Clumio by Commvault Cloud offers scalable and efficient data protection for AWS S3 and DynamoDB, addressing the limitations of native AWS capabilities. The presentation highlighted Clumio's features, including a new recovery modality called S3 Backtrack, and emphasized the importance of air-gapped backups for data resilience. Clumio provides fully managed backup-as-a-service, eliminating the need for managing infrastructure, agents, and servers. The solution offers logical air-gapped backups stored within AWS, but outside a customer's enterprise security sphere, offering enhanced security and immutability.
The presentation emphasized Clumio's focus on simplicity, performance, and cost-effectiveness. Clumio claims a 10x faster restore performance compared to competitors and a 30% lower cost. Key features include protection groups for granular backup and restore of S3 buckets, based on various vectors such as tags, prefixes, and regions. For DynamoDB, Clumio offers incremental backups using DynamoDB streams, providing cost savings and the ability to retain numerous backup copies.
The presentation concluded with case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of Clumio's solutions. Atlassian saw a 70% reduction in costs, a faster RPO, and RTO. Duolingo achieved over 70% savings on DynamoDB backups, with the added benefits of immutability and air-gapping. Clumio's architecture, utilizing serverless technologies and AWS EventBridge, enables automation and scalability. The solution offers options for encryption key management and supports data residency requirements with regional control planes.

Presented by Akshay Joshi - Senior Director Development, Commvault. Recorded live in Millbrae, California, on June 4, 2025, as part of Cloud Field Day 23. Watch the entire presentation at https://techfieldday.com/appearance/commvault-presents-at-cloud-field-day-23/ or https://techfieldday.com/event/cfd23/ for more information.