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COMMVAULT

Research done from February 2022 to June 2022 | Page publised on 17th June 2022

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About Commvault

Commvault is a publicly traded data protection and data management software company. Founded in 1988 as a development group in Bell Labs, the company is headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.

Commvault enterprise software can be used for data backup and recovery, cloud and infrastructure management, retention, and compliance. It mostly caters to mid-level and enterprise-level organizations. Commvault can help companies protect, access, and use all their data, anywhere and anytime, turning data into a powerful strategic asset. 

Commvault is a publicly traded data protection and data management software company. Founded in 1988 as a development group in Bell Labs, the company is headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.

Commvault enterprise software can be used for data backup and recovery, cloud and infrastructure management, retention, and compliance. It mostly caters to mid-level and enterprise-level organizations. Commvault can help companies protect, access, and use all their data, anywhere and anytime, turning data into a powerful strategic asset. 

Products

Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery

Commvault Backup and Recovery solution provides backup, recovery, and cost-optimized cloud workload mobility across multiple clouds. It enables you to manage all your workloads – cloud, virtual machines, containers, applications, databases, and endpoints – from a single platform.

Commvault HyperScale

Commvault HyperScale is Commvault's on-premise scale-out backup and recovery that is delivered as a converged Commvault appliance or through partners. It allows customers to build a unified data protection and management platform that delivers cloud-like services on-premises.

Metallic (BaaS)

Metallic is the division of Commvault that offers data protection with the simplicity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The solution works well on platforms such as Microsoft, Google, AWS, Oracle, Splunk, and VMware.
Metallic BaaS includes VM & Kubernetes Backup, Microsoft 365 Backup, File & Object Backup, Endpoint Backup, Database Backup, Salesforce Backup, and Dynamics 365 Backup.

Commvault Disaster Recovery

Commvault Disaster Recovery software provides replication, disaster recovery, and automated compliance reporting, all managed through a single, web-based interface. It supports multiple data types – including applications, containers, virtual machines, and hypervisors.

Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery

Commvault Backup and Recovery solution provides backup, recovery, and cost-optimized cloud workload mobility across multiple clouds. It enables you to manage all your workloads – cloud, virtual machines, containers, applications, databases, and endpoints – from a single platform.

Commvault HyperScale

Commvault HyperScale is Commvault's on-premise scale-out backup and recovery that is delivered as a converged Commvault appliance or through partners. It allows customers to build a unified data protection and management platform that delivers cloud-like services on-premises.

Metallic (BaaS)

Metallic is the division of Commvault that offers data protection with the simplicity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The solution works well on platforms such as Microsoft, Google, AWS, Oracle, Splunk, and VMware.
Metallic BaaS includes VM & Kubernetes Backup, Microsoft 365 Backup, File & Object Backup, Endpoint Backup, Database Backup, Salesforce Backup, and Dynamics 365 Backup.

Commvault Disaster Recovery

Commvault Disaster Recovery software provides replication, disaster recovery, and automated compliance reporting, all managed through a single, web-based interface. It supports multiple data types – including applications, containers, virtual machines, and hypervisors.

Backup workloads

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and Microsoft Dynamic 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data center and end points backup

Data Center: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP, MySQL, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Informix, and Sybase
End Points: Windows, Mac, and Lunix

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and Microsoft Dynamic 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data center and end points backup

Data Center: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP, MySQL, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Informix, and Sybase
End Points: Windows, Mac, and Lunix

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Usecases

  • Backup and recovery
  • Disaster recovery
  • eDiscovery and compliance
  • Sensitive data governance
  • File optimization
  • HyperScale technology
  • Distributed storage

  • Backup and recovery
  • Disaster recovery
  • eDiscovery and compliance
  • Sensitive data governance
  • File optimization
  • HyperScale technology
  • Distributed storage

Licenses

Commvault provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are five types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Storage-based
2. VM-based
3. User-based
4. Socket-based
5. Operating instance-based

Commvault provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are five types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Storage-based
2. VM-based
3. User-based
4. Socket-based
5. Operating instance-based

Customer feedback

Gartner

As per Gartner Peer Review, Commvault has got a rating of 4.5/5 from over 400+ reviews. Below are a couple for reviews of Commvault.

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One of the biggest challenges was to backup and protect data on a large scale of different devices, operating systems and locations throughout the country. With more than 300 employees of whom 80 are located far from the centralized data servers located in Belgrade, it was of the utmost

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Product does as advertised, for larger environments you'll have product sprawl. Mainly a Windows based product, you can build Linux Media Agents but support seems to be a challenge.

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G2

As per G2, Commvault has got a rating of 4.2/5 from over 70+ reviews. Below are couple of reviews for Commvault.

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Commvault Backup & Recovery is an enterprise-grade solution for backing up servers & applications. The console is web-based which enables it to be managed from anywhere and any device. Its dashboard gives a one-stop overview of the entire backup infrastructure.

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It is not an easy solution to configure, and you need an expert to do it. Also, it works best with a domain-based environment. Some of the alerts are a nuisance like increase and decrease in backup size, etc.

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Gartner

As per Gartner Peer Review, Commvault has got a rating of 4.5/5 from over 400+ reviews. Below are a couple for reviews of Commvault.

quote

One of the biggest challenges was to backup and protect data on a large scale of different devices, operating systems and locations throughout the country. With more than 300 employees of whom 80 are located far from the centralized data servers located in Belgrade, it was of the utmost

Read Full Review
quote

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Product does as advertised, for larger environments you'll have product sprawl. Mainly a Windows based product, you can build Linux Media Agents but support seems to be a challenge.

Read Full Review
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G2

As per G2, Commvault has got a rating of 4.2/5 from over 70+ reviews. Below are couple of reviews for Commvault.

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Commvault Backup & Recovery is an enterprise-grade solution for backing up servers & applications. The console is web-based which enables it to be managed from anywhere and any device. Its dashboard gives a one-stop overview of the entire backup infrastructure.

Read Full Review
quote

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It is not an easy solution to configure, and you need an expert to do it. Also, it works best with a domain-based environment. Some of the alerts are a nuisance like increase and decrease in backup size, etc.

Read Full Review
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