Commvault Adds Elastic SAN Support for Azure VMs

We’re pleased to share that Microsoft Azure Elastic SAN support for Azure virtual machines (VMs) will be available in private preview following Microsoft Ignite 2024. This innovative offering allows Elastic SAN volumes to be attached to Azure VMs via iSCSI, providing enhanced flexibility and scalability for your cyber resilience and data protection storage needs.

Michael Fasulo, Senior Director of Product Management at Commvault, sums up the news best: “Throughout our 27+ years of partnership with Microsoft, our goal has always been to provide the broadest workload coverage and native Azure integration, providing unmatched scalability and cost-effectiveness while delivering true continuous business. Our support for Elastic SAN amplifies our strong joint value to customers, embracing today’s cloud-first reality.”

How This New Feature Can Help Your Organization

Azure Elastic SAN offers a powerful and flexible storage solution that can help you optimize your workloads and achieve your business goals. With its enhanced performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, Elastic SAN is the ideal choice for demanding applications.

Commvault Cloud’s support for Azure Elastic SAN offers significant advantages for organizations seeking comprehensive cyber resilience solutions. Commvault’s integration with Azure Elastic SAN simplifies backup and recovery processes, while our robust cyber resilience and data protection capabilities provide peace of mind and minimize the risk of data loss.

Why Is the Adoption of Elastic SAN Accelerating?

There are many benefits that organizations gain from adopting Elastic SAN, including enhanced performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. With the explosion of AI data and the need to effectively protect these large volumes of data, this functionality helps organizations securely and cost-effectively protect and secure these mission-critical workloads. Commvault Cloud’s enhanced coverage of Elastic SAN will help keep these workloads cyber resilient and recoverable from cyberattacks:

• High-Performance Computing: Deliver demanding HPC applications with exceptional performance.
• Large-scale databases: Accelerate database operations and improve query response times.
• Big data analytics: Process and analyze large datasets efficiently.
• Content Delivery Networks: Streamline content delivery and improve the user experience.

Learn more

For a demo and to learn more about our enhanced support of Azure Elastic SAN, visit Commvault Cloud for Microsoft Azure | Commvault and reach out to us at microsoft@commvault.com.