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VAST Data Platform

by VAST Data

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DataGUARD

by Symmetry Systems

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Overview

What it is

VAST Data Platform

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DataGUARD

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Product type

VAST Data Platform

All-Flash Universal Data Platform & Cyber-Resilient Storage Architecture

DataGUARD

Data Security Posture Management & Object-Level Identity Graph

Best for

VAST Data Platform

AI & Machine Learning, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Media, Telecom, Telecommunications

DataGUARD

Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Manufacturing, Public Sector

Pricing

Pricing model

VAST Data Platform

Contact Vendor

DataGUARD

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Free trial

VAST Data Platform

Free trial: no

DataGUARD

Free trial: yes

Deployment

Deployment options

VAST Data Platform

CloudHybridOn-Premise

DataGUARD

SaaSCloudHybrid

Deployment details

VAST Data Platform

Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud Architecture

DataGUARD

Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; In-Tenant Hybrid Agent (Customer VPC)

Data residency

VAST Data Platform

Customer Datacenter Hardware / Colocation Facility

DataGUARD

United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

VAST Data Platform

  • Disaggregated Shared-Everything (DASE) architecture
  • All-flash NVMe performance
  • Indestructible immutable snapshots
  • Unified NFS/SMB/S3 protocol support
  • AES-256 encryption
  • Enterprise AI data infrastructure
  • Immutable ransomware recovery snapshots
  • Scale-out unstructured file and object storage

DataGUARD

  • Object-level Identity & Data Graph
  • Automated PII/PHI sensitive data classification
  • Least-privilege permission right-sizing
  • Anomalous data access alerts
  • Multi-cloud DSPM
  • Data security posture management
  • Object-level least privilege enforcement
  • Sensitive data discovery

Platform & access

API access

VAST Data Platform

API access: yes

DataGUARD

API access: yes

Single sign-on (SSO)

VAST Data Platform

SSO: yes

DataGUARD

SSO: yes

Role-based access (RBAC)

VAST Data Platform

RBAC: yes

DataGUARD

RBAC: yes

Multi-tenant

VAST Data Platform

Multi-tenant: yes

DataGUARD

Multi-tenant: yes

Mobile app

VAST Data Platform

Mobile app: no

DataGUARD

Mobile app: no

Supported platforms

VAST Data Platform

AI Compute ClustersEnterprise DatacentersGPU Superclusters

DataGUARD

Cloud Storage Buckets (S3/Blob)Relational DatabasesBig Data Lakehouses

Compliance

VAST Data Platform

FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAPCI-DSS

DataGUARD

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAPCI-DSSNIST 800-53

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

VAST Data Platform

NVIDIA DGXKubernetesApache SparkVMwareAWSMicrosoft Azure

DataGUARD

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSnowflakeDatabricksJiraSplunk

Industries

VAST Data Platform

AI & Machine LearningLife SciencesFinancial ServicesMediaTelecomTelecommunications

DataGUARD

Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailManufacturingPublic Sector

Regions

VAST Data Platform

Global

DataGUARD

Global

Vendor

Company

VAST Data Platform

VAST Data

DataGUARD

Symmetry Systems

Headquarters

VAST Data Platform

New York, New York, USA

DataGUARD

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

VAST Data Platform

1,000+

DataGUARD

51-200

Founded

VAST Data Platform

2016

DataGUARD

2019

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