Resilience to cyber-attacks starts with a smart, isolated backup strategy. ExaGrid combines performance, security, and simplicity to ensure data recovery without compromising business continuity.
In today's digital environment, data is an organization's most valuable asset, but it is also a preferred target of cyberattacks. In recent years, ransomware has gone from being a one-off threat to becoming a systemic problem for companies of all sizes and sectors, making it key to ensure that data is protected and inaccessible to any attacker in the face of such an attack.
Attacks such as LockBit, Clop, or BlackCat have put critical infrastructures and global companies in check, paralyzing operations for days or even weeks.
The question is no longer if a company will be attacked, but when and how it will respond. Having protected data is no longer enough; we also need to be able to restore it as soon as possible and with guarantees.
The traditional backup approach - storing copies on disk or in the public cloud - is no longer sufficient. Many copy environments are compromised because they are always connected to the network or share credentials with the production environment. When ransomware takes action, it encrypts both production data and backups, leaving the enterprise without a reliable recovery path; it also encrypts production environments, computers, etc.
Added to this are other challenges:
In this context, ExaGrid has emerged as one of the most intelligent and efficient solutions for data protection and defense against ransomware. Unlike other systems, its approach is based on a simple but powerful concept: a tiered backup architecture (Tiered Backup Storage) that physically separates the backup environment from the network-accessible environment.
The result: a non-network-facing tiered backup that is impossible to modify or delete from the outside, even if the attacker has compromised administrator credentials or production systems.
Retained copies are immutable for the configured period, preventing deletion or modification even by human error.
3. Horizontal scalability
ExaGrid grows by adding appliances in parallel, maintaining constant performance without the need to resize or replace hardware.
4. Ultra-fast recovery
By not relying on deduplicated volumes to restore, recovery performance is up to 20 times faster than traditional solutions.
Integration with leading backup software vendors
Compatible with Veeam, Commvault, Veritas, HYCU, Nakivo, among others.
Comparison with other approaches
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Feature |
Public Cloud Backup |
Traditional Appliance |
ExaGrid |
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Isolation against ransomware |
Low |
Medium |
High (Off-line backup) |
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Predictable long-term cost |
Variable (per use) |
High (vertical expansion) |
Horizontally scalable |
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Restore speed |
Medium |
High |
Very high (Landing Zone) |
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Immutability |
Depends on the supplier |
Limited |
Guaranteed |
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Multi-software integration |
Partial |
Variable |
Broad compatibility |
The rise of AI applied to cybersecurity is also transforming the backup world. Increasingly, platforms are integrating algorithms that detect anomalous patterns in deduplication rate or data behavior.
In this sense, solutions such as ExaGrid - integrated in modern backup ecosystems such as Veeam or Commvault -allow you to combine their isolated physical architecture with AI-based early detection systems, offering a double layer of protection:
From Unikal Tech Partners, within our Cloud, Systems and Networking Business Line, we help organizations to design protection, recovery and business continuity strategies based on modern architectures such as ExaGrid.
Our approach combines:
We believe that data resilience is not just a technical issue, but a strategic decision. Protecting critical information with robust and isolated solutions such as ExaGrid not only minimizes the impact of an attack, but also reduces reputational and operational risk, reinforcing the confidence of customers, employees and partners.
Modern cybersecurity requires the assumption that an attack is inevitable, but data loss is not. With technologies like ExaGrid, organizations can ensure that a clean, secure, and accessible copy always exists, regardless of what happens in the production environment.
In a world where data is the new gold, having an offline, immutable, and fast-to-recover backup makes the difference between a temporary disruption and an irreparable crisis. And at Unikal Tech Partner,s we are ready to accompany you on that journey.
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Alejandro Suarep |