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Read an updated post, from 2023, on How Zerto's One-to-Many Replication Works. Click here!   One of the key technologies of Zerto's Virtual Replication (ZVR) is the Virtual Protection Group (VPG). The VPG mechanism is used for protecting and recovering application VMs together to a consistent point in time. Consistency is maintained across all the […]

Read an updated post, from 2023, on How Zerto's One-to-Many Replication Works. Click here!   With Zerto Virtual Replication (ZVR) 5.0 One-To-Many replication you can simultaneously protect VMs within your local datacenter, to a secondary datacenter and to Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services all with RPOs in seconds using the same software solution. Come […]

If you’ve been keeping up with Zerto news over the past few months, you may have noticed a trend toward the global, enterprise-level companies aligning with us to deliver powerful replication and orchestration capabilities to their service offerings. We’re very proud that Zerto's Virtual Replication (ZVR) is production-proven to the point that the largest software […]

Read an updated post, from 2023, on How Zerto's One-to-Many Replication Works. Click here!   With Zerto Virtual Replication (ZVR) 5.0 One-To-Many replication, VMs can now be simultaneously protected both locally and to a remote site with always-on block-level replication, point in time recovery journaling and each replica just seconds behind the production data. This […]

Read an updated post, from 2023, on Zerto's One-to-Many Replication. Click here! Zerto Virtual Replication (ZVR) 5.0 introduces the new capability of One-To-Many replication which I am really excited about. In my opinion it extends the lead of ZVR as the fastest, most powerful replication and recovery solution for Virtual Machines (VMs), files and data. […]

Once upon a time, in an IT department in the far away land of Indiana, Rich Kocielko, an IT manager at Lippert Components was experiencing 15 minute RPOs using SAN-SAN replication. Knowing these results were not acceptable by modern IT standards, he knew he had to search far and wide for something better – a […]

Now that the UK has decided to leave the EU, many companies are trying to prepare for the impact. There are so many unknowns at this point and many companies are in a holding pattern. The problem is, going into a holding pattern can put your revenue generation in a holding pattern as well. The […]

South Australia was plunged into darkness this week as severe storms hit the region and saw a lengthy state-wide power outage. The power outage had, and is still having, far-reaching effects for individuals, businesses and government organisations. The major SA power outage reminds us of the dangers of natural disasters and wild weather. In Australia, […]

By now, you are hopefully pretty excited about the upcoming Zerto Virtual Replication (ZVR) 5.0 release. For a quick refresher, checkout Josh’s "DRaaS to Azure" section in this VMworld announcement from a few weeks ago, meaning ZVR 5.0 will support Microsoft Azure as a target platform. Before we expand on this topic, the main points […]

As any successful person or organization would know, failing to prepare is preparing to fail. In light of the ASX trading failures this week, and the numerous public IT "outages" that have been reported on over the past few quarters, it is worth reflecting on what IT resiliency really means.  For Zerto IT resiliency means […]

On Alton Brown’s cooking show, he used to abhor a unitasker – a tool used for only one thing. They clutter the cabinets and are useful only in the rare instance that you need to slice an egg or store half an onion. Similarly, a unitasking product in tech is annoying. They clutter your IT […]

At VMworld 2016 in Las Vegas we announced the next version of Zerto Virtual Replication (ZVR), 5.0, and I couldn’t be more excited! With the new features coming in 5.0, Zerto is taking disaster recovery to the next level of awesomeness which any VMware admin would be crazy to not have in their environment. Why […]