Hitachi Data Protection as a Service
Fully managed, SLA-backed backup, disaster recovery, and long-term retention as a service
About Hitachi Data Protection as a Service
Hitachi Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) from Hitachi Vantara is an enterprise, pay-as-you-go data protection offering that delivers backup, disaster recovery, and long-term retention with contractually guaranteed SLAs. It uses software agents to protect data across on-premises and multicloud environments without requiring extra hardware in the data center, and can be self-managed or fully managed by Hitachi.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Contractually guaranteed SLAs for restore and recovery times
- No additional hardware needed in the data center
- Flexible self-managed or fully managed delivery options
- Predictable fixed monthly subscription with no excess usage costs
- Reduces backup storage needs by up to 90%
Cons
- Pricing is quote-based with no public rate card
- Geared toward enterprise environments rather than small teams
- Requires engagement with Hitachi sales for onboarding
- Overlaps with broader Hitachi infrastructure ecosystem, which may add complexity
Key Features
Backup & Recovery
Automated backup with near-zero backup windows and rapid restore of files, VMs, databases, and applications.
Disaster Recovery
Built-in DR with replication to deliver business continuity and a public-cloud experience for failover.
Service-Level Classes
Multiple service classes matched to data criticality, with defined RTOs, RPOs, and backup/restore success rates.
Guaranteed SLAs
Contractually guaranteed restore and recovery times, with SLAs active from Day 1 of deployment.
Long-Term Retention
Policy-based retention to meet compliance and archival requirements, reducing backup storage needs by up to 90%.
Multicloud Coverage
Protects data across on-premises, private, and public cloud environments from a single console.
No On-Prem Hardware Required
Uses remotely managed software agents behind the customer firewall, avoiding additional data-center gear.
Monitoring & Analytics
Advanced analytics, monitoring, reporting, and usage metering for visibility into protection health.
Pricing
- Pay-as-you-go monthly billing by data protected
- Choice of service classes (RTO/RPO tiers)
- Customer-managed backup and recovery operations
- Monitoring and reporting
- End-to-end Hitachi-managed data protection
- Ready-to-use SLAs with guaranteed RTO/RPO
- Advanced analytics and usage metering
- Disaster recovery and long-term retention included
- Deployment within 60 days
Best For
Enterprise Backup Modernization
Replace aging on-prem backup infrastructure with a managed, consumption-based service.
Disaster Recovery
Provide guaranteed business continuity and failover for critical workloads with defined RTO/RPO.
Compliance & Long-Term Retention
Meet regulatory archival requirements with policy-based long-term data retention.
Multicloud Data Protection
Centrally protect workloads spanning on-premises and multiple public clouds.
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