stored in backup repositories.

 Storage and Network Resource Efficiency – Asigra's global deduplication and data compression technologies minimize the amount of data that is sent over the network and ensure that it is efficiently stored, making it easier and more cost-effective for you to protect all the data in your environment.

Bottom Line

Asigra Cloud Backup is an agentless solution for physical and virtual environments. Asigra has also been in partnerships with Cisco and NetApp which have developed a new licensing scheme called Asigra Recovery License Model that prices based on the amount of data that is actually recovered. Even though Asigra offers cloud backup, they do not have their own cloud service to offer so you will need to seek cloud storage elsewhere

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Attunity Replicate Attunity Replicate is data replication software that enables organizations to accelerate and reduce the costs of distributing, sharing and ensuring the availability of data for meeting business operations and business intelligence needs.

Attunity Replicate’s multi-server, multi-task, and multi-threaded architecture is designed Attunity, Inc. to scale and support large-scale data replication scenarios. Common use cases where 70 Blanchard Road the product can be employed to improve business operations include data replication Burlington, MA 01803 United States for operational analytics or query offloading, line of business specific workload +1 (866) 288-8648 offloading, and fast deployment of a test data system. www.attunity.com

Attunity Replicate’s architecture facilitates data replication from many enterprises databases including Oracle, SQL Server and DB2, Big Data platforms including Apache Hadoop, Teradata and Pivotal Greenplum Database, and is designed to deliver quick time-to-value.

Key Features

 Attunity TurboStream CDC – A next-generation technology, which significantly improves the performance of high- volume data delivery.

 TurboStream DX (Data Transfer) – Innovative, highly secured and resilient WAN transfer engine optimizes transfer speeds when target databases are located off premise or in the cloud.

 Click-2-Replicate Design – Simplifying user experience by automating the steps required to build a replication solution with packaged software that is fast to learn and implement.

 Zero-footprint Technology – Reducing impact on IT operations with log-based capture and delivery of transaction data that does not require the Attunity software to be installed on each source and target database.

 Unlimited Scalability, Monitoring and Control – When deployed on top of the Attunity Maestro platform, alleviating the burden of designing and managing complex business processes, by providing a single point of control for defining, executing and monitoring data transfer and distribution tasks throughout an organization.

 Scalability for all Replication Types – Automates Schema & DDL Replication, Snapshot Replication (full load) and Incremental Replication (change data capture).

Bottom Line

Attunity Replicate is a solution for businesses and enterprises of all sizes but is designed for large scale data replication scenarios. Its standout feature is Click-2-Replicate which is an easy-to-use, simple way of replicating and backing up data. Click-2-Replicate uses the simple drag and drop functionality and automated the steps required to build a replication solution and shields users from complexity, eliminating the need for master DBA skills, custom scripting or consultants.

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Axcient Backup and Disaster Recovery Axcient's backup and disaster recovery solution creates a fully-deduplicated mirror the business locally and in the cloud so that it can easily be accessed and recover files, folders, applications, servers and even the entire office with one click. Axcient's backup and disaster recovery solution offers granular recovery options, Axcient, Inc. system snapshots, bare metal restores and full virtualization. Axcient protects physical 1161 San Antonio Road Mountain View, CA 94043 and virtual environments with one backup and disaster recovery solution; Windows, United States Mac, Linux, VMWare, Hyper-V and XenServer. +1 (800) 715-2339 www.axcient.com Meet Recovery Point Objectives and Recovery Time Objectives with Axcient's backup and disaster recovery solution. All recovery points are full recovery points that can quickly be accessed, searched or restored from.

Key Features

 Local and Cloud Based Recovery – Recover MS Exchange server, files, folders, databases and objects with full comprehensive text search within email attachments.

 Reverse Incremental Technology – The latest backup is always compiled of previous backups, that way if one is accidentally damaged or deleted it does not affect the latest backup. This also frees up time because you don’t need to wait for the latest image to reassemble.

 Off Site Storage – Axcient stores your data in a SSAE 16 certified data warehouse. This warehouse uses secure technologies and procedures to makes sure that all data is safe and secure.

 Agentless Solution – Axcient is and agentless solution that requires no installation on the destination server and does not require a reboot after installation. Axcient uses VSS to backup in use files like Exchange or SQL.

 Application Continuity – If a server crashes or an outage leaves the office unavailable, you can continue working by using Axcient’s local and cloud recovery functionality.

Bottom Line

Axcient Backup and Disaster Recovery was founded in 2007 and continues to grow. It works better with smaller to midmarket businesses. Axcient also allows you to backup and recover Mac laptops and desktops by simply entering the device’s IP address into the Axcient software. Axcient has received favorable reviews despite it being so young.

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Barracuda Backup Plus Barracuda Backup is a complete cloud-integrated solution for protecting physical and virtual environments that includes software, appliance, and offsite replication.

Barracuda Backup is simple to deploy, easy to manage and offers unlimited cloud Barracuda Networks storage. With an extensive range of supported environments and integration with Copy 3175 Winchester Blvd. file sync and share services, organizations can replace multi-vendor piecemeal backup Campbell, CA 95008, solutions with an all-in-one Barracuda Backup appliance. United States +1 (408) 342-5400 Barracuda Backup supports replication to another Barracuda appliance for private- www.barracuda.com cloud data protection or secure transfer to the Barracuda Cloud.

Key Features

 Deduplication – Removes duplicate data both inline and across all sources via block and file-level deduplication.

 Data Sources – Choose the method for backing up data based on the type of data and data source.

 Recovery and Restoration – Restore data from the local Barracuda Backup Server, from a remote Barracuda Backup Server that has been used to replicate that system, or from Barracuda Cloud Storage.

 Barracuda LiveBoot – Use Barracuda LiveBoot to boot VMware virtual guest systems in the Barracuda Cloud. LiveBoot in the cloud is useful as a sandbox for testing purposes.

 Barracuda Copt Integration – Restore to a Barracuda Copy account.

 Backup Analytics – View a detailed list of large items by source or file name in the Reports/Large Items page.

 Local Control – Enable Local Control to manage your Barracuda Backup Server independently of Barracuda Networks Cloud in a “connectionless” state.

Bottom Line

Barracuda Backup is an affordable all-in-one hybrid cloud backup solution that is easy to set up and manage. Midsized businesses and enterprises tend to do very well with hybrid cloud platforms like Barracuda Backup and it is built with a focus on small to medium sized businesses. It supports Windows and Linux servers and is easy to set up, manage and offers short recruitment process outsourcing and RTOs.

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Catalogic DPX Catalogic DPX integrates backup and recovery, tape backup, disaster recovery and bare metal recovery as copy data services that reduce both backup and recovery times through mountable recoveries. DPX simplifies data protection across your enterprise infrastructure and reduces operational costs. Catalogic Software DPX combines a management interface with backup and disaster recovery capabilities. 50 Tice Boulevard Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 Built-in integration with NetApp means backup operators don’t need to be storage United States experts. DPX doesn’t require months of training and storage administration experience +1 (201) 249-8980 to operate freeing up IT staff to work on other projects that drive new revenue. www.catalogicsoftware.com

DPX reduces recovery time and provides granular recovery at all levels including files, volumes, applications, farms, or entire servers, all from one backup image. Supported applications include MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, MS SharePoint, Oracle, DB2 and SAP.

Key Features

 Low Impact Data Backup – Backups that normally take hours are completed in minutes, which eliminate pressure in meeting backup windows and relieve applications and networks from the stress of moving large amounts of data every day.

 Snapshots for Rapid Recovery – DPX uses NetApp snapshot technology and patented instant mountable snapshots to recover data from any primary storage. By using snapshots, data can be recovered in minutes. Recovery options span file, volume and applications across physical and virtual servers.

 Built-in Replication for Disaster Recovery – DPX combines local backup with data replication for a fully integrated Disaster Recovery solution. By using efficient and reliable NetApp SnapMirror technology to replicate backup images to an alternate location, DPX delivers a unified solution that replaces multiple complex and costly data protection point solutions.

 Remote Office Backup – DPX improves operational efficiency by combining catalogic and instant data access for backup, DR, Test/Dev and Big Data analytics across physical, virtual and cloud environments.

Bottom Line

Catalogic is an easy-to-use solution, comparable to most solutions out there. In 2015, Catalogic intends to integrate their NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup (NSB) and their ECX Enterprise Catalog search and catalog solution with DPX, making them all available in one product. Right now, NetApp is a separate requirement for the snapshot storage and recovery to work and also requires mounting the snap and manually finding the item.

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Carbonite

EVault by Carbonite provides cloud-based backup, recovery and storage solutions to enterprises. EVault centralizes the backup and recovery of data on all computers distributed throughout an organization’s locations. Agents automatically back up the

data over the internet to a highly secure data center. Carbonite 2 Ave de Lafayette Enterprises monitor and manage everything within a web browser. Data recovery with Boston, MA 02111 Carbonite is easy :when the data needs to be restored, users navigate to the recovery United States point via an intuitive interface, and click to retrieve data. EVault provides reports that +1 (617) 587-1100 www.carbonite.com provide details about the status of the backups. EVault’s cloud-based backup and

recovery subscription service deduplicates, compresses, encrypts and then transmits the data to one of their data centers to be managed by one of EVault’s agents.

Key Features

 Secure Data Protection Infrastructure- Backups support 24/7 operations by backing up mission-critical applications while they are online. FIPS-approved AES encryption protects data in transit and at rest in their cloud, only the data owner is able to access it.

 Easy Deployment and Management- Real-time collaboration with colleagues or the EVault Customer Service team via a special social platform portal, the ability to manage and monitor the health of the backup environment, and troubleshoot failed backups with greater speed and accuracy.

 Compression and Data Duplication- Front-end data deduplication uses EVault delta block-level processing technology to ensure only new and changed data blocks within files are sent to storage, decreasing backup times.

 Compliance with Data Protection Policies and Regulations- EVault Reports provide instant, centralized and accurate information about the entire backup and recovery process. To retain data for more than a year, the cloud-based long term retention service lets clients manage their data retention from the same user interface as their backups.

Bottom Line

EVault is a good backup and disaster recovery solution for companies on the small to medium side, who don’t need to back up terabytes of complicated data. They also have more data centers that most of their competitors, and since the have been around for some time, they support broader platforms. EVault only supports Windows-based NAS directly.

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2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement CloudBerry Lab

Established in 2008 by a group of experienced IT professionals, CloudBerry Lab provides cloud-based backup and file management services to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).

CloudBerry’s offerings include powerful, easy-to-use backup management capabilities CloudBerry Lab and military-grade encryption using customer-controlled keys. Customers can choose 207 Sandcastle Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 to store their backup data with more than 20 online storage providers, including United States Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, HP Cloud, Rackspace, IBM Softlayer and +1 (212) 863-9918 others. CloudBerry also partners with thousands of VARs and MSPs to provide them www.clouberrylab.com with turnkey, white-label data protection services. CloudBerry Lab is an Amazon Web Services Advanced Technology Partner

Key Features

 Image Based Backup – Block-level volume snapshots are taken and sent directly to the cloud, allowing dissimilar hardware or virtual machines restores.

 Restore to the Cloud VM – CloudBerry Backup allows to deploy Windows Server image from a backup copy image as an Amazon EC2 or Azure VM instance and get your physical or virtual server up and running in the cloud.

 256-bit AES Encryption – Encrypt backups with up to 256-bit strong keys on source side. All data sent to the cloud is also encrypted using the SSL protocols to protect while it is in transit.

 Compression – Reduce data overhead, decrease storage costs, aid bandwidth and accelerate backup completion with optional compression.

 Cloud and Local Backup – Backup to cloud storage of your choice or set up local backup if you want to send only a subset of your data to the cloud and keep the rest on your local backup storage.

 Block Level Backup – Backup only modified or new portions of files to add them to existing online data pool.

Bottom Line

CloudBerry Backup is an easy to use, and disaster recovery solution. It is less expensive than most other solutions out there and provides an affordable backup cloud-based backup and file management service for small to medium-size business. CloudBerry Explorer and CloudBerry Managed Backup Service is user-friendly and straight forward, so it can be easily managed by someone who is not in the IT department.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Commvault

Commvault Backup and Recovery was designed so that all functions share a single code base and backend technologies. The technology’s console allows for viewing, managing and accessing all functions and all data across an enterprise from one place.

Commvault also enables policy-based automations, while role-based access ensures CommVault secure management. It also provides built-in alerts and reporting for easier oversight of 1 CommVault Way your data management operations. Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 United States CommVault Backup and Recovery eliminates the inconvenience of sprawled data and +1 (732) 728-5310 unintegrated legacy products with its converged solution, built on a single platform that www.commvault.com allows the user to analyze, replicate, protect, archive and search data efficiently from any storage tier.

Key Features

 VMs and The Cloud – Backup and recover your virtual machines, structured and unstructured data with speed and scale.

 Databases– Commvault’s single solution will simplify backup and disaster recovery across your databases - from local servers to the cloud.

 Enterprise Applications- Commvault protects your mission-critical applications, from SAP to Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365. Built-in application aware snapshot support and software deduplication keep your applications available and your users happy, while dramatically reducing recovery times.

 Files– Even business files stored in third-party file sharing applications can be protected in a secure, searchable and centralized virtual repository.

 Endpoints-- Commvault enables the data created and stored on laptops, desktops and more to be accessible anytime, anywhere, with a self-service recovery portal accessible from any web browser or mobile device.

Bottom Line

CommVault has one of the industry’s broadest support for integrating and with and exploiting storage hardware platforms, supporting 19 of the 20 best sellers. The solution has also been successful with enterprises with locations all over the world.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Datto SIRIS 2 Datto SIRIS 2 is a complete family of enterprise business continuity solutions, available in both physical and virtual platforms. Datto SIRIS 2 has features that make it easier to deploy, scale and manage data. The new Backup Insights tool gives you a complete picture of how files and folders have changed over time, adding versioning to the file restore capabilities. Datto, Inc. 101 Merritt 7 Datto utilizes Hybrid Cloud technology to improve redundancy and give users greater Norwalk, CT 06851 United States protection of their systems and data. Hybrid Cloud technology leverages the +1 (888) 294-6312 advantages of local backup and the security of the cloud. www.datto.com Should a business experience a server failure, the system can be virtualized instantly on the Datto device. The advanced web interface allows for configuration of CPU and memory resources. Networking resources can also be configured dynamically, allowing for changes to be made without restarting the virtual machine. With the system now virtualized, the business can operate “business as usual” until it has the time to fix its server issue, without compromising any data or incurring any downtime.

Key Features

 Image Based Backup – Using image-based backup allows Datto to take an image of an entire system. This contributes to good Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and the ability to boot virtual machines.

 Multiple Appliance Platforms – Datto virtual appliances now supports VMware and Hyper-V. Their Intelligent Business Continuity solution can be purchased as a virtual appliance to their physical hardware.

 Encryption – All data is protected by AES 256 encryption both in transit and in the cloud. Additionally, users have the option to encrypt data locally and pass phrases can be specified per appliance or per protected machine to meet compliance regulations.

 Advanced Deduplication and Compression – All data sent off-site is compressed using LZMA2 compression to ensure maximum efficiency and provide a stellar user experience even in low bandwidth and high network traffic environments.

 ShadowSnap – ShadowSnap is based on the premise of dual backup engines: applications-aware VSS by default, with the engine as a safety net. ShadowSnap is useful in performing bare metal restores.

Bottom Line

Datto SIRIS 2 works best for medium sized businesses and comes in 11 different hardware models. It is also highly scalable and can grow without having to replace the hardware. The system supports all of Datto’s software and can run multiple virtualizations at the same time.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Dell NetVault Dell currently has two different backup and disaster solutions to choose from, AppAssure and NetVault. Although Dell plans on merging the two together eventually, right now if you’re looking for a Dell solution for a larger enterprise, than NetVault is the one you want to choose. Dell Software NetVault is a backup and recovery software solution that allows enterprises to protect 5 Polaris Way data in diverse IT environments from one single console. It supports multiple server Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 United States and application platforms across an organization. A single interface requires minimal +1 (800) 306-9329 experience, simplifying the data backup and recovery operations. software.dell.com

NetVault Backup offers data protection for Oracle, SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint, MySQL, DB2, PostgreSQL, Domino, Informix, SAP and Sybase. No scripting is requires to run online backup and recovery jobs.

Key Features

 Global Data Deduplication – Enables full advantage of the appliances’ powerful deduplication, compression and replication capabilities. Shrink backup windows and improve restore times, use source-side recovery deduplication to reduce network traffic and efficiently send copies of backup data offsite for disaster recovery.

 Network-Attached Storage – Advanced data protection for information stores on NAS devices. Reduce traffic over the LAN and maximize performance by backing up over the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP). NetVault backup supports different storage topologies and configurations.

 Virtualization Support – Gives consistent, reliable, point-and-click backup and restore for virtual environments without requiring an expert.

 Enterprise-Wide Control – Uses NetVault’s web-based user interface to configure, manage and monitor backup and recovery operations. Wizards guide through the common tasks, like creating backup jobs, assigning policies, configuring storage devices and generating reports.

 Backup to Disk and Tape – Supports disk and tape-based backup to a wide range of storage targets, including disk- based devices, tape libraries, and third-party deduplication appliances. Allows the power to move data from one storage target to another for disaster recovery purposes.

 Flexible Storage Attachment – Avoid data transfers over the network by attaching a target storage device directly to a source server. With LAN-free backups, it’s easy to distribute the workload throughout the backup domain.

Bottom Line

Dell AppAssure and NetVault are two solid backup and recovery solutions that cater to two different kinds of enterprises. AppAssure offers virtual standby and Universal recovery which are two things that NetVault does not have, but AppAssure is better suited for small to medium enterprises. NetVault has client-side deduplication and has better scalability than AppAssure; this makes it better suited for medium to large enterprises. They are both predominantly targeting physical and virtual Windows environments.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Dell/EMC Data Protection Suite EMC’s backup and recovery solution is a prepackaged backup suite made up of several different components that are also available for individual sale. These include Avamar, Networker and Data Protection adviser, with options for MozyEnterprise for cloud

backup and SourceOne for archiving. Dell Software EMC’s data protection solutions give a full range of data protection, from archive to 176 South St. continuous availability for physical, virtual and cloud environments. EMC has integrated Hopkinton, MA 01748 United States with primary and protection storage platforms and with hypervisors and enterprise +1 (508) 435-1000 applications, while extending support for cloud environments and delivery new www.emc.com technologies that enable data protections-as-a-service delivery.

The EMC Data Protection Suite enables flexible application of integrated products optimizes both on premise and cloud-based backup and archive environments as they evolve.

Key Features

 EMC Avamar – Equipped with integrated variable-length deduplication technology, Avamar facilitated fast, daily full backups for virtual environments, remote offices, enterprise applications, network-attached storage (NAS) servers and desktops/laptops.

 EMC Networker – Centralizes automates and accelerates data backup and recovery across IT environments. NetWorker delivers a wide range of data protection options to safeguard critical business data.

 EMC Data Protection Advisor – Unifies and automates monitoring, analysis and reporting across backup and recovery environments while reducing complexity, lowering costs and eliminating manual efforts.

 EMC MozyEnterprise – Acquired by EMC in 2007, Mozy Enterprise is a cloud backup solution for desktops, laptops and small servers. It gives complete data protection for users on any network and the administrative console can be managed from anywhere.

 EMC SourceOne Archiving – Archiving software that improves user productivity, providing access to archived email, files and Microsoft SharePoint content. Proactive information management helps with litigation readiness and a centralized archive accelerates high-volume discovery searches and enables secure legal holds.

Bottom Line

EMC Data Protection Suite is available through Dell, due to a recent acquisition. It is a great self-service backup for vSphere administrators and the different backup products work very well together, but there is no news of them consolidating all of the solutions that make up EMC Data Protection Suite any time in the near future.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement FalconStor Continuous Data Protector FalconStor Continuous Data Protector (CDP) is a disk-based backup solution that efficiently protects business-critical data such as databases, email and files. CDP enabled fast recovery from disasters that range from as little as five minutes for files and under four hours for critical data. FalconStor Software Centralized backup can be performed off of secondary CDP snapshot volumes. This 2 Huntington out-of-band configuration isolates all backup related loads from physical or virtual Quadrangle Melville, NY 11747 production servers. Archive requirements can be addressed with the FalconStor United States HyperTrac Backup Accelerator option, which automates the selection and mounting of +1 (631) 777-5188 CDP snapshot volumes to backup media servers. www.falconstor.com

CDP streamlines and simplifies complicated DR tasks like network configuration and booting physical or virtual servers. Data is continuously available and protected in its original format without the need to run manually backup software. This frees up IT administrators to meet business protection demands in heterogeneous environments.

Key Features

 Open Backup Architecture – Direct attached/internal storage (DAD), networked storage over iSCSI or Fibre Channel (FC), physical and virtual server environments and Major enterprise operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.

 Flexible Data Capture – Continuous or periodic protection, data journaling to protect information at a per-write level ofgranularity, periodic snapshots to give numerous bootable recovery images based on a pre-set schedule, and advanced scheduling, retention, disposal and reclamation optimize snapshot capacity management.

 Zero-Impact Backup – Eliminates the need to back up directly from application servers by allowing you to back up raw data to tape directly from virtual FalconStor CDP volumes.

 RecoverTrac Technology – Automates the tasks of protecting and recovery data, and resuming business operations, supports any type of storage networking: P2P, P2V or V2V.

 Non-distributive DR Testing – The RecoverTrac enables non-disruptive testing of recovery jobs before an actual fail occurs.

 Any-to-Any WAN-Optimized Data Replication – Replicate data from any vendor’s primary storage environment to any other storage device.

Bottom Line

FalconStor supports application-specific data protection for most business applications including Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP. CDP is a relatively flexible solution can be applied at enterprise level or in the form of storage appliances, gateway appliances and small-footprint virtual appliances for VMWare environments, but there is no SharePoint granular recovery so file and image-level recovery cannot be performed at the same time.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement HP Data Protector HP Data Protector software helps enterprises meet current and future backup and recovery challenges and business requirements with a sturdy architecture designed to scale from small and medium businesses, to larger and more complex enterprises. The solution uses advanced integration with applications and infrastructure, and

operational analytics, to optimize backup, improve business continuity and resiliency, Hewlett-Packard Company and boost uptime within IT environments. 3000 Hanover St. Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185 Integration with applications and infrastructure, and operational analytics to optimize United States backup and recovery process, help improve business continuity and boost uptime +1 (650) 857-1501 within IT environments. HP Data Protector can centrally manage and protect critical www.hp.com

data scattered across remote sites and data centers in physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures.

Key Features

 Analytical Insight and Adaptive Intelligence – Optimizing the backup and recovery process with an approach that also addresses tomorrow’s needs requires that ability to derive value and insight from backup-related operational information.

 HP StoreOnce Federated Deduplication – A patented deduplication technology that is deployed with HP Data Protector software and HP storage systems.

 Cloud-Based Backup – Through integrated cloud protection, HP Data Protector extends backup to the cloud by blending the on premise and secure hosted backup into one offering.

 Automated Disaster Recovery – Delivers centralized system recovery (bare metal recovery) to virtual or physical servers (from p2v or v2p) from a single backup, at no additional cost- to streamline the disaster recovery process. Customers can create a disaster recovery image from any existing file system or image backup.

 Advanced Application Protection – Advanced functionality to simplify and automate application protection and recovery, allowing users to automate the recovery process by rolling forward the application transaction logs and recovering applications to an exact point in time.

 Centralized Management – Offers a single console to centrally manage data protection for physical and virtual servers across on premise, hybrid and cloud infrastructure. It offers integration with HP storage from tape automation to array snapshots and replication from a centralized console without scripting to support and RPO/RTO.

Bottom Line

HP Data Protector is an on premise backup and disaster recovery solution that is catered towards large enterprises. Data Protector does not include any kind of cloud backup, but that is available with a different HP backup and disaster solution. Data Protector runs on Windows based machines.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement IBM Spectrum Project

IBM Spectrum Protect, formerly Tivoli Storage Manager, is a data protection platform

that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery. It enables reliable, cost effective backups and fast recovery for virtual,

physical and cloud environments of all sizes. IBM Spectrum Protect is a family of software offerings designed to help organizations manage and protect their data by IBM Corporation 1 New Orchard Road simplifying backup administration, delivering more scalable solutions and helping Armonk, New York 10504 reduce costs related to backup and recovery. United States + 1 914-499-1900 Incremental “forever” backup features in conjunction with deduplication can reduce www.ibm.com backup storage requirements up to 95 percent for virtual and physical environments making this product a cost effective backup solution.

Key Features

 Scalability – Can start small and grow, offering flexible deployment options and can consolidate multiple Tivoli Storage Manager servers for simpler administration of large environments.

 Easy -to-use- The IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center dashboard, policy driven administration and cloud integration make the product easy to use.

 VMware- VMware administrators can manage backups and restores using familiar user interfaces. There is no need to interact directly with backup servers.

 Simplified restores-- OpenStack backup drivers and VMware vCloud integration enable automated backups and simplified restores for cloud applications.

 IBM components and Patented IBM Technology – Uses premium IBM components and patented IBM technology not found in other backup and recovery software.

Bottom Line

Spectrum Protect is highly scalable – a single backup server can protect billions of objects and can ingest, deduplicate and replicate up to 100 terabytes per day of new or changed client data. There are specially priced and packaged entry versions for small and mid-sized organizations. These versions are full featured and offer a choice of capacity and component based license plans.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Infrascale

Infrascale is an enterprise-grade disaster recovery solution that provides rapid failover to a second site with the flexibility to boot from the appliance or cloud. Founded in

2006, the company aims to give every company the ability to recover from a disaster - quickly, easily and affordably. Delivered as a physical or virtual appliance and includes Infrascale Inc. 999 N. Sepulveda Blvd DR software. El Segundo, CA 90245 United States Infrascale’s dashboard simplifies the management of data protection by providing a +1 310 878 2626 single pane of glass through which the entire suite of services is deployed. An www.infrascale.com administrative dashboard, accessible from any browser or device, makes it easy to recover mission critical applications and systems with push-button simplicity.

Key Features

 Flexible DR Deployment - Users decide how to deploy failover for business, as Infrascale DRaaS is delivered as software, physical or virtual appliance, and flexible cloud storage targeting.

 Triple Layer End-to-End Encryption - Data is encrypted at the source, transferred via a secured connection then encrypted again in the cloud.

 Store in Any Cloud - Infrascale’s true DR flexibility means you choose where your data is kept. You can use our cloud, your cloud, or public cloud like Amazon and Azure.

 Near-Zero Downtime - With CloudBoot technology built into the Infrascale cloud service, users experience little, to no downime.

 Reduce Hardware Costs - When the cloud and intelligent software join forces, good things happen. It’s how we erase expensive hardware and complex steps from the DR equation so you can bring your business back to life in minutes.

Bottom Line

By offering an intelligent software solution with the power of the cloud, Infrascale trascends the disaster recovery cost barrier without complex, expensive hardware, enabling businesses to restore operations quickly, with a push of a button. Infrascale equips businesses with recovery support to handle unexpected outages and ensures less downtime, greater security, and always-on availability.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement NovaStor: NovaBACKUP Data Center

NovaBACKUP DataCenter is acentralized backup software for heterogeneous IT environments including Windows and Linux, VMware and Hyper-V. The network backup software is a stable, reliable and cost effective data protection solution that includes support for the newest technologies and addresses the requirements of small and NovaStor Corporation medium sized IT environments using the hardware of their choice. 29209 Canwood Street Agoura Hills, CA 91301 With multi-tenancy functions customers have the option to setup and maintain multiple United States locations, departments, and users within the company’s backup infrastructure. +1 (805) 579-6700 www.novastor.com The premium support for NovaBACKUP DataCenter includes unlimited phone and email communication from NovaStor's highly qualified US based technical support team.

Key Features

 Low Resource Requirement – Only 4GB of RAM plus 50GB of available hard drive space

 Hardware and vendor agnostic – Run as many backup jobs as the storage allows you to

 Distributed software architecture – To improve stability, performance, and scalability

 Failover Media Pools – When a storage medium, local drive or backup server is not available, backups are automatically send to an alternative location

 Multistreaming to keep backup windows in line – Backup and restore one server to the storage using multiple streams, and run multiple backup jobs at the same time

 High performance datamover – Multithreading and optimized compression to distribute the processing load to both the client and the storage

 One backup software to support all current operating systems and applications (Windows, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V (CSV), Exchange (DAG), SQL, MySQL, Oracle, and many more)

 US based support – From experienced NovaStor engineers

Bottom Line

NovaBACKUP DataCenter is fast and easy to use especially if you don’t have the space to sacrifice for a backup program. NovaStor’s target network size is 5 to 200 servers. NovaBACKUP works especially well with tape drives and virtual tape libraries (VTL).

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Symantec NetBackup Symantec NetBackup is built to protect the largest and most demanding data center environments. Engineered with Symantec V-Ray technology, NetBackup delivers capabilities for virtualized systems. A single, intuitive management console reveals all

backup and recovery activity, allowing consistent policies and service levels to be Symantec Corporation enforced across the enterprise. 350 Ellis St. From backup appliances to big data platforms, NetBackup integrates at every point in Mountain View, CA 94043 United States the technology stack to improve reliability and performance. OpenStorage Technology +1 (800) 745-6054 (OST) provides tighter integration with third-party storage and snapshot solutions. www.symatec.com

Elastic automation, and centralized management based on a flexible, multitier architecture enables NetBackup to adapt to the growing needs of a fast-paced, modern enterprise data center.

Key Features

 Instant Recovery for VMware- Recover virtual machines (VMs) by simply booting the VM directly from backup disk. After the VM is running, use VMware Storage vMotion to move the VM back to primary storage. Even very large VMs can be online within a few minutes.

 Accelerator for VMware- Eliminate full VM backups with NetBackup Accelerator, only changed blocks are backed up each time. These blocks are combined with previous backups to synthesize a current full backup image for quick recovery.

 Replication Director for VMware- NetApp system will run backups automatically. With NetBackup Replication Director, VM snapshots are orchestrated, cataloged and replicated by NetBackup using NetApp Snapshot, NetApp SnapMirror, and NetApp SnapVault.

 VMware vCloud Director Integration- Protect the metadata that defines the virtual data center, including the relationships between vApps and VMs. Automatically discover new VMs and break through the abstraction layer to preserve file level restore.

 Intelligent Policy for Oracle- Automatically discover new Oracle® instances and include them in future backups to help ensure all data is protected. RMAN scripts are generated dynamically so there is no longer any need to maintain scripts on client systems.

Bottom Line

Symantec NetBackup is a backup and disaster recovery solution that is designed for large enterprises. It has great server virtualization for VMware and reduces backup windows to provide space efficient backups. Recent updated have given users what they are looking for in terms of refreshing or adding servers and fixing any deduplication issues from software-only implementation.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Unitrends Enterprise Backup Unitrends Enterprise Backup is a virtual backup appliance that can be deployed on Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware vSphere for enterprise-class virtual deep virtual, physical protection and unified compute protection.

It offers backup archiving; disaster recovery and business continuity delivered via Unitrends, Inc. flexible deployment options with Unitrends Cloud storage and DRaas (disaster recovery- 200 Wheeler Rd. as-a-service) offering featuring application-level recovery assurance via ReliableDR. Burlington, MA 01803 United States Flexible licensing with protected capacity or per-socket/server licensing is available as +1 (866) 359-5411 well. www.unitrends.com

Unitrends Enterprise backup includes Recovery Assurance for vSphere, ReliableDR, Unitrends Bridge, Unified Bare Metal, NDMP Backup, Unitrends Cloud and CloudHook.

Key Features

 Instant Recovery with Failover Virtualization- Instant recovery for VMware, Hyper-V and Windows allows for complete system recovery in less than five minutes.  Continuous Data Protection- Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) backups can be performed as often as once every 60 seconds. Improves recovery point objectives with Incremental Forever. Near-CDP with up to 10,000 snapshots per week means smaller backup windows and improved network bandwidth efficiency.  Adaptive Byte-level Deduplication- A hybrid data reduction technology combining inline compression with post- processing data deduplication that adapts dynamically to multiple factors.  Unitrends Bridge- Transformation of physical Windows systems into virtual machines (VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V) with this one-click physical to virtual feature. Enables instant recovery and drives down recovery time objectives (RTO) for physical as well as virtual backups.  Unified Bare Metal- Unifies the bare metal backup and master backup so only one backup type is needed. The advantages include; increasing retention, improving replication performance,, removing the need to restore bare metal backup before the file-based backup and allowing bare metal backups to be restored to different size targets.  No Limits Licensing- No per client fees, no per agent fees, no per operating system fees, no per application fees, and no new release fees.  Simply Scalable- A federated, scalable architecture means flexible deployments and no “fork-lift” upgrades. The technology supports scaling up and scaling out as well as scaling down.  Archiving- Allows archiving of multiple backups at the same time, enabling multiple archive jobs to execute an increasing performance.

Bottom Line

Unitrends has been around for about 20 years so the products have been tested and adjusted accordingly. Unitrends Enterprise Backup has been well reviewed for its all-in-one licensing and centralized management. It offers only NAS backup over NFS or CIFS and appeals to midmarket companies.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement VaultLogix Classic Cloud Backup VaultLogix is a multi-platform backup solution designed for the Enterprise. Classic automatically sends critical data off-site to one of our Tier 4 Data Centers. The VaultLogix software supports backup of physical and virtual servers, as well as the ability to backup many Operating Systems, Hypervisors and Applications including Windows, Oracle, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux, IBM iSeries, VMware, Hyper-V, VaultLogix Microsoft SQL, SharePoint, and Exchange. 75 Sylvan St Danvers, MA 01923 In addition to the Classic product, VaultLogix also offers a Windows only Advantage United States platform which allows for no-charge local backup, no-charge local imaging, off-site +1 (978) 777-7177 critical storage, and long term CloudArc archived storage. The Advantage product www.vaultlogix.com also features Premier Care, which includes active monitoring of client backups to ensure they are working properly, and a bi-annual audit to make sure that all critical data is being backed up.

VaultLogix continually undergoes and maintains a SOC 2 Type II Audit and offers 24/7 US based support, 256-bit AES encryption, rapid recovery anytime; anywhere, user defined flexible data retention schedule, off-site mirrored data centers, and a service level agreement (SLA) including 99.9% uptime.

Key Features

 Centralized Management – A simple to use web console for managing backups. Set backups, manage recoveries, and monitor the status of backups all from one centralized location.

 No Hardware Required – VaultLogix Classic can send your critical data to the cloud to be securely stored in one of our Tier 4 data centers; it does not require additional hardware. If local backup is also required, additional hardware is needed, which can be provided by VaultLogix.

 Bare Metal Restore – Easily set-up and configure Images of System Volumes, Data Volumes, or both, significantly reducing recovery time objectives.

 Encryption – VaultLogix protects data with 256-bit AES encryption in transit and at rest in the cloud.

 24/7 data access and US based support – Never worry about getting your data back when you need it. VaultLogix support is available 24/7 to recover your data in an emergency to ensure seamless business continuity.

 Simple per gigabyte (GB) Pricing – Pay simple per GB pricing based on the amount of data used. There is no licensing, per agent, per socket, or per server costs, and no separate cost for recovering your data.

Bottom Line

VaultLogix Classic Cloud Backup and Advantage Cloud Backup are well suited to cover a wide range of businesses from SMB to Enterprise. Providing an SLA with 99.9% uptime, continuing to undergo SOC 2 Type II audits, and delivering retention policies and requirements that meet the most stringent legislative requirements make VaultLogix a versatile and scalable choice for companies to securely backup their critical business data.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Veeam Software Backup & Replication Veeam Backup & Replication is a data protection and disaster recovery solution for virtual environments of any size. It provides fast, flexible and reliable recovery of virtualized applications and data. It unifies backup and replication in a single solution, increases value of backup and reinvents data protection for VMware VSphere and Veeam Software Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environments. Linden Park, Lidenstr, 16, Ch-6340 Baar Veeam Backup & Replication supports entire virtual infrastructures with industry Switzerland leading features such as instant file-level recovery and streamlined VM recovery, +41 (41) 766 71 31 scalability, 2-in-1 backup and replication, built-in deduplication and centralized www.veeam.com management.

Key Features

 Veeam Explorer for SQL- Fast, transaction-level recovery of Microsoft SQL databases. With agentless transaction log backup and replay, SQL databases can be restored to the point in time desired, giving both RTO and RPO SQL database protection.

 End-to-End Encryption- Secure backup data with end-to-end AES 256 encryption at source (during backup), in flight and at rest without negative impact on built-in compression, deduplication and WAN Acceleration. Even if the password is lost, data can still be recovered from encrypted backup files without compromising security.

 Veeam Cloud Connect- Efficient way to get backups off site to a service provider hosted cloud repository through an SSL connection and cloud gateway.

 Customizable Reporting and Documentation- advanced report building and functionality allows you to pull data from any field and from any report into one all-purpose document, providing visibility and control.

 Multi-tenant Reporting and Monitoring- IT managers can delegate reporting and monitoring to system admins over a limited scope of assigned VMs. Admins can monitor and customize reporting for their own VWs while managers can pre-build backup reports for the entire team by pre-populating individual dashboards with filtered results, saving time each month.

 Replication Enhancements- Efficient replication with WAN Acceleration, gives faster replication, a reduction in bandwidth reduction, replication from backup files without negatively impacting the production environment, failover plans with built-in orchestration enabling 1-click site failover and planned failover designed to facilitate data center migrations with zero data loss.

Bottom Line

Veeam Software had arguably the most growth in the industry last year and continues to grow fast. The backup and replication functions provided in Veeam’s Backup & Replication product touch on many different levels of data protection and were well received for that. Works well for companies of all sizes that are looking for only virtual backup for VMware and Hyper-V environments.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement VMware vSphere vSphere is a fast, easy to use and efficient backup and disaster solution from VMWare. It allows you to reliably protect your virtual machines with technology powered by EMC Avamar and minimizes costs of backup infrastructure with patented duplication.

Backup both physical (non-virtualizes) and virtualized Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server VMware, Inc. and SharePoint, through the vSphere Web Client user interface, using agents that 3401 Hillview Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94304 provide application-consistent, granular backup and recovery. United States +1 (877) 486-9273 This easy-to-use simple backup and replication solution is controlled through the www.vmware.com vSphere web console and provides fast and predictable recovery that improves recovery time objectives with restore capabilities. vSphere also enables disaster recovery with network efficient, secure backup data replication.

Key Features

 VMware NSX- This new product is aimed at large corporations with large compound networks. It utilizes STT and VXLAN tunneling protocol allowing access to network services that aren’t supported or provided directly.

 Single-Step Recovery- Synthetic full backups enable simple browsing of restore points for a single-step recovery of virtual machines, without the need of agents.

 Network-Efficient Backup Replication- Deduplication at the source, along with compensation and encryption, ensures that backup data is optimized for WAN transmission.

 Deduplication- Data is broken into segments of dynamic length to filter redundancies with greater granularity. Deduplication is performed across all virtual machines and pointed to the same VDP Advanced virtual appliance. Duplicate data across users and their VM is stored only once.

 Site Failure Resilience- vSphere offers flexible schedules and retentions, multiple replications topologies the ability to store replicated backups at either the primary or DR site and multiple replications targets.

Bottom Line

VMWare vSphere is built more for large enterprises and corporations than small to medium sized businesses with its ability to support 100 hosts and 3,000 virtual machines. The new web management interface still has to prove its longevity but is very easy to use. In order for some of the more updated management functions to run, at least one version of vCenter Server, the flagship management tool, needs to be running, preferably version 5.5.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

2017 Buyer’s Guide anagement Zetta DataProtect Zetta DataProtect is an enterprise-grade, cloud backup and disaster recovery and archiving solution for small to midsized enterprises, managed service providers and value added resellers.

Zetta DataProtect is a complete server backup and disaster recovery (DR) service that enables you to backup server data to both an enterprise-grade cloud and existing on Zetta Inc. 1362 Borregas Ave. premise storage. Zetta's lightweight software agent, ZettaMirror replicates your file Sunnyvale, CA 94089 system in its native format in the cloud and is designed to move large amounts of United States data quickly. +1 (877) 469-3882 www.zetta.com Zetta’s SaaS solution has an easy-to-use architecture designed to move large amounts of data quickly over the web- up to 5TB in 24 hours. Zetta’s online backup and disaster recovery service does not require an appliance so managing backup deployments can be done quickly while reducing cost.

Key Features

 Full Server Image Backups- Direct to cloud backup and sync with no appliance or staging drive needed.

 Range of Image Recovery Options- Recover all of your businesses VHD images as physical or virtual systems.

 Supports Multiple Platforms- Zetta DataProtect supports Windows. Mac and Linux operating systems.

 Supports Multiple Types of Data- Supports different kinds of data including Unstructured Data, MS SQL, MS Exchange, HyperV, VMware, System State, NetApp and Server Images.

 SaaS Data Backup and Recovery- Backs up data to multiple locations including offsite, to the cloud and to existing local storage.

 Easy to Use- Zetta DataProtect deploys quickly and does not require an appliance to run. Uses a web-based management console.

 ZettaMirror- Install ZettaMirror to backup full server images directly to the cloud without an appliance or local staging drive. It gives you customizable snapshot-enabled version history and automated daily backups to online storage.

Bottom Line

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