Awanio Disaster Recovery Manager vs VMware Live Site Recovery
Awanio Disaster Recovery Manager
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| Figure | Awanio Disaster Recovery Manager | VMware Live Site Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Disaster Recovery Software | 8.5 (#3) | 7.5 (#14) |
| Failback | After failover, DRM can reverse replication toward the original site and later return the workload there through planned failback. | Automated failback reverses replication and runs the original recovery plan in the opposite direction after reprotection. |
| Purpose | DRM orchestrates virtual-machine disaster recovery across paired Awanio Cockpit sites. | VMware Live Site Recovery automates orchestration and non-disruptive testing of centralized recovery plans for virtualized applications. |
Plans
VMware Live Site Recovery
- Advanced Cyber CompliancePriced on request
- Standalone Site Recovery ManagerPriced on request
- VMware Live Recovery CloudPriced on request
- VMware Live Recovery term subscriptionPriced on request
In their own words
Awanio Disaster Recovery Manager
Awanio Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM) coordinates virtual-machine recovery across paired Awanio Cockpit sites. Administrators enroll VMs for scheduled disk replication and set the recovery site, datastore, RPO, recovery-point retention, and traffic compression. The initial sync copies the full disk; later syncs transfer changed blocks. Recovery plans arrange workloads into ordered runbooks with priority groups and boot delays, then replicate as read-only copies to the recovery site. DRM supports isolated test failover, planned migration, emergency failover, reprotection, and failback. During a test, a workload copy boots in an isolated network while production remains untouched. Emergency failover uses the latest completed recovery point, so newer data may be lost. A deployment needs two sites, each with Cockpit and at least one Vapor host, administrator access to both, and connectivity on ports 7770, 7771, and 7772. Orchestrated recovery also requires the Disaster Recovery entitlement at both sites and a DRM license or active trial. Pricing is on request; the time-limited trial permits a small number of protected workloads.
VMware Live Site Recovery
VMware Live Site Recovery has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.