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Arcserve Backup vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arcserve Backup

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AArcserve 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

    Symantec Data Loss Prevention

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a data loss protection option.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco UCS Manager
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Arcserve BackupSymantec Data Loss Prevention
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Arcserve BackupSymantec Data Loss Prevention
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Arcserve
    Arcserve UDP is fully suited for small to large size environments that need complete data protection solutions with the ability to run the fastest backups, replications, instant VM and DR.
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    Broadcom
    Email, web browser, and data storage areas will fulfill the security of mobile devices very well. It provides multiple methods of data filtering and classification to ensure important data can be well protected. Unfortunately, it does not support you to make regex-based definitions. for this reason, you need to work on the rules a lot. Another disadvantage is that it cannot monitor Linux systems.
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    Pros
    Arcserve
    • It offers excellent features like dedupe, high availability, DR, and BMR.
    • Arcserve Backup has many offerings to fit many business sizes and needs.
    • Arcserve Backup sales and technical support is good to work with.
    • Very nice reseller program and benefits.
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    Broadcom
    • Protection against Data Leakage via the USB channel on endpoints.
    • Protection against Data Leakage via email channel on endpoints
    • Protection against Data Leakage over the Web channel on endpoints.
    • Flexible and configurable for various types of content inspection.
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    Cons
    Arcserve
    • Arcserve Backup can be costly.
    • To utilize Arcserve Backup and all its features may require a layout of dedicated equipment or additional infrastructure.
    • They don't always explain that for Arcserve Backup to work well, and it requires specific system requirements and extensive internet bandwidth.
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    Broadcom
    • Policy tweaking and customizations can be very complex and take a lot of effort and time.
    • API integration is difficult and requires specialized support. Finding an experienced professional can be difficult.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Arcserve
    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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    Broadcom
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    Usability
    Arcserve
    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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    Broadcom
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    Support Rating
    Arcserve
    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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    Broadcom
    Symantec DLP works good for our very simple and low complexity use cases and I would highly recommend it for them. However, I can't speak to highly complex or advanced use cases that might arise in certain industries like finance. I would recommend that if you are seeking an Enterprise DLP solution that you absolutely must explore this product as one of the leaders in the space - not doing so would be negligent in my opinion.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Arcserve
    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.
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    Broadcom
    Symantec DLP is the best. Put it in a head to head competition and it will win. However it can be a bit more expensive than other products so don't compare on price, compare on quality of product.
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    Return on Investment
    Arcserve
    • We were able to roll back up and replication into one product, which reduced the costs without having to go with multiple vendors.
    • As a result of Arcserve UDP, we were able to implement a full DR scenario test, which until that point hadn't been successful.
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    Broadcom
    • Found data that should have been protected or moved to a different location
    • Helped us understand what type of data is leaving the environment
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