Overview
Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) is a virtualized version of the industry leading protection software, Dell Avamar. With the movement companies are making to take advantage of the agility and flexibility of the public, private and hybrid cloud, Dell wanted to provide the same protection expected from Avamar in these new environments. AWS users will benefit from fast, efficient data backup and recovery through a complete software solution. Equipped with native deduplication technology, AVE facilitates fast, daily full backups for virtual environments, remote offices, enterprise applications, network-attached storage (NAS) servers, and desktops/laptops.
The main benefits of Avamar:
- Local backup supported on AWS in commercial and US GovCloud regions Up to 16 TB (0.5 TB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB, 16 TB increments) usable capacity available or up to 96 TB usable capacity with DDVE Integration
- Optimized Bandwidth (Backup sends only changed blocks, reducing network traffic)
- One-Step Recovery
- Encryption
- Replication (with or without DD Integration)
- Between on-prem and the cloud
- Between the same or different regions in the cloud
- Supports DDVE and DDBoost integration for industry leading protection storage. Interested in trying Avamar Virtual Edition before you buy, a 90-day trial license is included! Licensing: Can be upgraded by purchasing a license directly from Dell or an authorized Dell partner/reseller.
Highlights
- Delivers a software-only data protection solution
- Provides guest-level backup and recovery
Details
Pricing
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
Contact your Dell EMC Account Manager for details
Legal
Vendor terms and conditions
Content disclaimer
Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Additional details
Usage instructions
The AMI may be used to deploy new instances of Avamar Virtual Edition. To upgrade an existing instance of Avamar VE to this version, contact Dell EMC support.
Refer to the Avamar 19.9 AWS Installation Guide (https://ave-marketplace-content.s3.amazonaws.com/ave-199/Avamar_Virtual_Edition_19.9_Installation_and_Upgrade_Guide.pdf ) for installation and configuration. Here's the brief steps:
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Deploy the Avamar VE on a private subnet.
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Configure storage devices before booting the Avamar VE for the first time: Configure data disks as desired. The minimum data volume is 3 x 250 GiB.
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Launch your Avamar VE Instance and wait 10 minutes for the instance to be up and fully pre-configured in system level.
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Visit https://
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Refer to the Avamar 19.9 Administration Guide (https://ave-marketplace-content.s3.amazonaws.com/ave-199/Avamar_19.9_Administration_Guide.pdf ) to start using Avamar VE as a backup target.
Resources
Vendor resources
Support
Vendor support
Paid version: Contact Dell Technical Support http://www.emc.com/contact/contact-us.htm . Community Network page: https://community.emc.com/community/products/avamar#support . Paid version: Dell Support (800)782 4362, support@emc.com
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.