Licensing

Overview of Storware Backup & Recovery licensing, including available license types, their scope, and how they are applied.

Trial licenses can be requested through the Storware website.

Capacity-based frontend terabytes

In this license type, only the size of the protected data being backed is taken into account. The frontend terabytes license covers all types of supported workloads.

Capacity-based frontend terabytes for Storage Providers

To address the evolving needs of modern data management, we are introducing a cost-effective licensing model tailored for the following storage providers: Ceph RBD, Nutanix Files, Nutanix Volume Groups. This change is designed to optimize costs while ensuring efficient data management.

Virtual Environments per host

This license type covers the number of physical hosts under virtualization technology. With per-host licensing, you can have an unlimited number of virtual machines of terabytes. One license covers two server sockets.

Virtual Environments per VM

This license type covers the exact number of virtual machines you want to protect. You can have any number of hosts or terabytes. This option is a good fit for MSPs to align with managed VMs services pricing.

OS Agent license

OS Agent allows for protecting data from various file system types on Windows, Linux, and macOS. There are 3 different ways to protect file systems depending on the license type.

Desktop

Allows protection of local data on end-user devices, including Windows desktop editions, macOS, and Linux workstations.

Remote file system protection is not included.

Server

Allows protection of local data on Linux and Windows Server systems. Licensed per agent instance.

Remote file system protection is not included.

Capacity-based frontend terabytes

Allows protection of all supported data on licensed servers.

External backup providers integration module

License for a module that allows using a supported backup system as a backup destination for Storware Backup and Recovery.