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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Carbonite by OpenText

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ACarbonite by OpenText (also replacing the former EVault products acquired from Seagate in 2016) is a cloud backup solution for small business. Designed to recover anything from a single file to an entire system with the click of a button, Carbonite users can protect virtually any type of file.N/A

    Rubrik

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Rubrik is cloud data management and enterprise backup software provided by Palo Alto-based Rubrik, Inc. It is a software platform that provides backup, instant recovery, archival, search, analytics, compliance, and copy data management in one secure fabric across data centers and clouds.N/A

    HPE Zerto Software

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    HPE Zerto Software aims to enable customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications.N/A
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    Carbonite by OpenTextRubrikHPE Zerto Software
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    Carbonite by OpenTextRubrikHPE Zerto Software
    Considered Multiple Products
    OpenText
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    Rubrik, Inc
    Chose Rubrik
    We looked at Cohesity and it could've been a contender had we not already gotten in bed with Rubrik. They seemed to have the same answers to our old problems as Rubrik with a simple platform. While nice, they were not providing anything extra or even close to make us consider …
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    Chose Rubrik
    Rubrik was the simplest, cheapest and most feature-filled.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Chose HPE Zerto Software
    I think Rubrik, VEEAM and Zerto are great products, really depends on the use case. Zerto is probably the best real time replication technology available for VMs to a single or multiple DR datacenter. They claim they have backup capabilities but they are not in the ballpark of R…
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    Chose HPE Zerto Software
    Selected Zerto because it met our needs. Plus it was hardware agnostic. Definitely a good product with very good support.
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    Chose HPE Zerto Software
    Zerto was far and away from a much better product than RecoverPoint. EMC was unable to perform near as fast and as good as Zerto and required a lot more setup and infrastructure to run.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Carbonite by OpenTextRubrikHPE Zerto Software
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Carbonite by OpenText and Rubrik and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Carbonite by OpenText
    8.8
    24 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Rubrik
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    1% above category average
    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Universal recovery10.09 Ratings8.8127 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Instant recovery3.311 Ratings8.8136 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.89 Ratings8.8125 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Business application protection9.015 Ratings8.1125 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.016 Ratings8.1134 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.821 Ratings8.5131 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.423 Ratings8.9129 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.013 Ratings6.7137 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Snapshots10.011 Ratings8.9141 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.812 Ratings8.1130 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.812 Ratings9.9142 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Platform support8.813 Ratings9.0139 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Retention options6.014 Ratings9.8142 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Encryption9.914 Ratings9.9132 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Carbonite by OpenText and Rubrik and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Carbonite by OpenText
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Rubrik
    -
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    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Continuous data protection8.33 Ratings00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Replication8.32 Ratings00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics6.93 Ratings00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Malware protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.22 Ratings00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery10.02 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery
    Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Carbonite by OpenText and Rubrik and HPE Zerto Software
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    Carbonite by OpenText
    -
    Ratings
    Rubrik
    -
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    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Disaster Recovery Planning00 Ratings00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Hot Sites00 Ratings00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery Testing00 Ratings00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Automated Disaster Recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Arcserve ShadowProtect
    Score6.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MSP360 Backup
    Score7 out of 10
    Carbonite by OpenText
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Datto SIRIS
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Zerto on IBM Cloud
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Carbonite by OpenTextRubrikHPE Zerto Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (49 ratings)
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    8.3
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (26 ratings)
    8.0
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    7.7
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    Performance
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    8.2
    (6 ratings)
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    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (23 ratings)
    4.0
    (34 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.1
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    Online Training
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    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
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    Configurability
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    6.1
    (6 ratings)
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    6.5
    (8 ratings)
    6.7
    (16 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.9
    (6 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
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    8.2
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    Professional Services
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    7.7
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    Vendor post-sale
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    8.9
