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Carbonite Availability
Formerly DoubleTake

Overview

What is Carbonite Availability?

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.

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DoubleTake Availability is a versatile tool that customers use for their disaster recovery needs. It serves multiple use cases, such as …
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DoubleTake Move

5 out of 10
July 25, 2017
Incentivized
DoubleTake is being used by the IT department to migrate the workload from a number of deprecated systems to a new data centre site and …
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What is Carbonite Availability?

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.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Carbonite Availability?

Carbonite Availability (formerly DoubleTake) migrates physical, virtual and cloud workloads over any distance with minimal risk and near-zero downtime. Using real-time, byte-level replication technology, Carbonite Availability creates a replica of the data, application, database or entire server being migrated and keeps it in sync with the production system. The migrated data can be validated without disrupting business operations, and downtime is limited to the seconds or minutes required for cutover to the new server.

Carbonite Availabilityâ„¢ software lets IT organizations maintain the highest availability of their Windows and Linux servers by preventing downtime and data loss. The software does this using a continuous replication mechanism that maintains a secondary copy without taxing the primary system or network bandwidth. With support for physical, virtual or cloud source systems or target environments, the Availability solution is a comprehensive replication option for organizations with mixed IT environments.

Carbonite Availability Features

  • Supported: Lightning Fast Recovery: Failover to your secondary site with minimal downtime with seconds-long recovery points
  • Supported: Streamlined Migration: Migrate from any hypervisor or cloud to any other, easily and with minimal downtime for users
  • Supported: Broad Platform Support: Replicate physical, virtual and cloud-based systems to any environment, locally or with one of our cloud service provider partners.
  • Supported: Self-Service Management: End-user control over configuration, monitoring, and failover through a self-service portal.
  • Supported: No Performance Impact: Protect all your workloads with continuous replication without impacting system performance.

Carbonite Availability Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle Enterprise Linux, CentOs, SUSE Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Sharepoint, Oracle MySQL
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Zerto, Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform, and OpenText PlateSpin Migrate are common alternatives for Carbonite Availability.

The most common users of Carbonite Availability are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

DoubleTake Availability is a versatile tool that customers use for their disaster recovery needs. It serves multiple use cases, such as migrating environments from local sites to the cloud or different locations around the world. Additionally, it allows for the migration of virtual servers back to physical hardware with minimal downtime.

In terms of disaster recovery, DoubleTake can function as a full DR solution for servers or as an offsite replication for critical servers. Customers have found that Carbonite Availability, which is installed on primary systems and creates a replica at the secondary location, effectively addresses the problem of system crashes or failures. It also offers a valuable solution for replicating to virtual servers, ensuring access to files and processes even in the event of a catastrophic event.

Another use case where DoubleTake has proven itself is server recovery. In one instance, it was utilized to recover from a server crash by converting a working server into a virtual machine on a different server. Moreover, this product has been successfully employed for migrating on-premise servers to a virtual private cloud with minimal downtime. This migration capability enables customers to smoothly transition workloads from outdated systems to new data center sites and infrastructure while minimizing disruptions.

Furthermore, DoubleTake's migration tool facilitates seamless migration of customers' workloads to the cloud without impacting business operations. It allows for the movement of large volumes of data efficiently and securely. The high availability provided by DoubleTake is particularly noteworthy when it comes to critical ERP business systems.

Departments within organizations have also found value in using DoubleTake for project creation and customer solutions. Positive feedback has been received from most customers who appreciate its effectiveness in ensuring data preservation in the face of potential disasters.

Overall, DoubleTake Availability caters to diverse users' needs by offering reliable disaster recovery solutions, enabling seamless migrations, and providing high availability for critical systems, earning positive reviews from satisfied customers.

Quick and Reliable Support: Many users have praised the support team for their quick and reliable assistance in resolving replication issues. The support team has been consistently responsive to user queries and has efficiently resolved any problems that arise, ensuring a smooth experience for customers.

User-Friendly Interface: Reviewers appreciate that the product's user interface is intuitive and easy to navigate. It requires minimal training for users to understand how to review and update data during the replication process. This simplicity enhances productivity as users can quickly adapt to using the portal without any significant learning curve.

Real-time Replication: Several users have expressed satisfaction with the product's ability to provide near real-time replication, depending on the client's available bandwidth. This feature ensures that data is synchronized promptly between systems, allowing businesses to operate seamlessly across different locations or environments.

User Interface: Some users have mentioned that the user interface of Carbonite DoubleTake could benefit from improvements, suggesting that it is not very intuitive or user-friendly. They feel that navigating through the software can be confusing and time-consuming, which hinders their overall experience. Complex Initial Set-up: Several reviewers have expressed difficulties with the initial set-up process of Carbonite DoubleTake. They felt that it was challenging and required a significant amount of time and effort to properly configure the software. This complexity can be frustrating for new users who are eager to get started quickly but find themselves facing technical hurdles. Licensing Process: A number of users have voiced frustration with the licensing process of Carbonite DoubleTake. They describe it as complex and convoluted, requiring them to navigate through various steps and procedures. Additionally, some users have found the online system for license management to be overly restrictive, limiting their flexibility in managing licenses effectively.

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July 25, 2017

DoubleTake Move

Score 5 out of 10
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Incentivized
DoubleTake is being used by the IT department to migrate the workload from a number of deprecated systems to a new data centre site and new infrastructure. It addresses the movement of large volumes of data transparently and without impact to the business and allows a seamless switch over from one site to another (ninety miles apart).
  • System Synchronisation
  • License management is poor and the online system is very restrictive, We are using a one time "Move" product that has a fixed life ... but sometimes in a small team other high priority tasks come along.
  • We lost all access to all licenses in the portal and all support because we hadn't used them in ninety days. Very poor service. We did get access back eventually but it took a lot of "bargaining".
  • Failover isn't always as smooth as it could be. VMDKs don't release properly and the move fails and has to be done manually. Not hard just frustrating. VMWare to VMWare.
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.
  • Moves have been completed without any loss of business and no downtime (previously incurred weekend outages).
  • Old equipment has been retired so the architecture is more secure and resilient.
No
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A managed service partner recommended the product as one they use and we were able to see its use on an environment they manage for us.
I'd look at other products despite the recommendation if I had the time, but I probably wouldn't change anything.
No
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.
No
We paid to have an engineer online with us and talk us through the first full server failover. This went very smoothly and he spent the remainder of the time we had paid for assisting my colleague to get the setup working properly. This was not part of the engagement but as there was time available he wanted us to be happy and made sure everything was working.
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