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AllianceVault

LiveVault
(Iron Mountain)

eVault
(Seagate)

Sonicwall

Software Installation

Agentless - Single Install per LAN

Install per Machine and per Plug-in

Install per Machine, per Plug-in and One Additional Central Control

Install per Machine and an Appliance Installation

Backup Type

Scheduled or Continuous (CDP)

Scheduled or Continuous (CDP)

Scheduled or Continuous (CDP)

Continuous (CDP)

Billing

Compressed Data
(Lower Cost!)

Uncompressed Data

Compressed Data

Per Appliance, Offsite Backup, Support Contract and Additional Fees

Data Retention Period

Generations

Days

Days

Days

Auto Delete Process

Yes

No

No

No

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Novell,  Linux, Unix, AS400, Mac

Windows, Linux, Unix, AS400

Windows, Novell, Linux, Unix, AS400

Windows

Primary Open File Availability

Exchange, SQL, Notes, Groupwise, Oracle, MySQL, Sharepoint, PostGreSQL, AS400, VMWare

Exchange, SQL, Oracle, Notes

Exchange, SQL, Oracle, AS400, MySQL, Notes,  Novell, VMWare

Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint

3-Stage Data Reduction Process

Yes
(See Table Below)

No

No

 

No

Multiple Data Versions Onsite And Offsite

Yes – (Free)

Yes – ($700 Set-up and $160 per Month)

No

No (Only One Version Offsite)

Software Application Plug-ins

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Install on Production Server

Optional

Required

Required

Required

Installation Cost

$100 for entire solution

$150 per Server

$160 first server / $65 each additional server

Pricing is per appliance, service & support, bare metal restore and offsite fee

Requires Appliance or Device

No

No

No

Yes

Requires Appliance per Customer

No

No

No

Yes

Requires NEW Appliance per customer for capacity upgrades

No

No

No

Yes

 

After Hours Support

Free - 24 x 7

Free – 24x7

Additional charge after 6:00pm ET

Additional charge for 24x7 support contracts




3 Stage Data Reduction Process

1.  Compression
2. Common File Elimination/De-Duplication
3. Delta Block Technology (4k)
Value - Significantly reduces the amount of billable data.

Competition - 99% of AllianceVault competitors do not deploy all of these processes.  Without these processes, the competition could have up to 7x the amount of billable data!



  
 AllianceVault - Key Benefits




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comparison Platform Native Size
993mb
Seed Backup 2 Backup 3
AllianceVault 978mb 181mb 197mb 194mb
Competitor 1001mb 1001mb 1082mb 1333mb