Licensing

To use Storware Backup and Recovery, you must obtain a license key and install it on the server. Without the license, the product will be working in the trial mode and some features may be not available.

Capacity-based license (per frontend terabytes)

In this license type, only the size of protected data being backed is taken into account. Frontend terabytes license covers all types of supported workloads: Virtual Environments, Storage, M365 and endpoint devices.

Capacity-based license for storage (per frontend terabytes)

To address the evolving needs of modern data management, we are introducing a cost-effective licensing model tailored for remote storage, including NAS, Ceph, Ceph RBD, and more. This change is designed to optimize costs while ensuring efficient data management.

Virtual Environments license (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 license (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 VM services pricing.

M365 license (per active user)

This license type covers the number of protected user accounts in the Microsoft 365 service. This license allows you to protect all types of M365 data supported by the product. Shared mailboxes, SharePoint Online, and Teams do not utilize the license.

OS Agent license

OS Agent allows to protect data from various filesystem types from Windows and Linux. The license was divided into two types:

Endpoint

Allow to protected data from user endpoint devices.

Servers

Allow to protect data from server devices.

Integration Module Access

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