My current role has me focusing on Data Protection in depth, which has been a passion of mine for a long time.  I have recently started diving into Rubrik and I believe this product is great solution for protecting your data.  Below is a breakdown of the latest release of 3.1 and the continued improvements and added features of the platform.

Native (Physical) Windows Protection

• Granular File & Folder Level Protection
• Incremental-Forever Backups
• Automatic Connector Upgrades
• Secure Cloud Archival
• Pre and Post Scripting Features
• Full Integration with Compliance Reporting
• Support for Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2

There are a few Recovery Options for Windows Servers

• Restore (in place)
  • Overwrite the original or create a new folder
  • Preserve ALCs and Timestamp
• Export (out of place)
  • Export to another Windows Server
  • Preserver ACLs and Timestamp
• Download Locally
  • Download files to the machine from where the administrator is running the Rubrik Web Interface

SQL Server Failover Clustering and other Improvements

• Complete support of Microsoft SQL Servers running on WSFC Clusters
• Automatically recognize a WSFC and creates a dedicated Failover Cluster Tab
• Automatic failover following to the active node

Advanced Export Options

• A SQL Server database can have multiple data and log files in various locations
• User can specify where each file goes, individually, during an Export Operation

Other Improvements

• Source side Compression and Decompression
• SQL Server 2016 fully supported
• Cross Version Restore – Support for restore to the same or newer version

Rubrik Envision

• Create and customize reports to manage, share and visualize analytics for data management, compliance, and utilization.
• Build your own or select from the system-built reports
• Schedule emails in HTML-5 or download on-demand Excel reports
• There are over 15 Attributes and almost 40 measures available

Software Encryption

• AES-256 Encryption
• Multiple Encryption modes used for speed
• Key wrapping for higher security & secure cluster erasure
• Supports encryption on a 1 Brik cluster
• Internal Key Management via TPM
• Support for all r300 series Briks

Other Enhancements

• New design based on customer feedback to be “Host” centric
• 100% Customer Driven Upgrades
  • Self-service upgrades via CLI
  • Simple workflow just download the upgrade file, upload to cluster, issue upgrade command
  • Enables scalable ROBO growth using the Rubrik Edge Virtual Appliance
• vSphere Improvements
  • Manual vCenter refresh form the GUI
  • Restore directly to ESXi hosts
• In-Place File Restore – Linux VMs
• Log & Support Bundle Download
  • Download support bundle so it can be sent to Rubrik Support
• Extended Timeframes for Dashboard and System charts from 4 hours to 24 hours