Microsoft DPM Available as virtual appliance Available as software only

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Available as integrated operating system, backup software, archiving software, replication software, and so on - as a virtual appliance. Available as non-integrated software. Microsoft DPM is primarily sold in this manner; Unitrends does not offer non-integrated software. Monitoring and management of data protection software, operating system, storage, server, and other solution components. Monitoring and management of multiple DPM servers (for Microsoft) or appliances (in the case of Unitrends) from a single user interface. Monitoring and management can be performed via the web. Microsoft DPM has a native Windows application for management of the DPM deployment and does not provide a webbased user interface to manage the DPM solution.

Appliance-based monitoring/management

Single pane of glass

Web-based management

Heterogeneous bare metal restore

Limited

Limited

This includes not only Windows but VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and other operating systems. Microsoft DPM only protects Windows environments; Unitrends has integrated bare metal restore support for multiple operating systems in the physical and virtual environment.

Heterogeneous backup

Microsoft DPM only protects homogeneous Windows environments. Unitrends appliances protect over 100 different operating systems, applications, platforms and hypervisors.

Virtual and physical backup

Supports virtual and physical environments; Microsoft DPM only protects the Hyper-V virtual infrastructure whereas Unitrends protects VMware, Hyper-V and XenServer platforms.

Heterogeneous backup

Limited

Microsoft DPM only protects homogeneous Windows environments. Unitrends appliances protect over 100 different operating systems, applications, platforms and hypervisors.

Heterogeneous storage protection

Support for protecting NAS and SAN volumes. Microsoft DPM is a block based solution and does not support.

Maximum concurrent backups

Unlimited

Unlimited

The number of concurrent backups.

Supports agentless

Supports agentless-based protection where necessary; Unitrends supports agentless-based protection for VMware, NAS storage, and iSeries (AS400) environments.

Source Dduplication

Supports deduplication; DPM 2010 does not support deduplication; Unitrends supports target-based, byte-level (content-aware) deduplication.

Encryption

Grid-based scalability

At least AES-256 level encryption; Microsoft DPM supports encrypting data that is written to tape for long-term retention; Unitrends appliances encrypts data at-rest on the appliance as well as in-flight for off-site data protection. Backup servers (or appliances) are configured in a grid for interoperability, monitoring, and management.

Integrated symmetric and asymmetric replication Integrated peer-to-peer replication Integrated private cloud replication

Microsoft DPM and Unitrends both offer private and public cloud protection for disaster recovery. Cross replication between DPM servers (achieved with DPM chaining) or appliances in the case of Unitrends. Microsoft DPM offers site-to-site replication on a single-tenant basis; Unitrends offers integrated replication to off-site locations on a singletenant basis.

Microsoft DPM 2012 Available as virtual appliance Available as software only Appliance-based monitoring/management Single pane of glass Web-based management

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Heterogeneous bare metal restor Heterogeneous backup Virtual and physical backup Heterogeneous backup Heterogeneous storage protection Maximum concurrent backups Supports agentless Source Dduplication Encryption Grid-based scalability Integrated symmetric and asymmetric replication Integrated peer-to-peer replication Integrated private cloud replication

Limited

Limited

Limited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Microsoft EMC DPM Avamar Supports agentless

More Detail Supports agentless-based protection where necessary; Unitrends supports agentlessbased protection for VMware, NAS storage, and iSeries (AS400) environments. Supports deduplication; DPM 2010 does not support deduplication; Unitrends supports target-based, byte-level (content-aware) deduplication. At least AES-256 level encryption; Microsoft DPM supports encrypting data that is written to tape for long-term retention; Unitrends appliances encrypts data at-rest on the appliance as well as in-flight for offsite data protection. Backup servers (or appliances) are configured in a grid for interoperability, monitoring, and management. Microsoft DPM and Unitrends both offer private and public cloud protection for disaster recovery. Cross replication between DPM servers (achieved with DPM chaining) or appliances in the case of Unitrends. Microsoft DPM offers site-to-site replication on a single-tenant basis; Unitrends offers integrated replication to off-site locations on a single-tenant basis.

Source Dduplication

Encryption

Grid-based scalability

Integrated symmetric and asymmetric replication

Integrated peer-to-peer replication

Integrated private cloud replication