AWS Snow Family vs. Bacula Enterprise

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Snow Family
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
The AWS Snow Family is a collection of physical devices that help migrate large amounts of data into and out of the cloud without depending on networks. AWS Snowcone is the smallest member of the AWS Snow Family of edge computing and data transfer devices, presented as portable, rugged, and secure. AWS Snowball is a suitcase-sized data migration and edge computing device that comes in two device options: Compute Optimized and Storage Optimized presenting terabytes of usable block or Amazon S3…N/A
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Bacula Enterprise is a data center backup, restore, and recovery solution from Swiss, Dracula-themed software company Bacula Systems.N/A
Pricing
AWS Snow FamilyBacula Enterprise
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS Snow FamilyBacula Enterprise
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AWS Snow FamilyBacula Enterprise
Top Pros
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Features
AWS Snow FamilyBacula Enterprise
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Snow Family
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Ratings
Bacula Enterprise
9.3
52 Ratings
10% above category average
Universal recovery00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings10.037 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings10.050 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings10.051 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings9.931 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.844 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings10.039 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings9.449 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings10.051 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings9.852 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings10.041 Ratings
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User Ratings
AWS Snow FamilyBacula Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(52 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(7 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(17 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS Snow FamilyBacula Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
I can say it is appropriate in many ways, like the data transfer and the migration part. The generations in the AWS snow family are also helpful in choosing the right one based on the amount of data and budget aspects. Moreover, it was well suited for use in migrating bulk amounts of data. The surveillance part is a bit drawback for us, and now its ok, and we are good with it.
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Bacula Systems
Well suited: - I use it for on premise and cloud backup and recovery and it is excellent for this job. - I also experiment with different hypervisors and till now Bacula seems to work with all of them - Security is really important for me as I had many bad experiences in the past and Bacula solution makes me totally confident. Less appropriate - You need to be experienced Linux user, I had to learn few more things in system to make the best use of it. - It's definitely designed for scalability and bigger companies than mine
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Data migration.
  • Transfer speed.
  • Performance.
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Bacula Systems
  • Bacula has great plugins that work very accurately
  • Bacula is very simple to use, with a user-friendly web interface that facilitates operation.
  • Bacula performs the backups very accurately which is clearly noticed when a restore is performed
  • Its ease of use helps in training new support team members
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Cons
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
  • Our team always points out the same problems, I believe that, today, is our biggest complaint: The interface (both graphical and the CLI) still needs improvement.
  • There is no mobile app to manage backups and restores from smartphones
  • Manual installation is time consuming.
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
Easy to use, proactive and effective customer support, and simple deployment method. The high configurability is what makes this tool so effective for my organization - at no point do I have any issues of trust as to the restorability of a fileset. The GUI provided gives clear actionable reports as to the effectivity of the jobs performed.
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Usability
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
This is a hard question. Usability for whom? For someone who is very comfortable at the command line and willing to put in the time to learn Bacula Enterprise's configuration syntax, it's very usable. Just don't expect to be an expert immediately.
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Reliability and Availability
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
Bacula Enterprise is always available when we need it, both the backup solution and system support
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Performance
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
Operation in the Bacula system has a light and fast interface and reports are generated almost instantly. Perhaps if Bacula is integrated with other solutions it may lose some performance
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
They're excellent, fast to respond and knowledgeable. I can't fault the support provided at all. On every occasion that we've had a need to contact them during our evaluation, installation, and use of Bacula Enterprise, they've always given us the help that we required. The responses they provide are detailed and we always feel that they've taken the time to read and understand our issue and give a full and personalized answer.
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In-Person Training
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
The professor understood the tool very well, it was a fact that he had mastery over the system and knew what he was talking about, clearing up all doubts and passing on all the necessary knowledge so that we could handle Bacula Enterprise in our organization.
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Implementation Rating
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
Bacula Systems and especially Bacula Brazil were extremely attentive and served us very well, making all implementations or changes work perfectly
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Actually, we have used both the AWS Database Migration Service and AWS snow family's snowmobile, and we have a lot of experience with both migration parts. But the one we choose the best is the AWS snow family. Among these, it really works like something to migrate all the existing data to AWS servers in a very short span. Moreover, the accuracy of the data transfer is 100%.
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Bacula Systems
I used CTERA almost from the time they started up. In short, it was very easy to use but configuration was limited; and in the end the agents were troublesome and I could not restore files. They had one person on staff who was terrific with tech support, when he left support became difficult and I lost confidence. Acronis was my first experience with a bare-metal recovery operation and it was terrific. Really saved the day. I would still be using it except the licensing was difficult and expensive and the software wasn't Linux friendly.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
Regarding contracts, negotiations were extremely accessible and clear in every sales model offered.
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Scalability
Amazon AWS
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Bacula Systems
Bacula provides intelligent scalability by expanding backups across multiple environments, data backup, Oracle, virtual machines, Office365, cloud...
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • No negative impact.
  • No unforeseen conditions that impact ROI.
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Bacula Systems
  • Our Disaster Recovery policy in regards to backups and archiving is made possible because of our use of Bacula Enterprise.
  • TCO is very low as the yearly subscription is very competitively priced. Management of the software is very low so we don't have to spend hours maintaining our backups.
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