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Quick listing of backup software players

Tim Davoren - Wednesday, November 16, 2011

I just shot off a quick email to a prospect who is about to submit an internal review of the backup tools on the market in view of a possible company wide change...trying to get their attention (so as to deliver some consulting for them :)))) I quickly spun together a quick list of current backup players off the top of my head (the list is pretty big these days compared to the 90s!!), so I thought I would share it with you and welcome additions or comments...note that this was not a thoroughly researched email and we as a company certainly do not sell/integrate all of these (probably not even half)...but the majority of them we have either tested or had exposure to in customer environments.

I may consider making this a more formal listing one day complete with known OEM arrangements and licensing model overview. Get in touch if you'd find such a thing useful.

I assume you have surveyed the major Enterprise solutions ?

  • Symantec NetBackup (dedupe from PureDisk or external target device)
  • EMC Networker (dedupe from either Avamar or Data Domain or other external target device)
  • IBM Tivoli (dedupe from built in storage pool dedupe or external target device)
  • Commvault Simpana (built in dedupe or external target device)
But then there are other players...

The fringe Enterprise players?
  • CA ArcServe (built in dedupe or from Commvault Simpana (built in dedupe or external target device)
  • Quest Bakbone (dedupe from external target device or their VTL software)
  • Syncsort BackupExpress (dedupe external target device)
  • Arkeia Network Backup (built in dedupe and from external target device)
The SMB Specialists (some which can play in some Enterprise spaces) ?
  • Symantec BackupExec (dedupe from PureDisk or external target device)
  • HP Data Protector (your incumbent I think you said ...?)
  • Novastor NovaBackup (dedupe from external target device)
  • Amanda Backup (dedupe from external target device)
  • Yosemite (now Barracuda - built in dedupe or external target device)

The service provider/cloud delivered/charge-back-able players ?
  • Asigra
  • Seagate eVault
  • Vembu StoreGrid

And then the niche/specialists (usually Windows only or virtual only or imaging only - can be used with other traditional backup tools)
  • Veeam
  • Acronis
  • PHD Virtual
  • StorageCraft
  • Microsoft DPM
  • Druva - Phoenix and Insync (think KPMG already use InSync for Laptop protection)
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