CloudCasa DR for HPE Alletra MP B10000

Modern disaster recovery for Kubernetes with minutes-level recovery and near-zero data loss. CloudCasa helps you leverage HPE Alletra storage replication by adding application-aware failover and failback orchestration for Kubernetes applications and VMs — without rebuilding from backup.

Existing Investments

Leverage Your Existing Kubernetes and HPE Storage Investments

CloudCasa turns existing HPE Alletra replication into application-aware Kubernetes disaster recovery.

CloudCasa DR is designed to work with the enterprise infrastructure customers already have in place. Instead of introducing a separate replication layer, rebuilding applications from backup, or forcing teams into a new DR platform, CloudCasa orchestrates disaster recovery using existing HPE Alletra replication, Kubernetes clusters, storage classes, namespaces, policies, and application metadata.

For organizations already running HPE Alletra, Red Hat OpenShift, OpenShift Virtualization, SUSE Rancher, Azure Local, or other Kubernetes platforms, CloudCasa adds the missing application-aware DR orchestration layer. This helps teams turn existing storage replication into repeatable, policy-driven failover and failback workflows for both containers and KubeVirt-based virtual machines.

How It Works

How CloudCasa DR Works

CloudCasa coordinates recovery across the Kubernetes application layer and the replicated storage layer. HPE Alletra maintains recoverable persistent data at the DR site using native storage replication, while CloudCasa restores Kubernetes metadata, namespaces, policies, workloads, PVC mappings, and VM resources on the target cluster.

This enables application-aware failover and failback without waiting for backup rehydration or requiring manual recovery scripts.

Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes

Provides the application resources, workloads, and metadata that CloudCasa protects and recovers.

CloudCasa

Provides protection policies and orchestrates failover and failback across source and target clusters.

HPE Alletra

Provides synchronous or periodic native storage replication for persistent application data.

Why CloudCasa

Why CloudCasa + HPE Alletra

CloudCasa DR for Kubernetes, powered by HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, delivers true disaster recovery with native storage replication and Kubernetes-aware orchestration.

Native Storage Replication Without Rehydration

Use HPE Alletra native replication so data is already present at the recovery site. No backup rehydration, no rebuild, and no manual data movement during failover.

Minutes-Level Recovery Time

Automated failover workflows restore application availability in minutes instead of hours, helping teams meet strict RTO targets.

Near-Zero Data Loss

Replication-driven protection supports low RPO outcomes for critical Kubernetes applications and stateful services.

Unified Protection for Apps and KubeVirt VMs

Operate one DR control plane for Kubernetes applications and KubeVirt virtual machines with consistent policy and orchestration.

Automated Failover and Failback

Run controlled failover and safe failback workflows with approval gates, dependency order, and guardrails for repeatable operations.

Granular Recovery

CloudCasa restores Kubernetes resources, application metadata, startup order, storage mappings, and KubeVirt VMs so teams can bring workloads back online without rebuilding them manually. HPE Alletra provides access to the replicated persistent data behind those workloads..

DR Capabilities

Core Disaster Recovery Capabilities

Built for enterprise platform engineering and infrastructure teams running mission-critical Kubernetes workloads.

Automated Disaster Recovery

Minutes-level recovery through orchestrated failover from primary to DR site.
Low or near-zero RPO depending on the configured HPE Alletra replication mode and site/network design.
One-click or policy-driven execution with reduced manual effort.

Isolated Protection and Multi-Tenant Control

Namespace-scoped access controls and tenant isolation across clusters.
Consistent protection boundaries for shared enterprise platforms.

Application-Aware Orchestration

Ordered startup dependencies with pre-failover and post-failover hooks.
Annotation-managed pipelines for repeatable application recovery.

Enterprise Security and Compliance

Fine-grained RBAC controls and network policy continuity.
SOC 2 Type II aligned operational posture.

DR Workflow

Simple 4-Step DR Workflow

Efficient orchestration removes manual complexity from disaster recovery operations.

Replicate Data

Leverage HPE Alletra to continuously replicate application data at the storage layer to the DR site with low latency.

Deploy CloudCasa

Install CloudCasa on source and target clusters, register both clusters, and validate connectivity.

Define DR Plans

Build declarative, application-aware DR plans that capture namespaces, dependencies, order of operations, and RTO targets.

Execute Failover

Trigger one-click or automated failover and let CloudCasa orchestrate manifests and startup dependency order.

Failover & Failback

Controlled Failover and Safe Failback

During Failover

CloudCasa coordinates application recovery at the DR cluster, maps replicated persistent volumes, restores Kubernetes resources, and starts workloads in the correct order — including target-site storage activation and approval-gated workflows.

During Failback

CloudCasa helps reverse the workflow by supporting reverse replication, resynchronization, storage relationship transition, and controlled application return once the primary site is ready.

Platforms

Supported Platforms

CloudCasa DR with HPE Alletra supports leading enterprise Kubernetes environments, including Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Rancher, Azure Local, Spectro Cloud, Mirantis, Canonical upstream Kubernetes, and vSphere Kubernetes Service.

Designed for modern multi-cluster operations, the solution helps standardize DR execution across heterogeneous platforms.

Questions

FAQs

No. CloudCasa + HPE Alletra uses native storage replication with orchestration for true DR, avoiding backup rehydration and rebuild-heavy recovery paths.

Yes. The workflow supports controlled failover to the DR site and safe failback with reverse replication and re-synchronization before returning production traffic.

Yes. CloudCasa provides unified protection and orchestration for Kubernetes applications and KubeVirt virtual machines.

No. CloudCasa is designed to leverage supported HPE Alletra replication capabilities already used by enterprise storage teams. HPE Alletra continues to manage storage replication, while CloudCasa adds Kubernetes-aware orchestration, recovery planning, validation, failover, and failback workflows.

No. HPE Alletra continues to manage storage replication at the storage layer. CloudCasa coordinates the Kubernetes and application recovery workflow so infrastructure, platform engineering, and application teams can operate from a shared DR process.

No. CloudCasa Storage DR complements backup. Replication-based DR is designed for fast recovery from site, cluster, or infrastructure outages. Backup remains important for ransomware, accidental deletion, data corruption, compliance, and long-term retention.

CloudCasa helps recover Kubernetes namespaces, workloads, policies, metadata, PVC mappings, storage class mappings, custom resources, and KubeVirt/OpenShift Virtualization VMs, while HPE Alletra provides access to replicated persistent data.

Get Started

Start CloudCasa DR with HPE Alletra

Protect critical Kubernetes applications with near-zero RPO and minutes-level RTO using automated failover and failback workflows.