| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Data Deduplication | Performs block-level data deduplication across all VMs backed up |
| Friendly UI | This easy-to-use User Interface will get you backing up quickly |
| XenServer Integration | Leverages XenServer snapshots to capture guest VM state. XenServer 5.5 or later is recommended |
| Pool Support | Is pool-aware and can back up guests deployed to a XenServer storage pool |
| Quiesce Support | Quiesced snapshots are supported in XenServer 5.5 and later |
| Supported Storage Repositories (SRs) | Alike Supports any SR in XenServer 5.5 or later |
| Point-in-time restore | Versions each snapshot that is backed up |
| Syslog integration | Logging can be sent to a syslog server email/paging notifications |
| Flexible Scheduling | Jobs can be scheduled daily, weekly, or monthly; may be configured for multiple runs per day |
| 64-bit Support | Alike can run on 64-bit Windows, can back up any guest OS, and can also connect to a XenServer host that is 64 bit |
| Backup Storage Support | CIFS/ISCSI/Local Disk | Automated Storage Coalesce | Alike can fully automate and schedule Citrix's Coalesce tool, dramatically simplifying the reclaim process. | Schedule VM Replication | Alike can schedule the export, migration or replication of your VMs, providing simple offsite support. |
| Alike Free | Alike | |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum Number of Protected XenServer Hosts | 1 | One Per License |
| Maximum Supported Guest VMs per XenServer Host | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Maximum Archived Versions of Each Guest VM | 3 | Unlimited |
| Maximum Number of Scheduled Jobs | 3 | Unlimited |
| Price | FREE | $899/XenServer Host |
Alike Data Stores are a collection of unique data blocks which can be stored locally or remotely from the Alike server. These data blocks can optionally be encrypted to protect sensitive production data.
Alike deduplicates, compresses, and encrypts VM images and stores them in its highly efficient data store. Alike supports point-in-time restore by versioning each Xen snapshot.
Alike can connect to one or more XenServer hosts. Alike understands XenServer resource pools and is capable of backing up a VM regardless of which host it currently resides.
Alike can schedule jobs that can make the installation and administration of your XenServer environment easier. XVA files can be exported to a filesystem of your choosing on a schedule. VMs can be migrated from one XenServer pool to another (turning the source VM off and starting the target VM when complete) during your maintenance windows. VMs can even be scheduled to replicate to a secondary or even offsite XenServer for DR purposes.
Alike furnishes an easy-to-use interface that puts you in control of job scheduling, restores, and reports on all archival activity. Alike runs on a physical or virtual Windows host (XP, 2K3,2K8) and includes built-in scheduling, eliminating any need for end-user scripting.
Unlike any product in its class, Alike features QuorumSoft's advanced global deduplicating technology, which captures unique filesystem blocks across all your VMs and consolidates redundancies. Because VMs are deduplicated, Alike can efficiently archive many versions of each VM for point-in-time restore.
Alike can connect to one or more XenServer hosts. Alike understands XenServer resource pools and is capable of backing up a VM regardless of which host it currently resides. Although Alike runs on Windows, it can back up any guest OS running on XenServer.
Alike leverages XenServer's support for quiesced snapshots, which can provide transactionally-consistent backups of supported applications, such as SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange.
Alike provides an image level, full restore of any archived version of a virtual machine to XenServer's portable XVA image format. These XVA images may be imported to any supported version of XenServer.
The Alike repository is a collection of unique data blocks which can be stored locally or remotely from the Alike server. Alike supports backup to Local, CIFS, and iSCSI targets. These data blocks can optionally be encrypted to protect sensitive production data.
