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Arcserve Backup vs. NetApp Element Software

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Arcserve Backup
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Arcserve Backup is a storage management solution from Arcserve, formerly of CA Technologies before Arcserve's divestiture (July 2014). It utilizes magnetic tape storage backup as part of its storage management offering.N/A
Element Software
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
NetApp's Element Software is a storage management application designed to simplify data management at scale for NetApp HCI and SolidFire, scale storage infrastructure and automate storage allocation.N/A
Pricing
Arcserve BackupNetApp Element Software
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Arcserve BackupElement Software
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Arcserve BackupNetApp Element Software
Considered Both Products
Arcserve Backup
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve Backup
We also use Veeam replication and backups for VMWare level data redundancy. It works so far as stable as Arcserve Backup. We use both in our systems as we deploy VMs since Veeam works closely with VCenter. But if we need to backup physical servers, and OS partition level …
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Sorin Pascu
Sys Admin
Chose Arcserve Backup
Both have similar feature sets. Unitrends seems to have a set number of configuration options for each environment and lays those templates down, whereas Arcserve Backup is more hands off with the initial backup configuration and do not have
Robert Guy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Robert Guy
IT Analyst II
Chose Arcserve Backup
Both have similar feature sets. Unitrends seems to have a set number of configuration options for each environment and lays those templates down, whereas Arcserve Backup is more hands off with the initial backup configuration and do not have a basic SQL Template, for example. …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve Backup
We use Veeam Backup and Replication at our larger sites where Vmware Virtualization is being used and is our product of choice in this venue. When it comes to our smaller sites, nothing is more affordable and reliable than Arcserve Backup.
Rob Bates | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rob Bates
Public & Private Cloud Senior Engineer
Chose Arcserve Backup
To be succinct, we have used Veeam B&R for a number of years, against our VM environment, and we have yet to find anything that tops it. However, if you have physical machines in your environment still, then Arcserve is a great option, especially for the replication aspect.

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Hiroki Nakazato
IT SYSTEMS ANALYST SR.
Chose Arcserve Backup
It is easy to deploy and manage. Solid data recovery and good notification option. We need to backup to tape to retain 7 years thus D2D2T is a good option to have.
Jerry Shakal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jerry Shakal
Senior Systems Administrator
Chose Arcserve Backup
Arcserve UDP is fast, reducing our backup window from +20 hours to less than an hour. Arcserve UDP also has proven itself when restoring databases and files to to the same location or alternate locations quickly and efficiently. We have also successfully created "synthetic" …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve Backup
We have selected ARCserve v.s the competition for several reasons - the Arcserve UDP data reduction was by far better than the competition, Additionally we found the solution easy to use compared to other alternatives, with the greatest replication and advanced features such as …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve Backup
Backup Exec, Yosemite, Acronis. Arcserver is the best of the bunch.
Element Software

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User Ratings
Arcserve BackupNetApp Element Software
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
10.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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User Testimonials
Arcserve BackupNetApp Element Software
Likelihood to Recommend
Arcserve
Backup has had a positive impact on ROI, as a reseller we are able to
build in a healthy profit margin by reselling the product and services.
Some
of our company managed services are based upon clients running Arcserve
Backup.
Data
recovery and system recovery times have reduced over product upgrades and
enhancements, causing much less downtime
SP
Sorin Pascu
Sys Admin
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Pros
  • Cost - A very affordable solution.
  • Support and Sales - Arcserve has been top notch to us with the sales process and support.
  • Replication - One of the core reasons we selected the product. We find the replication side of the software fantastic.
  • Backup - An excellent backup product that provides just great functionality and restore-ability at a granular level.
Rob Bates | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rob Bates
Public & Private Cloud Senior Engineer
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Cons
  • Support line just send a link so I have to research by my own.
  • Requires you to buy a license for every agent add on.
  • VMWare compatibility.
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Hiroki Nakazato
IT SYSTEMS ANALYST SR.
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Likelihood to Renew
Arcserve UDP provides our organization lots of benefits and it is much more than a simple backup and restore solution. We use it for cross platform DR, storage agnostic replications, DR solution instead of VMware SRM and more.
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Anonymous
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Usability
It basically covers all our required scenarios, including VMs, partitions, files or any other objects through NAS, SAN or DAS connections. It's easy to set up and utilize the features and functions. There are a few times that we needed to switch over for the RHA replications and UDP backups. For the RHN replication, there was a roughly 10 minutes downtime during the switchover. For the UDP, it works pretty well.
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Anonymous
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Support Rating
Arcserve Backup support is usually very good. Their chat is usually able to fix most general issues, but will escalate more in depth issues to technical engineers that call you back. Their product knowledge is really good and usually resolve issues promptly.
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Robert Guy
IT Analyst II
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Alternatives Considered
We also use Veeam replication and backups for VMWare level data redundancy. It works so far as stable as Arcserve Backup. We use both in our systems as we deploy VMs since Veeam works closely with VCenter. But if we need to backup physical servers, and OS partition level backups, which can only be achieved by Arcserve Backup.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • Arcserve Backup is relatively low cost in comparison to some other products. It is full-featured and continues to receive additional updates and added features. This makes it an ideal backup solution for smaller sites and the reliability to restore from backups is excellent.
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Anonymous
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