Cloudsfer vs HPE 3PAR Peer Motion Software

Cloudsfer provides cloud data migration, backup and synchronization across cloud and on-premise systems. Its migration service supports more than 20 cloud storage providers, with listed systems including Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Egnyte, Amazon S3, Azure Blob, FTP and WebDAV. Transfer features include delta migration, filters, detailed reports and an on-premise agent. Backup can run automatically on daily, weekly or monthly schedules, including to a local environment. Synchronization transfers cloud and on-premise data on a configured schedule and moves only changes. Cloudsfer says communications are encrypted and it does not store user data or passwords; its migration page says transfers use TLS and data is not stored on its servers. The Free Tier costs nothing for 1GB. Essential costs $100 a month for 100GB, with $1.20 per GB overage and one parallel job. Professional costs $320 a month for 400GB, while Enterprise costs $780 a month for 1TB; both list separate overage rates and parallel-job limits.

HPE 3PAR Peer Motion Software is a storage federation tool for moving block volumes and balancing workloads between HPE 3PAR StoreServ systems, with HPE Primera also listed as supported. It can migrate volumes while applications remain online, including single-volume moves for individual applications through the 3PAR Management Console or a scriptable command-line interface. HPE lists non-disruptive migration support for Windows and Red Hat Linux cluster environments. On-demand movement between StoreServ systems supports workload balancing, and self-throttling is intended to preserve application performance. The 3PAR Management Console orchestrates and automates migrations. 3PAR StoreServ Thin Built-In technology can convert thick volumes to thin volumes on the destination. Operators can start Peer Motion for Remote Copy groups and resume, retry, abort, delete, or reprioritize operations. A bidirectional multi-array setup can include up to four 3PAR Storage systems. The paid license is offered by quote for HPE 3PAR StoreServ systems, with Linux and Windows listed as platforms.