A leading vendor of virtualization solutions for hyper converged infrastructures, Nutanix has made a lasting impact on the virtualization industry. The company’s chief product, Nutanix Acropolis hypervisor (AHV), is designed from scratch to allow the creation of hyperconverged infrastructures that are as flexible as they are resource-efficient. Organizations of all sizes leverage the storage, computing and networking virtualization capabilities of Nutanix AHV to build private clouds and data centers.
With the increased reliance on Nutanix AHV, organizations turn to third-party backup solutions to protect their business-critical data. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of offerings. To help you cut through the market noise and make the right choice, we’ve compiled a list of top 10 solutions for backing up Nutanix AHV.
NAKIVO
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is an agentless backup solution that seamlessly integrates with the Nutanix AHV environment to produce a high-performance and app-consistent backup.
- Install NAKIVO Backup & Replication on Windows and Linux or natively on QNAP, Synology, NETGEAR, ASUSTOR or WD NAS servers
- Create agentless, incremental, app-consistent backups
- Store your backups in ransomware-resilient repositories and tape
- Comply with a 3-2-1 rule by backing up offsite and to the cloud
- Perform instant full or granular recovery to minimize downtime
- Enjoy a user-friendly interface, LAN-free data transfer and the Network Acceleration feature
- Simplify data protection management with global search and Calendar dashboard
- Implement Advanced Bandwidth Throttling to reduce network load
- Deliver BaaS to up to 1000 isolated tenants from a single web interface
- Ensure backup safety by applying the 256-bit encryption at rest and during transfer
COHESITY
Cohesity offers a comprehensive backup and recovery solution for Nutanix.
- Prism Managed Objects
- Cost-effective
- Auto Discovery and Protect
- Storage Efficiency
- Search and Recover
- Data Resiliency at Scale
UNITRENDS
Backup and recover Nutanix AHV at the click of a button with Unitrends all-in-one data protection solutions.
- Certified to Protect AHV
- Nutanix and Unitrends Integration
- Automation – Reduce Downtime and Gain Proof of Compliance
- Automated Ransomware Discovery
- SLA Policy Automation
- Understand the Impact of Downtime
VEEAM
Simplify management, minimize data loss and reduce recovery times for all applications and data hosted on Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor with Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV.
- Repository-agnostic backups
- Flexible recovery
- Centralized proxy management
- Monitoring and reporting for Nutanix AHV
STORWARE
The best data protection solution for virtual machines, applications running on Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor. Backup and recover Nutanix AHV with vProtect.
- Efficient, incremental backup of AHV VMs with CBT/CRT (Changed-Region Tracking)
- Snapshot-management for better RPO
- Backup consistency mechanisms for your applications running on AHV VMs
- File level restore directly from the Web UI and accessing VM disks from backups over ISCSI
- 2 different modes: independent backup server or proxy for legacy backup systems
- Supported languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, German
- The easiest licensing and custom support levels