Altaro Review

Overview

What is Altaro VM Backup?

Altaro VM Backup is a virtual machine backup and replication platform for VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. This cloud-based program ensures the security of business data by offering features for automatic backup, continuous data protection (CDP), cloud storage management, WAN-optimized data replication, and more. It is built for consultants, IT resellers, IT units, and managed service providers (MSPs), and delivers streamlined and robust enterprise-grade capabilities for backup, deduplication, and replication.

Altaro VM Backup empowers you to efficiently manage data backup and replication using features such as concurrency for simultaneous backups, continuous data protection (CDP) for frequent data backups, WAN-optimized replication to remote sites, and augmented inline deduplication to accelerate backups.

Benefits

Benefits of Altaro VM Backup

Zero Downtime

Altaro VM Backup eliminates downtime problems while backups are progressing as it uses Microsoft VSS to perform live backups without any disruption to the running virtual machines (VMs) and host. Zero downtime allows you to link up and utilize services hosted in the VMs to do your work from your office, home, or any remote place, without interruptions.

Transfer Data at Needed Speed

With Altaro VM Backup, you can replicate machines to secure them from disasters and crises. The software offers simple yet effective off-site storage and replication tools. You can use the multiple customization choices for backup frequency to transfer data at your desired speed

File Granular Restores

This is another main function of the platform which makes file recovery and access available from any location. Further, you can restore to various hosts and also restore files from several points concurrently. The helpful and engaging Restore features make individual file recovery simple.

Simple Interface

Altaro VM Backup presents an interactive and easy-to-use interface that you can leverage to automate all your backup and recovery processes. Plus, you can effortlessly track different tasks for your Hyper-V and VMware guests. The program’s sophisticated API automation tools help to enhance your reporting.

Swift Backups

Altaro VM Backup can efficiently backup VMs running on Windows, Mac, Unix, and Linux operating systems. You can complete your first Hyper-V backup in just about 15 minutes depending on the available resources and the size of the VMs. Drive swapping is provided as an offsite copy location for both VMware and Hyper-V environments. You have the choice of opting for manual backup or automated backup scheduling.

Product Features

Pricing

Altaro pricing is calculated based on the number of hypervisors (VMware or Hyper-V) you wish to protect. Prices include one full year of 24/7 support and upgrades (SMA). Contact the vendor for more details.