Datrium: DRaaS for Edge Environments and ROBO Deployments

Datrium, Inc.is extending its DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS solution to support Edge environments.

DRaaS for Edge is an easy to use, cost-effective SaaS solution for data protection an DR for VMware workloads in Edge environments and ROBO implementations.

With it, in the event of a ransomware attack or other disaster, enterprises can recover locally or failover on demand to Datrium DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS with instant RTOs.

The company also announced the availability of DRaaS Connect for VMware workloads running on HCI, SAN and NAS systems. An approach to DR, DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS provides VMware, Inc.‘s users, both on premises and in the cloud, with access to reliable, cost-effective, cloud-based DR with instant RTO. Like DRaaS Connect, DRaaS for Edge is downloadable to third party on-premises systems and can be managed from a central location, simplifying the management of remote sites and making it for ROBO deployments.

Research on Ransomware and DR During Covid-19, also announced, found that ransomware is plaguing the enterprise now more than ever, with 100% of respondents reporting that their company has experienced a ransomware attack in the last 12 months. It also revealed heightened concern from businesses during the period of remote work resulting from the global Covid-19 pandemic: DR is a priority for businesses right now, with 92.1% of respondents saying it has increased in importance at their company.

The increasing importance of DR within enterprises has resulted in a 450% increase in the company’s DR customers during the 2H19 through the 1H20, and expanded the company’s global reach. This underscores the need for DR transformation and better data protection at a time where cyber threats like ransomware and other disasters are on the rise.

“IT organizations must deal with data spread across on-premises locations, cloud and edge locations. The challenge companies are grappling with is how to secure all that data,” said Phil Goodwin, research director, IDC. “Only about 38% of applications are protected by a DR plan; it needs to be more of a priority for businesses. The cloud has emerged as a key solution for data protection and DR. Datrium has leveraged the flexibility of the cloud to transform DR from what used to be a costly and manual process to something that’s much simpler and available on demand.“

Meeting the growing global demand for affordable and fast DR, the firm’s DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS is a cloud-native DRaaS solution offering pay-per-use cloud economics, built-in backup, RTO and compliance checks to enable DR plan efficiency when a disaster strikes.

“Business resiliency is predicated on combining rapid access to mission-critical cloud resources with rock-solid DR and IT security technology,” said Mark Lohmeyer, SVP and GM, cloud platform business unit, VMware. “By leveraging Datrium DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS, enterprises have a great option to effectively mitigate risk and better secure their organizations to help prevent major business disruptions.“

Built on ControlShift, the company’s workload orchestrator, the firm’s DRaaS provides automated failover to VMware Cloud on AWS based on live mounts of VM snapshots held in AWS S3. The company offers DRaaS Connect for two different vSphere deployments: DRaaS Connect for vSphere On Prem and DRaaS Connect for VMware Cloud on AWS. DRaaS Connect for vSphere On Prem extends the firm’s DRaaS to any vSphere on-premises infrastructure and provides replication of vSphere snapshots into DRaaS deduplicated, compressed, encrypted snapshot storage on Amazon S3. It is managed by a DRaaS cloud-based control plane to define VM protection groups and their frequency, replication and retention policies. On failback, DRaaS will return only changed blocks back to vSphere and the local on-premises infrastructure through DRaaS Connect.

“Datrium makes the cloud-native future of data center protection a reality today,” said Tim Page, CEO, Datrium. “With DRaaS, we’ve entirely reshaped how modern enterprises approach DR and have addressed the clear demand for DR solutions that ensure rapid recovery without breaking the bank. Datrium enables organizations to make the cloud their DR data center, delivering 10x or greater cost savings.“

According to the Ransomware and DR During Covid-19 research, the cloud was identified as a viable and accessible option for DR with 67.5% of respondents’ companies currently leveraging the cloud as part of their DR strategy. Almost all respondents (93.7%) said their company would be willing to adopt cloud DR if they could pay for it on demand and it would protect all of their data, including Edge environments.

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DRaaS Connect for VMware Cloud on AWS enables DRaaS to orchestrate failover from a VMware Cloud SDDC in one AWS Availability Zone (AZ) to another AWS AZ. Snapshots of running VMs in the active AZ will be stored in the DRaaS repository on AWS S3. In the event of a disaster, these snapshots can be instantly restarted on ESX hosts in a different AZ, all based on well-defined runbook policies.

Availability:

DRaaS Connect for vSphere On Prem will be available later this month and DRaaS Connect for VMware Cloud on AWS will be available in 2Q20.
DRaaS for Edge will be available to customers globally in 4Q20.

“Now more than ever we’re doubling down on DRaaS-it’s the modern approach to DR our customers need for BC in a time of crisis,” said Frank Wiacek, president, Red8. “Datrium DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS is a cost-effective solution that enables our customers to recover from disasters of any kind in minutes.“

“Over the last year, we’ve seen a significant increase in ransomware attacks, making it even more vital for us to be able to help our customers quickly and effectively recover from a disaster,” said Mike Piltoff, SVP, Champion Solutions Group. “Datrium is perfecting the art of DR and we’re thrilled that the company has extended its game-changing DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS solution to any VMware workload. Now we can deliver cloud-native, on-demand DR to more customers.“

Resource:
Blog: 10 Minutes to DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service)

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November 22, 2019 | Press Release