Datadobi
announced it has validated Google Cloud Storage as an endpoint for data
replication in addition to data migration. As a result, users of the DobiProtect software
suite can now replicate data held on any S3-compatible object storage
to Google Cloud Storage or vice versa. The news comes shortly after the
company announced support for Azure Blob storage in the DobiProtect software suite.
Datadobi's
validation of Google Cloud Storage enables organizations to build a
true multi-cloud strategy with their data available at multiple
Hyperscalers. Customers can host their data both on any S3 object
storage service and on Google Cloud Storage, and use DobiProtect to set
up permanent data replication between these two clouds.
Nearly 92% of enterprises now
have a multi-cloud strategy. This way, data is held in two different
sets of data centers, deployed on two completely different cloud storage
software and hardware stacks, operated by different companies,
different people, and different service procedures. DobiProtect now
allows users to boost data protection by entrusting their data to two
cloud storage stacks.
In
addition, a Datadobi-powered multi-cloud strategy avoids the need to
rely on a single cloud vendor from an availability, a security, and a
cost perspective. By enabling data sets to be moved or synchronized,
organizations can also choose the most appropriate data services from
each Hyperscaler for their needs, overcoming the potential for lock-in
to a single provider, and instead allowing users to cherry-pick services
as required.
Datadobi
can enable the initial migration and then set up the subsequent
replication stream. This is a one-time copy which ends in the cutover
step, during which the data authority is moved from the source to the
destination storage service or system. During this cutover, the Datadobi
software provides a chain of custody containing an auditable proof of
which data was moved during the data migration and confirming the
integrity of the data.
"As
organizations refine their cloud strategies, there is increasing demand
for solutions that facilitate a multi-vendor approach across both S3
and Google Cloud Storage infrastructure," said Carl D'Halluin, CTO,
Datadobi. "By validating Google Cloud Storage, we are helping our
customers to benefit from the best of both worlds, to choose the
services that meet their needs, and significantly increase their levels
of data protection."