Catalogic vProtect for KVM
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@scottalanmiller @CCWTech - chiming in late... I inquired a couple of years back (a few perhaps
). They were just "Storware" then. From vague memory it was expensive and didn't inspire confidence. I ended up staying on Windows Server, utilising Hyper-V and Veeam.Would be really interesting to see if they reinvigorate efforts for this product, at a realistic price (cough significantMLdiscountsforeveryone cough). Looks like they could use some marketing and increased product awareness out into the tech community.
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@warren-stanley said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
They were just "Storware" then. From vague memory it was expensive and didn't inspire confidence.
Still not inspiring confidence. Good to know our concerns are warranted.
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Catalogic vProtect is https://storware.eu/products/vprotect/
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@FATeknollogee said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
Catalogic vProtect is https://storware.eu/products/vprotect/
Wait, it's FREE!!
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In the pool that we are looking at, I think that the largest number of VMs is 3.
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@scottalanmiller said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
@FATeknollogee said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
Catalogic vProtect is https://storware.eu/products/vprotect/
Wait, it's FREE!!
All hypervisors except for Hyper-V.
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@black3dynamite said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
All hypervisors except for Hyper-V.
All the ones it supports
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They are non-responsive as to a price but offered a demo.
Sorry but I'm not doing a 1 hr demo only to find out that the price (Unless free of course) isn't reasonable. From the disorganization so far I'm guessing it's expensive just to keep all the people who don't know anything about the product employed.
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Wow, pricing is crazy high.
Poor service, high price... Hard pass.
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@CCWTech define crazy with a 1 and then # zero's behind it.
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@DustinB3403 said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
@CCWTech define crazy with a 1 and then # zero's behind it.
It's $1,500 perpetual for up to 2 cores. I didn't ask what maint costs would be.
Not bad if you are running a few VM's but our clients are small and only have 2 VM's. @scottalanmiller says that's not too bad but at the same token compared to a script that can do it, that's a lot for just a little bit more.
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@CCWTech my god. $1500. . .. yeah I'd rather use a script or a different hypervisor entirely with a free backup appliance like Veeam free or XO.
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@DustinB3403 said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
@CCWTech my god. $1500. . .. yeah I'd rather use a script or a different hypervisor entirely with a free backup appliance like Veeam free or XO.
Exactly. I nearly asked them what they were smoking.
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I'm assuming those cores are for the hypervisor as well. Not two socket, but two core?
Who would really consider that?
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@DustinB3403 said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
I'm assuming those cores are for the hypervisor as well. Not two socket, but two core?
Who would really consider that?
Per physical socket.
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@CCWTech said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
@DustinB3403 said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
I'm assuming those cores are for the hypervisor as well. Not two socket, but two core?
Who would really consider that?
Per physical socket.
Oh okay, that at least isn't nearly as bad as it sounded.
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@CCWTech said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
@DustinB3403 said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
I'm assuming those cores are for the hypervisor as well. Not two socket, but two core?
Who would really consider that?
Per physical socket.
If you had a mongo server with a ton of VM's, not bad.
They are just clearly not intended to market MSP's.
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Still it's expensive when you can use any of the same tools that are agent based, or directly backup via Virt-Manager or any number of scripts.
Where is the value in this?
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@DustinB3403 said in Catalogic vProtect for KVM:
Still it's expensive when you can use any of the same tools that are agent based, or directly backup via Virt-Manager or any number of scripts.
Where is the value in this?
I don't know if they have a central management console or not. If they did, that would be handy, but really the value doesn't justify cost.
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You can get a central console with XO at absolutely 0 cost, unlimited scale and any number of sockets and hosts. Literally thousands of hosts if you wanted too. . .
