Bluelock Adds Cloud-Based Backup of Virtual Datacenters

Bluelock, LLC, a certified VMware vCloud datacenter provider of virtual datacenters hosted in the public cloud, announced the expansion of their Recovery-as-a-Service solution suite to include the 4048 Virtual Datacenter, a recoverable backup repository in the cloud, tailored for simple, affordable recovery of lower tier workloads.

The company has been providing RaaS, or cloud-based DR, solutions since early 2013. As such, it has seen how cumbersome, costly and complex it can be for customers to try to recover files from traditional commodity backup services, compared to a cloud-based recovery solution. To enable a simpler and more affordable total recovery experience, it invested in expanding its recovery solution suite to include a recoverable backup repository in the cloud.

The recoverable backup repository is located adjacent to hotcompute, which speeds up recovery time lowers risk and lowers capital expenditures. The 4048 Virtual Datacenter (VDC) is an encrypted offsite backup storage location that requires no secondary site management and can scale on demand when a recovery is needed.

“The 4048 VDC adds no complexity to your existing daily backup solution,” explains Ben Miller, product solutions director, Bluelock. “Simply point your backup replication software to the Bluelock Virtual Datacenter. With direct connection to a proven cloud infrastructure platform, customers have access to a second datacenter in which to run applications as long as needed, until their own datacenter is back in working order.“

It enables customers to manage all tiers of their recovery portfolio through a single interface, Bluelock Portfolio. By working with Bluelock for multiple tiers of application recovery, clients are able to work with one team in the event of a disaster, bringing back critical applications and data in the proper order, which decreases complexity and increases the likelihood of a successful recovery.

Features and functionality:

Add recovery capability, including off-site storage, without adding complexity to your existing daily backup solution.
Automated setup through a wizard allows deployment and creation of your pay-as-you-go 4048 VDC.
Used backup storage is billed at $0.30/GB/month, and clients can leverage compression and de-dupe to save on storage costs.
Backup data stored is encrypted in-flight and at rest, regardless of the backup solution’s ability to encrypt.
Recover at Gbps LAN speeds, unlike WAN solutions traditionally restored over the Internet.