First SaaS-Based Data Protection for Kubernetes From Druva

Druva, Inc. announced beta support for Kubernetes workloads which delivers application protection that is accessible by all teams, including the central IT team and DevOps.

Offered through company’s Cloud Platform, users can recover, migrate, or clone Kubernetes workloads, alongside existing data center, and cloud workloads from a unified interface. Combining the simplicity and savings of a cloud-native architecture, companies can now unify data protection for emerging applications, traditional workloads, and hybrid environments.

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Kubernetes, the container orchestrator with more than 89% market share according to a recent report from Sysdig, allows users to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with a modular open-source architecture. However, users still lack an easy-to-manage enterprise data protection solution to secure the entire application, including dependencies on external storage and databases. Teams also need to protect their Kubernetes workloads vs. threats including user error, site outages, and ransomware attacks. Now, instead of adopting yet another point backup tool specifically for Kubernetes, businesses can protect Kubernetes applications and their underlying infrastructure within the company alongside their existing workloads.

As SaaS-based data protection for Kubernetes, users can expect features including:

Application consistent data protection
Application protection, including resources inside and outside Kubernetes clusters
Secure SaaS management, with a platform built on AWS for global control
Centralized protection, management, and compliance with self-service recovery for DevOps and application owners
Unified protection for Kubernetes, data center, cloud and device workloads

“Businesses are expanding their use of containers and Kubernetes to stateful applications, but existing protection tools are siloed and do not meet enterprise protection requirements,” said Stephen Manley, chief technologist. “With Kubernetes usage on the rise, too many production workloads lack adequate data protection. Now, central teams can securely and seamlessly incorporate Kubernetes protection into their existing policies, while enabling application owners to recover, migrate, and clone applications when necessary.“

The company’s application-centric solution identifies and protects critical resources both inside and outside Kubernetes deployments. As application owners build and update their environment, The solution automatically and securely stores snapshots of the entire environment, so applications or operations teams can recover their applications. Moreover, these snapshots can be restored to a new location for migration, cloning, or troubleshooting of production workloads. Finally, the central team can fulfill compliance requirements with retention of backups in offsite locations, all through the firm’s user interface.

“Now that Kubernetes has become the major container orchestration framework, IT and application development teams are embracing enterprise container platforms to help build new apps and modernize existing apps on distributed Kubernetes clusters,” said Phil Goodwin, research director, IDC. “In the race to adopt containers, unfortunately, protection often gets left behind. Druva aims to offer a singular solution that can fold Kubernetes protection to an existing data management system, offering a compelling option for businesses expanding their use of container workloads.“

The company’s customers can protect production application deployments by choosing the ‘Kubernetes’ option in CloudRanger. Early access will be available in 4Q20, with wider availability expected in 1H21.

Resources:
Live session on Kubernetes with Stephen Manley on Wednesday, Sept. 30 and Thursday, October 1, and learn more about Druva’s data protection capabilities for VMware here.
Bog: DevOps with Kubernetes in the cloud
Podcast episode, where we dive into Kubernetes and data protection
DxP: Cloud Data Protection Summit 2020, a data protection summit taking place on November 17, and prepare your company for the cloud era

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