Today NetApp Inc. announced a new cloud-integrated backup and restore solution, NetApp AltaVault (formally SteelStore). AltaVault aims to provide customers with the ability to quickly backup data to any cloud, public or private, at up to 90% lower cost than on-premises solutions. The new solution will include physical, virtual, and cloud-based appliances.
Today NetApp Inc. announced a new cloud-integrated backup and restore solution, NetApp AltaVault (formally SteelStore). AltaVault aims to provide customers with the ability to quickly backup data to any cloud, public or private, at up to 90% lower cost than on-premises solutions. The new solution will include physical, virtual, and cloud-based appliances.
As backup footprints grow, organizations are looking for a way to backup without increasing costs. Organizations also want a reliable disaster recovery capability to help avoid downtime. NetApp AltaVault offers companies security, speed, and economics they are looking for without adding any more management complications. AltaVault can be managed through the companies existing framework, physical or virtual, and looks like the backup target. AltaVault works with VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V and AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
AltaVault also comes with extended services to help optimize IT operations. These services include performance support for the backup and archive environment throughout knowledge transfer, on-site and remote troubleshooting, and customized proactive care. NetApp will also help customers build a roadmap for data protection that is specific to their needs while identifying and prioritizing data that is suitable for the cloud. NetApp and its partners will also offer cloud strategy workshops, along with design, implementation, and support services to simplify overall data protection processes and optimize backup and archive performance.
Benefits include:
- Industry-Leading Data Reduction: inline deduplication and compression, resulting in up to a 30:1 data reduction ratio, which means less data is stored in the cloud allowing the customer to send it there more quickly.
- Extended Choice: AltaVault now offers the flexibility to choose the scalable offering that is right for you: physical, virtual, or cloud-based appliances in the AWS or Azure clouds. NetApp claims that AltaVault appliances are more than six times more scalable than those of any other competitor in the cloud-integrated storage market, meaning organizations can store more critical data, and get it back more quickly when needed.
- Seamless integration: AltaVault integrates easily with NetApp SnapProtect and the backup software of the customer’s choosing. AltaVault solutions and services can send backup data to all leading public and private cloud storage providers.
Availability
NetApp’s physical AltaVault AVA400 appliance, virtual AVA-8, AVA-16, and AVA-32 appliances on ESX and Hyper-V, and AltaVault cloud-based appliances are available today. NetApp’s physical AltaVault AVA800 is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2015.
