Comet Features

Overview

This section provides an overview of the optional Comet features that can be enabled.

Management Console

At a minimum you will always need one Management Console (Comet-Hosted or Self-Hosted). This provides:

• Management of users & customers.
• General configuration options.
• Security and SSL management.
• Remote configuration management of Comet Backup.
• Branding workshop - allows creation of branded Comet Backup installers.
• Provides direct-to-cloud backup functionality.

Storage Role

This optional role is required if you are providing your own storage, it's not required if you are only backing up to a cloud storage destination.

This role provides the following functions:

• Efficiently span data across multiple vaults, local and Cloud-based vaults simultaneously.
• Supports multiple storage types and operable on all common versions of Windows and Linux.

Replication

This optional role provides highly efficient, automated, multi-threaded replication that you can rely on.

This role provides the following functions:

• One-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many replication.
• Full replication of user configuration and storage data.

Cluster Manager

We highly recommend deploying Cluster Manager if you are using replication as it provides the following benefits:

• Ensures that redundant data is correctly handled across multiple storage locations.
• Oversees all Comet Storage and automatically purges unused storage buckets and performs general storage maintenance tasks.