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How-CloudEndure-Works - Disaster Recovery and Migration
How-CloudEndure-Works - Disaster Recovery and Migration
How-CloudEndure-Works - Disaster Recovery and Migration
CloudEndure Migration infrastructure, all private clouds, and public clouds including
Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), OpenStack,
CloudEndure Migration helps organizations simplify, Oracle Cloud, CloudStack, and IBM Cloud. Migration from
accelerate, and automate large-scale migration to AWS. another AWS account or AWS Region is also supported.
Continuous Data Replication takes place in the background,
without application disruption or performance impact, and Benefits of CloudEndure Migration include:
ensures that data is synced in real time, shortening cutover ÎÎ Cutover windows of minutes
windows to minutes. When a cutover or migration test is ÎÎ 100% data integrity for all applications, including write-
initiated, CloudEndure executes a highly automated machine intensive databases and legacy applications
conversion and orchestration process, allowing even the ÎÎ Same simple migration process is used for all workloads
most complex applications and databases to run natively in that are being migrated, regardless of OS type or version,
AWS within minutes, without compatibility issues, and with application, or database
minimal IT skills necessary. Unlimited non-disruptive tests ÎÎ Replication of many machines in parallel as part of large-
can be performed leading up to the planned cutover, which scale migration projects
ensures predictable results. ÎÎ Non-disruptive replication and testing so business
operations continue as usual up to the short cutover
CloudEndure Migration supports migration to AWS from window
on-premises environments, including physical and virtual
CloudEndure
Console
Replication
Settings
Customers select
source infrastructure
and target AWS
Region, subnets,
security groups,
and more from the
CloudEndure Console
before beginning
initial replication.
ÎÎ Support for any source infrastructure and all applications ÎÎ Cloud-based machines, including AWS, Microsoft Azure,
running on supported operating systems, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud,
databases and other write-intensive workloads OpenStack, and others
ÎÎ Highly automated orchestration minimizes project length ÎÎ Replication is also supported between Regions or
and IT skills needed Availability Zones in AWS
Continuous Data Replication Once installed and activated, the CloudEndure Agent begins
initial replication, reading all of the data on the machines at
At the core of CloudEndure’s technology is our proprietary the block level and replicating it to a low-cost “staging area” that
Continuous Data Replication engine, which provides real- is automatically provisioned in a customer’s AWS account, in
time, asynchronous, block-level replication for CloudEndure’s a target network of their choice. Customers define replication
Migration and Disaster Recovery solutions. settings, such as subnets, security groups, and replication tags,
through the self-service, web-based CloudEndure Console.
CloudEndure replication is done at the OS level (rather than
hypervisor or SAN level), enabling support of the following The initial replication can take anywhere from several
types of source infrastructure: minutes to several days, depending on the amount of data
ÎÎ Physical machines, including both on-premises and co- to be replicated and the bandwidth available between the
location data centers source infrastructure and the target AWS Region. No reboot
ÎÎ Virtual machines from any hypervisor, including VMware, is required nor is there system disruption throughout the
Microsoft Hyper-V, and others initial replication.
CloudEndure
Console
List of Machines &
Data Replication
Progress
The CloudEndure
Console provides
real-time information
on the data
replication status
of each machine.
Customers can add
machines, conduct
drills, and launch
failovers and failbacks
right from the
Console.
After the initial replication is complete, the source machines are Objectives (RPOs), as the data is always up-to-date and ready
continuously monitored to ensure constant synchronization, to be spun up as soon as a disaster strikes. For the migration
up to the last second. Any changes to source machines are use case, Continuous Data Replication allows for a minimal
asynchronously replicated in real time into the AWS “staging cutover window.
area.” CloudEndure’s replication engine is application-agnostic,
supporting all application types, including databases and
Unlike snapshot-based replication, Continuous Data Replication legacy applications, any source infrastructure, and a wide
enables customers to continue normal IT operations during the array of operating systems.
entire replication process without performance disruption
or data loss.
Each replication server can support a large number of source machines, significantly reducing compute costs for disaster recovery purposes.
This is in contrast to traditional disaster recovery solutions, which require a constantly running target server for each source machine.
The entire orchestration process typically takes minutes, Customers are able to select configuration settings for how
depending on the general time it takes the machines to boot. machines will be provisioned (orchestrated) in the target AWS
CloudEndure’s orchestration process is not impacted by the Region, instance/machine type, subnet, security groups, and
number or size of volumes or the number of VMs. elastic IP in the CloudEndure Console.
CloudEndure
Console
Blueprint
Configuration
Settings
Customers are
able to select
configuration settings
for how machines
will be provisioned
(orchestrated) in the
target AWS Region,
including instance/
machine type, subnet,
security groups,
elastic IP, and more.
Automated Failback
Once a disaster is over, CloudEndure provides automated For more information about CloudEndure’s Disaster Recovery
failback to the source infrastructure. Because CloudEndure’s and Migration solutions or to schedule a demo, please contact
failback technology utilizes the same agent-based block- us at cloudendure-info@amazon.com
level Continuous Data Replication engine, failback to source or visit www.cloudendure.com.
machines is rapid and data is continuously synched in