AWS Snow Family vs. Carbonite Availability

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Snow Family
Score 9.4 out of 10
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The AWS Snow Family is a collection of physical devices that help migrate large amounts of data into and out of the cloud without depending on networks. AWS Snowcone is the smallest member of the AWS Snow Family of edge computing and data transfer devices, presented as portable, rugged, and secure. AWS Snowball is a suitcase-sized data migration and edge computing device that comes in two device options: Compute Optimized and Storage Optimized presenting terabytes of usable block or Amazon S3…N/A
Carbonite Availability
Score 9.8 out of 10
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Carbonite acquired Double-Take, a data replication and disaster recovery option, in early 2017. The technology now powers Carbonite Availability, the now Carbonite supported high availability and data replication product.N/A
Pricing
AWS Snow FamilyCarbonite Availability
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS Snow FamilyCarbonite Availability
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
AWS Snow FamilyCarbonite Availability
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Cohesity
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User Ratings
AWS Snow FamilyCarbonite Availability
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS Snow FamilyCarbonite Availability
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
I can say it is appropriate in many ways, like the data transfer and the migration part. The generations in the AWS snow family are also helpful in choosing the right one based on the amount of data and budget aspects. Moreover, it was well suited for use in migrating bulk amounts of data. The surveillance part is a bit drawback for us, and now its ok, and we are good with it.
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Carbonite, an OpenText company
I believe it would work well with continuous replication in a DR scenario with no time limits and having the ability to fail back is a bonus, but in a one off move the decision to restrict the time it can sync for has proven to be an issue for us.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Data migration.
  • Transfer speed.
  • Performance.
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Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • A product is worthless in my opinion if you don't have a great support team to work with. I've had issues with replication jobs that were resolved quickly and easily by the support team.
  • DR - Doubletake is the only tool that I'm aware of that can handle DR replication of both physical and virtual environments. There sre others, but they use a snapshot technology, where doubletake has continuous replication of data.
  • Move - we have moved physical and virtual environments from around the world without ever having to leave the office. One of the companies we migrated started off with their equipment in Switzerland, and after the servers were in a fully protected state in the US, that failover to the new location took 45 min.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
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Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • The initial set-up can be challenging in some regard.
  • Would like to see version updates that support all OS. Unfortunately we use several OS and are on an older version with 7 of our 8 servers.
  • Will be doing the upgrades to version 8 shortly and hope the software is compatible with all OS.
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Usability
Amazon AWS
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Carbonite, an OpenText company
Cabonite Availability is a very practical and useful tool that can help any business weather any type of IT disaster. The ease and quickness of restoring data helps us provide as seamless an experience as possible. Many times our customers will never know there was an outage. This brings confidence in our brand and improves our organization's standing and reputation.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
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Carbonite, an OpenText company
Once through to support it is very good and they have assisted us through a number of issues. I don't always think that they provide a solution, more a workaround, but in a move situation where each copy is moving once, that isn't an issue. I'd be more concerned if we were using it to manage a DR scenario.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Actually, we have used both the AWS Database Migration Service and AWS snow family's snowmobile, and we have a lot of experience with both migration parts. But the one we choose the best is the AWS snow family. Among these, it really works like something to migrate all the existing data to AWS servers in a very short span. Moreover, the accuracy of the data transfer is 100%.
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Carbonite, an OpenText company
It is better for critical apps than Veeam due to the lower RPO. Veeam is favoured by some customers due to it's attractive price point. Zerto is a very strong product and is innovating continuously. I don't see so much of this from DoubleTake.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • No negative impact.
  • No unforeseen conditions that impact ROI.
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Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • From data recovery perspective for customers- Carbonite DoubleTake is a good solution.
  • The honest price for Carbonite DoubleTake and for the ROI -it's a good transaction for the customer.
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