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    8.8
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    User Testimonials
    Carbonite by OpenTextRubrikHPE Zerto Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenText
    More than enough for small companies with several on-prem servers. In 2021, it wouldn't be wise to pit all important data to a single backup service. Carbonite Server is solid, but it's not 100% reliable so I'd definitely recommend having multiple backup services either on the cloud in conjunction with other backup services so the user has multiple safety nets in case of disaster and failed granular restorations.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    Rubrik is still a relatively new product when compared to other solutions which tackle total data protection. The feature set is quite broad but still needs some refinements. Most of the User Interface is quite straightforward and easy, but some areas are a bit lacking in a description of what the option is used for, or the option is missing. While making the user experience easy, many tunables aren’t present and require a Support Tunnel to be open for a Support person to make a change in the customer’s environment. Seems the first question Support always asks is if you can open a tunnel for them to remote in. Then you’re not able to monitor exactly what they’re doing.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Zerto is well suited for disaster recovery and virtual machine replication between multiple data centers. DR testing for audit or regulations is much easier with Zerto, great reporting, dashboard etc. It is not well suited for physical server replication for disaster recovery or as a primary backup solution.
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    Pros
    OpenText
    • Simple administrative web interface - It's easy to provision users, look at data usage stats, disable users, and update policies to control what folders users are allowed to backup, and what options they can access
    • Easy client installation - Installing and updating clients was very simple. The client would notify the user when a new update was approved by the site admins, and they typically went very smoothly.
    • Good performance - Backups went fairly fast, and were generally invisible to the user, other than the icon updating on files to indicate whether the current version of a file was backed up or not.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    • It just works right out of the box. No customizations were needed to start using.
    • It protects several types of databases such as IBM DB2 that are not protected by competing products.
    • The Rubrik Support team is very knowledgeable and responsive to our issues.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Anyone with a large disk (VMDK) knows the issues of VMware snapshots. Most backup software is a "point in time backup" that uses snapshots. While the backup can be run multiple times per day the stress of the snapshot on the host and storage is eliminated by the continuous protection of Zerto log replication.
    • A client had a the disks on a VM go missing for some reason. We had them "flip the switch" for a real fail over and press the fail over button. The VM on our DR site started to come alive as the VM at the customer site was brought down. When the DR VM was fully up, automatic reverse replication started. The DR machine was available in a few minutes (to take into account different host hardware) for access. One the vm at both sites were in sync, we had the customer again repeat the fail over process and the DR site VM was turned off and the Production site VM was brought back on line. This was a 200 GB VM and the whole process was finished in about 3 hours.
    • Zerto also allows for "Test" fail overs that can be configured on many different functions, such as host, datastore, network and IP usage. Configuring the IPs is crucial to avoid inadvertent site cross contamination of the same VM.
    • Zerto can also retrieve files from any VM disk on the DR site without starting a VM. Very handy for retrieving files or directories.
    • Since Zerto is running continuous log replication, changes on the production VM are nearly instantaneously copied to the DR site. As with any data process, having sufficient bandwidth for "churn" peaks minimizes the delay in updating the DR site.
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    Cons
    OpenText
    • While overall file restoration is easy to do, obtaining earlier versions is not as user friendly as it could be. You need to enter a date and click search to bring up the latest versions as of the date entered. That’s fine, but what is missing is the ability to see all versions of an individual file. If I am looking for a past file version I want to be able to view the file history as a subset of that file (in other words I should be able to click a + sign and expand to see past versions of the file). Otherwise I am just guessing which dates the file was changed in the past. Sometimes that’s OK, but Mozy needs to build in this enhanced, but necessary feature.
    • A couple of years ago, for non enterprise users, Mozy made radical storage and pricing changes forcing myself and many users off their system, as the price for the same storage was going up significantly. So be careful when using Mozy as past experience has shown they are willing to make major changes regardless of the negative impact on their users.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    • Automated test restores. I would love to setup automated and random test restores on a regular basis where Rubrik's system will restore a random file or directory to a test SharePoint folder, send a full report, and provide a path to the folder for review and confirmation.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Moving a VM from one protection group to another could be simplified.
    • I would like to see an executive-style report of recovery and testing for upper management.
    • The ability to deploy Zerto as a virtual appliance, without the need for a windows server.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenText
    Carbonite Server Backup does not integrate or support any reporting; it is not good at it. We required monthly and quarterly reports for audit. If we fail in that we get fined or we have to pay a certain amount of money to customer. It does not support cloud instances and we are using N2WS for the cloud instances. This is an additional burden for customers.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    The support has been incredible. Any time we have had a question, it has always been answered within 24hrs. Also, the team is always will to hop on a Zoom call to help walk us through the dashboard and troubleshoot any issues we are having. Also, having the peace of mind that our data is protected should anything happen in our system.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We really like the easy setup of this replication solution, as well as the ease of management. Not to mention, our internal IT Economist determined that the Zerto solution would provide the best ROI out of the competing solutions we analyzed. So far, his calculations have been spot on, and we have saved substantially
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    Usability
    OpenText
