HPE Cloud Volume - For all storage need
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using it for backups storage in Cloud and also its being used for hosting few smaller Applications. Using HPE Cloud Volumes for backup solution has significantly reduced our cost for maintaining backups On-Premise and also backups can be accessed across data centers. Hosting Applications in HPE Cloud Volumes has increased the reliability of the Application.
Pros
- Backups on Cloud
- Application Hosting
- Provide storage for platform/geographical migration
Cons
- Not suitable for small scale enterprises
- Initial setup is bit difficult
- Pricing can be more flexible which can suits different customer of different needs.
Most Important Features
- Consumption based pricing model
- Data encryption
- Support with other Cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP etc
Return on Investment
- Backups on HPE Cloud Volumes has significantly reduced the cost of on premise handling of backups
- It provided storage for datacenter move which reduced the migration time
- Hosting smaller application in HPE Cloud Volumes has helped in saving operating cost.
Alternatives Considered
Qlik Replicate, IBM Informix on Cloud and NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Other Software Used
AWS Backup, Veritas NetBackup, Oracle ZFS

