Simple recovery for lower tier tasks

VMware vCloud provider of Virtual Datacentres, Bluelock, has announced an expansion of its Recovery-as-a-Service solution suite to include the 4048 Virtual Datacentre, a recoverable backup repository in the cloud, ideal for simple, affordable recovery of lower tier workloads.

Bluelock has been providing top tier Recovery-as-a-Service (RaaS), or cloud-based disaster recovery, solutions since early 2013. As such, Bluelock has seen first-hand how cumbersome, costly and complex it can be for customers to try to recover files from traditional commodity backup services, compared to a true cloud-based recovery solution.

To enable a simpler and more affordable total recovery experience, Bluelock invested in expanding its recovery solution suite to include a recoverable backup repository in the cloud.

The recoverable backup repository is located adjacent to hot compute, which speeds up recovery time, lowers risk and lowers capital expenditures. The Bluelock 4048 Virtual Datacenter (VDC) is a secure, encrypted offsite backup storage location that requires no secondary site management and can quickly scale on demand when a recovery is needed.

“The 4048 VDC adds no complexity to your existing daily backup solution,” explains Ben Miller, Product Solutions Director at Bluelock. “Simply point your backup replication software to the Bluelock Virtual Datacentre. With direct connection to a proven cloud infrastructure platform, customers have access to a second datacentre in which to run applications as long as needed, until their own datacentre is back in working order.”

Bluelock RaaS enables customers to manage all tiers of their recovery portfolio through a single interface, Bluelock Portfolio. By working with Bluelock for multiple tiers of application recovery, clients are able to efficiently work with one team in the event of a disaster, bringing back critical applications and data in the proper order. This decreases complexity and increases the likelihood of a successful recovery.

The system adds a reliable recovery capability, including off-site storage, without adding complexity to your existing daily backup solution, and automated setup through a wizard for quick deployment and creation of a pay-per-use service.  

Used backup storage is billed at only $0.30/GB/month, and clients can leverage compression and de-duplication to save on storage costs. All backup data stored is encrypted in-flight and at rest, regardless of the backup solution’s ability to encrypt, and recovery is at Gbps LAN speeds, unlike WAN solutions traditionally restored over the Internet.