    Out of all the vendor we deal with they are one of the best when it comes to customers service. Reliable,you can reach them by telephone easily, Great overall can not say anything to the contrary. Usibility is excellent. I recommend them highly whether you need a simple backup ofr more complex for servers etc.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    The support is top notch both tech and sales team, the tools are simple
    to use and yet still is feature rich. Security is top of the list, the
    product is sold and reliable, easy to configure and intuitive to use.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Zerto is very easy to implement and support. Uses are broad, only issues are once something doesn't sync it is difficult to get assistance until your reach tier 2 or tier 3 support. Basic file and folder recovery is great. Live and test fail overs are also easy to implement without issue.
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    Reliability and Availability
    OpenText
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    Rubrik, Inc
    Rubrik's brik is designed with redundancy in mind, ensuring that if one node experiences issues, others can continue to provide backup and recovery services.
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    Performance
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    Yes. Even on VPN and poor occasional poor internet speeds we've had no issues.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Support Rating
    OpenText
    I usually find what I need to know by looking in the Carbonite knowledge base online. We haven't had any major problems, usually we just need clarification on a point or more details about a feature so we look it up. We haven't had to call in for help in quite awhile.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    Rubrik support has been pretty good. There have been a few issues with new releases we have experienced and are still considering if we want to make the jump to version nine. There are a few things we are concerned about which are giving us pause. That being said, support is working hard to answer our questions.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Overall support is very good. We sometimes get pushback when asking Level 1 support to escalate to Level 2. This causes undue frustrations when you need a more knowledgeable support person to get involved. We've had to escalate to account reps a few times for this scenario. Zerto is very responsive and normally handles our requests very quickly.
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    In-Person Training
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    Very easy to take in and pass on.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Online Training
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    Easy to follow and very thorough. Trainer was knowledgeable and helpful answering any questions and providing detailed answers where possible. It's also nice to gain another badge :) There is also the Rubrik University online tutorials to refer back to and keep updated with new innovations. I would say the exam was very hard.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Implementation Rating
    OpenText
    We had appliance and we just needed to setup the Director Console which was straight forward and easy.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    From experience the implementation was smooth and easy, like a simple plug and play format but would need coordination from your network team to be able to see the entire IT infrastructure.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Make sure the end goal is in mind before implementing. That way results meet expectations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenText
    Netbak is a great product but we also had a secondary issue of having to backup several PC's on site and at remote locations. Carbonite helped with both and gave us one central admin console to be able to check the progress of all our backups, where netbak would have required us to setup a tunnel or use the internet to move data back to our main office.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    Having all our backups under one umbrella made product management easier, with not need to manage myltip contracts.
    The additional analysis of the data after the fact gave insights into our user data, without the need for an addition product, or the impact on live data sets.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We started out using Backup Exec which was in service until we virtualized our environment where it didn't perform as well at the time. Then we switched to Veeam which worked well, but then as we started needing to do migrations and off-site DR, we found ourselves relying on Zerto more often.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    We are fine with the 1 year or 3 year support options that Rubrik has had. The support for the on-prem hardware has been great too. We've had them for quite a while (4+ years) and no end of support yet.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    For my organization, the pricing model was an upfront investment for the Zerto licenses. My organization prefers to pay upfront and not deal with month-to-month or year-to-year pricing models that most companies are moving to. But for some, the investment may be more than they can afford, and would prefer the year-to-year pricing model.
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    Scalability
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    Rubrik allows multi-site deployment and cloud integration. But we are currently only using Rubrik in one location with Archives in Cloud
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Professional Services
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Rubrik, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    I mean, it was 6 years ago, but we were up and going with all applications synchronizing in short order. The longest tasks was getting the 30 TB of application data synchronized between the datacenters.
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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • We have a safety net that we didn't have before.
    • Key players are now backed up through an automated system that was easy to silently install.
    • The resources used impacted our exchange server negatively and slowed email until it was disabled.
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    Rubrik, Inc
    • Rubrik has eliminated all our other backup tools that we were trying to accomplish what they offer.
    • Rubrik has made management of backups a non-issue.
    • Recovery of systems and files takes seconds or minutes.
    • We have a better strategy against ransomware.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Zerto is like having the best possible insurance ... it just works, and often provides the backups taken overnight that are key in recovering data/work between overnight backups.
    • Zerto easily enabled the move of primary datacenters by allowing easy failover to a secondary site, and failback to the primary site.
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    ScreenShots

    Rubrik Screenshots

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    HPE Zerto Software Screenshots

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