CommVault is leveraging relationships with RackSpace and Dell to push deeper into the SMB cloud storage market. Specifically, CommVault is launching a Cloud DR service offering (hosted at Rackspace) for the SMB market, and also partnering up with Dell on a storage move. Both efforts are geared towards data and backup recovery. Here are the details.

First up, the Cloud DR Service. It works like this:

Aimed at the mid-market for disaster recovery services, CommVault ties together Rackspace’s Cloud Hosting Services with their Simpana software, which is designed specifically for integration and ease of use to move data over to the Rackspace cloud, Commvault says.

CommVault says the service allows partners to deliver a hosted off-premise solution without on-premise infrastructure investment. Also, CommVault Simpana software users can leverage Rackspace’s cloud-based data storage by buying a per-terabyte license from CommVault, to store data on-premises or in the cloud. CommVault customers can also purchase Cloud Files storage for about 15 cents per GB a month.

Now, the partnership with Dell:

Dell and CommVault see the new Dell PowerVault DL line as a reinforcement of their longstanding relationship. The PowerVault DL “Backup To Disk Appliance” is all CommVault software under the hood, with Simpana 8. PowerVault DL delivers deduplication and cloud support, and it’s designed for small remote offices in mind, with the ability for a 2U unit to scale to 300 terabytes of data.

It comes with Hyper-V and VMware protection options, and also support for Exchange, SharePoint, and Linux file archiving. For more details, visit the CommVault press room.

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