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Likelihood to Recommend
Barracuda Backup
There are few scenarios that it's not well suited for as long as it's either VMware or Agent Based installations. I have not had success with directly backing up a non-Windows file share. I would definitely test the product first if you are not planning to directly backup through an agent.

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Engineer in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employeesPercona XtraBackup
Well suited to databases < 10TB. For larger than this, I would go with snapshots.
Principle Database Architect [MySQL|RDS|Aurora|PXC|MongoDB|Oracle|CloudSQL|Clickhouse]
ImpactMarketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Data Center Backup
Barracuda Backup
9.0
Percona XtraBackup
8.6
Universal recovery
Barracuda Backup
9.1
Percona XtraBackup
—
Live recovery
Barracuda Backup
8.6
Percona XtraBackup
—
Recovery verification
Barracuda Backup
8.6
Percona XtraBackup
—
Business application protection
Barracuda Backup
8.7
Percona XtraBackup
—
Multiple backup destinations
Barracuda Backup
8.7
Percona XtraBackup
—
Incremental backup identification
Barracuda Backup
9.1
Percona XtraBackup
—
Backup to the cloud
Barracuda Backup
9.3
Percona XtraBackup
—
Deduplication and file compression
Barracuda Backup
9.5
Percona XtraBackup
—
Snapshots
Barracuda Backup
9.6
Percona XtraBackup
—
Flexible deployment
Barracuda Backup
9.1
Percona XtraBackup
—
Management dashboard
Barracuda Backup
8.8
Percona XtraBackup
—
Platform support
Barracuda Backup
8.6
Percona XtraBackup
—
Retention options
Barracuda Backup
9.4
Percona XtraBackup
—
Encryption
Barracuda Backup
9.4
Percona XtraBackup
8.6
Pros
Barracuda Backup
- Quickness to deploy. You will not need an expert to get this up and running.
- Extremely intuitive interface: Brand new techs can pick this up without much training.
- Global Accessibility: The cloud interface allows administrators to access their backups from everywhere for quick restores after hours.
Sr. System Engineer
Kent Intermediate School DistrictEducation Management, 501-1000 employees
Percona XtraBackup
- Non-blocking backup : Backup process will not put any lock on the database.
- Fast recovery : As it's a file level backup so it's quite fast in both backup and recovery.
- Consistent backup : Xtrabackup always ensures consistent backup.
- Easy to configure and Use.
- Integration with clouds
Senior Engineering Manager (Site Reliability Engineering)
Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd)Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees
Cons
Barracuda Backup
- In some of the older version of the software, drilling down to restore a single files was quite the process. It's still a little slow to this day, but improvements have been made.
- It would be nice to have the ability to spin up a virtual machine directly on the backup appliance in the event of a failed server. At current time you need a Hyper-v or VMWare environment to restore a failed machine to.
- Once you put the device in cloud control mode, some of your options are limited when you log directly into the local appliance. I personally would like to see all the options remain the same so I can administer the device the same remotely and I would sitting in front of it.
IT Consultant
Americom Imaging Systems, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Percona XtraBackup
- The only feature that could use some improvement is partial backup restores. For example, I have a multi-tenant database at the schema level running on a single Percona Server instance. As a tenant grows too large for the share instance or becomes a noisy neighbour we need to move a the tenants schema to its own instance with minimal downtime, meaning that we would run the new instance as a replica with replication filters until failover. In terms of doing a consistent backup, there may be challenges and it is currently possible with XtraBackup, but it would be great if the process was simplified and ensured to be consistent.
Principle Database Architect [MySQL|RDS|Aurora|PXC|MongoDB|Oracle|CloudSQL|Clickhouse]
ImpactMarketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Barracuda Backup
Barracuda Backup 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Love the units
Senior Network Engineer
The Spence SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees
Percona XtraBackup
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
Barracuda Backup
Barracuda Backup 9.5
Based on 2 answers
The front-end webpages are basic without to much clutter which makes finding what you are trying to do fairly easy.
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
PCS Receivables Corp.Financial Services, 11-50 employees
Percona XtraBackup
Percona XtraBackup 7.9
Based on 3 answers
Takes a bit of getting used to when you first set it up.
Senior MySQL DBA
EckohComputer Software, 201-500 employees
Support Rating
Barracuda Backup
Barracuda Backup 9.6
Based on 8 answers
They are always quick to get you routed to a tech support person and always get follow up after contacting them. Last experience was amazing, she adjusted my boxes and they perform even better. I cannot say enough about the support. We had some trouble with one of the windows servers leaving the volume shadow copy out there and would fail. They worked with us to adjust and get working. After that it has been months since I have had to do anything with the server to keep the backups running.
IT Manager
Landmark Automotive GroupAutomotive, 51-200 employees
Percona XtraBackup
Percona XtraBackup 8.2
Based on 3 answers
If you pay for support it is great, otherwise you have to google.
Senior MySQL DBA
EckohComputer Software, 201-500 employees
Implementation Rating
Barracuda Backup
Barracuda Backup 8.0
Based on 1 answer
Work on a backup agent for Mac OS X or any Apple OS.
Senior Network Engineer
The Spence SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees
Percona XtraBackup
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Barracuda Backup
I'm much happier with how Barracuda lays out their console and user interface. Acronis is a great product and you do get what you expect. But to have a the learning curve personally cut by at least 50% is a great thing to have when it comes to training new members to the IT team and getting them up to speed of our procedures.
Network Administrator III
Millar Instruments, Inc.Medical Devices, 51-200 employees
Percona XtraBackup
We have evaluated Mysqldump and MySQL Enterprise backup. Mysqldump is not a scalable solution. MEB is a paid and closed source. As we are truly open-source, we were looking for an open-source solution that was reliable and scalable. Xtrbackup has all the required features to fulfill our requirements.
Senior Engineering Manager (Site Reliability Engineering)
Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd)Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
Barracuda Backup
- We've had a couple situations where we've had to pull data back down from the BBS cloud and while it can take a while sometimes, we haven't had an issue where we haven't been able to restore something that we needed. Overall it has been very reliable.
- We've had to implement two other backup systems in addition to Barracuda Backup and dedicate our BBSs to just mission-critical data because we're size-locked in our appliances. Upgrading to larger models is not financially viable at the moment and we can't expand their internal storage or point them to an iSCSI share or likewise. We brought in other systems to handle non-critical and virtual data because of those storage limitations.
IT Director/CIO
Green Clinic Health SystemHospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees
Percona XtraBackup
- Secure, reliable, fast and consistent backups. Open source with zero cost.
- We satisfy our regulatory requirements.
Principle Database Architect [MySQL|RDS|Aurora|PXC|MongoDB|Oracle|CloudSQL|Clickhouse]
ImpactMarketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees
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Barracuda Backup
—Pricing Details
Barracuda Backup
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Percona XtraBackup
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional