Cloud Backup/Disaster Recovery
Winner:
Scale Computing HC3 Cloud Unity DRaaS
Cloud Unity combines Scale Computing’s HC3 on-premises appliance-based hyper-converged infrastructure with the Google Cloud Platform, allowing businesses to use resources in the cloud and on-premises simultaneously, as well as enabling on-premises applications to run in the cloud via virtual machine instances of HC3. The offering allows for seamless disaster recovery because the IP address of the workload looks the same in Google, eliminating the need for a VPN. Importantly, Scale Computing’s HC3 features built-in software-defined networking to simplify the disaster recovery setup. Cloud Unity ultimately provides partners with an easy way to implement cloud-based disaster recovery solutions with predictable costs.
Finalists:
Cohesity CloudSpin
CloudSpin, which offers instant access to data copies in the cloud, pairs with native API integration in Cohesity’s DataPlatform to provide web-scale backup to organizations. The solution provides automated data protection by integrating with public cloud snapshot APIs.
Commvault HyperScale
With an eye toward hybrid environments, Commvault’s HyperScale software adds scale-out infrastructure to the Commvault Data Platform—integrating seamlessly with existing storage arrays, hypervisors, applications and cloud provider solutions. The system includes a built-in operating environment, virtualization and Red Hat storage.
Dell EMC IDPA DP4400
Dell EMC’s DP4400 appliance offers converged data protection, backup, deduplication, replication and recovery, as well as disaster recovery and long-term data retention to the cloud. Optimized for VMware environments, the integrated appliance enables administrators to perform backup and recovery tasks directly from native vSphere.
StorageCraft ShadowXafe
With ShadowXafe, StorageCraft is targeting virtualized servers with service-level-agreement-based data protection and simple, one-click orchestration. The software also provides flexible recovery of data protected with StorageCraft ShadowProtect, and works with both physical and virtual machines.