Commvault Active Copy Management [EOL] vs Google Cloud Backup and DR (formerly Actifio Enterprise) comparison

With Commvault, you can employ Active Copy Management to automate and manage the full lifecycle of your copy data - whether it lives on premises or in the cloud. You'll speed dev/test efforts, promote better decision-making and simplify the migration of copy data to the cloud.

Actifio Enterprise is a comprehensive data management and protection platform designed to simplify and streamline the process of managing, protecting, and leveraging enterprise data. It enables organizations to efficiently capture, store, replicate, and recover data across a wide range of environments, including physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures.

Security is a top priority, and Actifio Enterprise incorporates robust encryption and security measures for data protection. It ensures data is encrypted at rest and in transit, providing.

Actifio Enterprise Features:

• Data Virtualization: Actifio enables the creation of virtual copies of production data without the need for full physical copies. This reduces storage requirements and enhances data accessibility.
• Incremental Forever Backup: Actifio adopts an incremental backup approach, capturing and storing only changes to the data. This results in faster backups and reduced storage overhead.
• Instant Data Recovery: Actifio provides point-in-time snapshots, allowing organizations to rapidly recover data to any desired previous state, minimizing downtime.
• Application Consistency: Actifio ensures application-consistent backups by coordinating with applications to quiesce or freeze their I/O operations during data protection processes.
• Data Lifecycle Management: Actifio offers comprehensive data lifecycle management capabilities, allowing organizations to define retention policies and automate data archiving.
• Cloud Integration: Actifio seamlessly integrates with public, private, and hybrid cloud environments, enabling backup, replication, and long-term data retention in the cloud.
• Test Data Management: Actifio facilitates the creation and management of synthetic test data sets for efficient testing and development purposes.
• Data Encryption and Security: Actifio ensures data protection through encryption and security measures, both at rest and in transit.

Actifio Enterprise Benefits:

• Streamlined data management processes for improved efficiency
• Reduced storage costs through data virtualization and incremental backups
• Faster data recovery with near-instant snapshots
• Application-consistent backups for data integrity
• Flexibility and scalability with cloud integration
• Efficient test and development processes with synthetic data sets
• Data security and compliance with encryption and privacy measures
• Cost-effective data protection and optimized backup infrastructure
• Simplified data governance and lifecycle management
• Enhanced disaster recovery capabilities.

Reviews from Real Users

PeerSpot user, Project Manager & Scrum Master at a computer software company, says that Actifio Enterprise is “Easy to set up and it can integrate with cyber recovery solutions but is only for Google Cloud”