CommVault's collaboration with NetApp began with the joint development of NetApp SnapProtect, an array-based snapshot management solution that accelerates and simplifies data protection and recovery for NetApp Data ONTAP environments. The introduction of the CommVault Backup Appliance extends the partnership to leverage the capabilities of NetApp's E-Series arrays with Simpana software.

The appliance enables a quick start-up and deployment across a customer's IT environment. It provides data protection, recovery, and native copy management for physical and virtual servers, laptops and desktops, and the full breadth of the Simpana platform's capabilities on file system, application and database environments. In addition, the appliance offers integrated replication, reporting, encryption and file archiving, fulfilling many of the specialized needs that in the past required a broad range of different solutions, making it ideal for organizations of all sizes and configurations. In addition, customers can add Simpana Solution Sets for VM Cloud Management, Email Archive, Snapshot Management and Endpoint protection without requiring a separate installation.

The CommVault Backup Appliance features global (source and target) deduplication and can be deployed in a parallel or grid architecture for higher availability and even greater flexibility, manageability, and scale. Parallel or partitioned deduplication allows users to combine two deduplication pools into one, which effectively allows twice as much data to be commonly deduplicated, reducing appliance sprawl. The appliance also provides software load balancing and failover capabilities to complement the resiliency of the hardware. An appliance can replicate to another appliance at a remote site for disaster recovery use cases. The turnkey nature of the appliance and its packaging – from the purchase process to implementation and support – makes the purchase, installation and deployment of this solution simple and easy from power-up to backup in less than an hour.

Available as a single package through distribution partners, the new appliance also includes CommVault's industry leading, first-line support for both software and hardware.

CommVault is committed to providing its customers and channel partners with data and information management solutions that are easy to buy and solve their specific data management challenges, available at price points and form factors to best suit their business requirements.

"The demand for appliance-based approaches to solving customer backup and archive problems is growing and we believe the expansion of our partnership with NetApp to provide this solution will allow both companies to solve the most pressing challenges our enterprise and midmarket customers are facing," said Ralph Nimergood, Vice President of Worldwide Channels and Alliances, CommVault. "The new appliance provides CommVault customers with a cost-effective technology choice for backup and recovery, and supports our channel partners in their efforts to market unique solutions that drive business value and market opportunity."