Acronis Backup vs Veritas Backup Exec

• You can administer all of your backups from a single browser-based GUI. No matter what the instance of Acronis is - local agent install on a physical device .... a VM on a host or even an Apple device. Alerts can be set for errors or warnings for admins to act upon if necessary.
• Restores can be undertaken in a number of ways which is really useful. You can restore a whole VM to the same host or a new one. You can convert physical machines to a VM and a very useful feature is the ability to dive into the backup file and pluck individual files and thus restore single files quickly - good for file servers etc.
• One of the requirements was to have the ability to replicate the backup files to an off-site location - This can be set up easily within the backup plan eliminating the need (for us at least) for tape-based solutions.

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• Veritas Backup Exec's interface is very easy to use for a beginner to Disaster recovery.
• The storage targeting is very easy to set up and manage. It is very user-friendly to make changes to the preferences of each job or all of the jobs at once.
• The single file restores are very easy to set up and complete.

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• Does not recognize/individually backup MySQL Server software. Therefore, with my server if the database goes bad the entire server has to be restored. Apparently, Acronis only recognizes name-brand products.
• Interface seems to be web-based. If the internet is down, the server cannot be restored.

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• Overwrite and retention does not always work as efficiently as it should, leading to manual deletion of older jobs on the media.
• Occasional glitches with backups to external disks, needing to recreate device folders and redirect jobs.
• Licensing is based on server and database count, no total data. If you have numerous servers and SQL databases and Exchange databases, you will have to buy licenses for each individual machine and instance of database.

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• Secure Data backup on and off premises
• Save Data from Ransomware
• Easy management using acronis advance

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• Great cost effective tool to utilize with external media. It provides backups for a low cost and does the job well.
• This product is great as long as the administrator(s) are willing to do the manual effort of rotating media for offsite backups.
• Restoration of data and servers has almost always gone to plan which is to be expected of an industry leading software.

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