Commvault Metallic

Metallic is Commvault's SaaS-delivered data protection platform, designed for simpler cloud-native deployment and management compared to the traditional on-premises Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery. Metallic provides backup, disaster recovery, and ransomware recovery capabilities without requiring customers to manage the underlying infrastructure themselves.

Yes, Metallic offers VM Backup and Metallic Recovery Reserve capabilities that support disaster recovery for virtualized environments including VMware workloads. The platform replicates workloads to secondary sites and enables rapid failover to minimize downtime during outages.

Metallic includes features designed to combat ransomware, such as immutable backups that cannot be modified or deleted by malicious actors and automated anomaly detection that flags unusual data-change patterns. The platform also supports rapid recovery workflows to restore encrypted systems quickly after an attack.

Metallic uses a subscription-based SaaS pricing model, typically offered on a per-workload or per-terabyte basis, rather than the traditional perpetual licensing associated with Commvault's on-premises products. This allows organizations to scale their data protection costs in line with actual usage and growth.