Comparing Commvault Backup against AWS Native Backup
This document describes the key differences between SoftwareOne’s Enterprise Backup solution and AWS’s Cloud-Native Backup solution.
Key Feature comparison
Feature | Commvault | AWS Backup |
|---|---|---|
EC2 Snaps | Yes | Yes |
RDS Backups | Yes | Yes |
In-OS Application Sympathetic Backups | Yes, Windows and Linux. Largest scope of Applications on the market | Yes on Microosft, all Apps that support VSS (inc. SQL, AD and Exchange Server) |
S3 Backups | Yes | Yes |
Storage Tiering | Yes | Yes |
Pricing | Cheaper at larger Terabytes | $0.05 per GB-Month (EBS/EFS) $0.095 per GB-Month (RDS) |
Centralised Backup Account structure | Yes | Yes |
Cross-Region Backups | Yes | Yes |
Index and eDiscovery | Yes | No |
Commvault AWS Backup Scope
The Commvault Backup solution offers a single interface for the backup of the following:
Compute
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
VMware Cloud on AWS
AWS Outposts
Storage
Amazon S3 Glacier / Deep Archive
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
AWS Storage Gateway
Database
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon Redshift
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon RDS on VMware
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Further reading: https://www.commvault.com/supported-technologies/aws