Druva DRaaS 2.0 Adds One-Click Failover Testing, Improved Automation
… the second quarter within Druva Phoenix and Druva CloudRanger. Druva has about 4,000 customers of all sizes, from small business to large enterprises, and does about 40 percent of its business through the channel. Druva products and services can be used in the cloud or on premises.
Giles Westie, founder and president of DataPivot Technologies, a North Andover, Massachusetts-based VAR and data center and cloud technology vendor that serves medium to large companies, told Channel Futures that the new features in Druva’s DRaaS offering address demands that customers have in the marketplace.
“We have a lot of customers who have done unsuccessful DR tests or failed recoveries,” said Westie. “It’s expensive. It’s a huge pain. But this automates and improves DR testing and real DR situations, and it lowers the cost and amount of time to do it.”
For customers, Druva’s DRaaS service is good news because by using the cloud and AWS customers only have to pay for the time when they are doing their testing using the system, said Westie.
“Druva has tested it; they are pros at DR in AWS and they’re doing it right the first time instead of using trial and error. This is exciting and it takes a very painful task that has high visibility in organizations and slashes the cost and makes it drastically easier.”
Steven Hill, an infrastructure and storage analyst with 451 Research, said DR services from companies like Druva can be valuable because hybrid IT can have so many moving parts.
“Approaches like Druva’s can manage that complexity by automating failover, failback and testing for both on- and off-premises workloads and provide a model that’s both flexible and easy to adjust as an IT environment grows,” said Hill. “Simplifying the process of DR and business continuity in an increasingly hybrid IT environment is a win-win for partners and customers alike.”
The combination of automation and the public cloud is the real game-changer here, though, said Hill, because the emphasis today is on assured application availability as well as data protection.
“A viable disaster recovery/business continuity plan is a formula that needs to evolve with the business itself, and I believe DRaaS is an opportunity for channel partners to bring their experience and vision to help solve their customers challenges,” said Hill. “DRaaS can and should be more than just a menu of products to choose from and must be able to address the growing need for business-based compliance for both workloads and data protection.”
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