Commvault and HPE Partnering

Commvault, Systems, Inc. announced integration between its Complete Backup & Recovery Software and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) StoreOnce systems, including integration with HPE StoreOnce Catalyst.

This joint solution allows Commvault to manage the lifecycle of data management operations for StoreOnce systems. Integration between StoreOnce systems using Catalyst Copy meets evolving backup, recovery, and compliance challenges, while tightening resource requirements and responding to the expanding data growth that customers are facing. The announcement was made in Nashville at Commvault GO 2018, the company’s annual customer conference.

Together, the integration of Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery Software, which Commvault believes is a fully featured backup and recovery solution, with StoreOnce systems, optimizes storage costs, reduces network traffic, provides data mobility and simplifies data management.

Additionally, users can move backup data natively to the public, private, or hybrid cloud. This capability is delivered by HPE Cloud Bank Storage, a feature that is scheduled to be supported by an upcoming HPE software release in November of this year.

The solution from both companies includes support for low bandwidth mode (source-side) deduplication that reduces redundant data, minimizes automated movement of data to lower cost storage as data ages based on user-defined policies, and includes support for synthetic, full backups using Catalyst Clone.

“Through our partnership, we are delivering proven solutions that let customers manage the protection of their data assets, regardless of where they may be located,” said Patrick Osborne, HPE VP and GM of big data and secondary storage. “HPE and Commvault provide a data management and storage platform that enables the movement, management and use of data across on-premises and cloud locations.“

StoreOnce Catalyst can be configured using the Commvault user interface with just a few clicks. Once enabled, Commvault manages the backups and the movement of data for StoreOnce systems the same way it does for any other Commvault client. Based on the level of integration, no additional client configurations are required. Future StoreOnce Catalyst updates will be included in the regular Commvault service packs with no need for customers to manage the update cycle independently.

“Commvault and HPE are committed to our strategic global alliance and providing customers with industry-leading software and hardware solutions that are unmatched by the competition,” said Owen Taraniuk, head of WW partnerships and market development, Commvault. “This expansion of our joint offerings allows us to meet new market use cases and implement holistic data management strategies that help customers accelerate digital transformation initiatives and reduce IT complexity.“

The integration between Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery Software and StoreOnce systems extends on Commvault’s growing partnership with HPE to expand Commvault’s reach with new HPE customers across various markets.