The Challenges with Data Protection for Kubernetes Apps

If you’re moving Kubernetes apps into production, you need to have a data protection plan in place to anticipate the unexpected and ensure quick recovery of all your data.

Traditional Backup Wasn’t Built for Kubernetes

Machine-based solutions cannot backup individual containers or app configurations, leaving data at risk for loss or slow restore times.

Unable to Migrate Kubernetes Apps Anywhere

If you’re an organization that works across geographies and cloud providers, your data needs to seamlessly migrate across clusters or Kubernetes environments.

Difficult to Maintain Regulatory or Corporate Compliance

Along with adhering to regulatory and organizational compliance, you need to protect against ransomware attacks, which can be challenging without a solution with built-in controls.

App Downtime from Outages is Expensive

A few hours of a service outage from a disaster or error can cost you millions of dollars. A disaster recovery plan protects you from the effects of prolonged downtime.

Enterprises globally trust Portworx:

The Easy Button to Protect Kubernetes Apps Anywhere

Portworx Backup is built for Kubernetes, simplifying compliance and data protection. Self-service management empowers application owners to backup and restore their apps anywhere in just a few clicks.

Recover Data in One Click

Make recovery quick and easy by protecting your entire application including data, configuration, and Kubernetes objects, and manage storage requirements on a per-container basis.

Migrate Applications Anywhere

Migrate stateful applications between on-prem, hybrid, and cloud Kubernetes environments. Back up Kubernetes apps running in any cloud or data center and restore them in another.

Sleep Sound with Secure Data

Guarantee protection against ransomware with immutable object lock. Recover from costly loss or failure scenarios by maintaining 3-2-1 compliance. Implement sophisticated governance with granular role-based access control.

Ensure Business Continuity

Ensure your data will be available when needed with a disaster recovery plan that includes zero RPO, low RTO, and speedy failovers for mission-critical data.

Customer Stories

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"There's more value in the [Portworx] platform itself. You've got backup, DR, and replication capabilities... We're not tied to a particular flavor or Kubernetes or storage."

Steve Lewis, Global Head of Engineering - Container Platforms, HSBC

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"Backup is simpler [with Portworx]. We can now back up single data volumes, restore them to another namespace, and then simply copy the data we need directly from that space, which saves us significant time and headaches."

Jeroen van Gemert, DevOps Engineer, KPN

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