Freedom of Choice for Cloud workloads with Dell and HYCU

Customers face ongoing challenges in determining optimal locations for their core workloads, driven by cloud economics, hypervisor competition, and the need for business agility. To address this, organizations require infrastructure enabling seamless cross-cloud and cross-hypervisor mobility with minimal effort. The HYCU presentation at Cloud Field Day, in collaboration with Dell PowerProtect DD, demonstrated how their joint solution delivers protected mobility across hypervisors and clouds, reducing data loss, recovery time, and costs while mitigating vendor lock-in. A customer story and live demo illustrated the benefits of this approach.

The core of the presentation highlighted the challenges of cloud workload mobility, focusing on application-based workloads hosted on VMs. These challenges included the complexities of navigating differing cloud vendor rules and APIs, the rising costs of cloud storage and egress fees (though this was somewhat mitigated by the fact that some major cloud providers are removing egress fees), and the ever-present threat of cyberattacks such as accidental deletion, insider threats, and ransomware. HYCU’s solution, in conjunction with Dell PowerProtect DD, was presented as overcoming these hurdles through continuous innovation, streamlining manual migration steps, and constant monitoring of changing cloud APIs.

HYCU’s key differentiators included seamless integration with diverse data sources through high-end API-level integration, ensuring secure and performant connections. The partnership with Dell PowerProtect DD, specifically the DDVE virtual appliance, offered proven storage optimization, particularly through deduplication and efficient data transfer, minimizing ingress and egress costs. Combined, HYCU and Dell PowerProtect DD provide air-gapped backup security, utilizing the DD Boost protocol for highly secure data transfers, and offer a range of recovery options, including granular and full restores, to any desired location. A customer case study showcased the success of this integrated approach in migrating workloads between VMware and Azure, emphasizing cost reduction, enhanced security, and simplified migration.