Carbonite Availability vs FortiConverter

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe it would work well with continuous replication in a DR scenario with no time limits and having the ability to fail back is a bonus, but in a one off move the decision to restrict the time it can sync for has proven to be an issue for us.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Building Materials Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Unless you are rebuilding rules from scratch, FortiConverter is a must-have when migrating legacy rulesets from competing platforms such as Cisco ASA, CheckPoint, Juniper, etc. to FortiGate Appliances. Without FortiConverter, guaranteed there will be some flows you missed and you will be troubleshooting them during your cutover maintenance window. Utilizing FortiConverter, you will minimize such issues as cutover time because you have the ability to stage the new ruleset in advance. Complex topologies and multi-platform migrations require highly skilled consultation from experts that [have] done this several times before.

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pros

A product is worthless in my opinion if you don't have a great support team to work with. I've had issues with replication jobs that were resolved quickly and easily by the support team.
DR - Doubletake is the only tool that I'm aware of that can handle DR replication of both physical and virtual environments. There sre others, but they use a snapshot technology, where doubletake has continuous replication of data.
Move - we have moved physical and virtual environments from around the world without ever having to leave the office. One of the companies we migrated started off with their equipment in Switzerland, and after the servers were in a fully protected state in the US, that failover to the new location took 45 min.

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John Stalzer

System Engineering Manager

Versiant CorporationInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Audit existing rulesets from CheckPoint, Cisco, Juniper and other platforms
Build migration rulesets to FortiGate
Stages migration before actual cutover
Reduces or eliminates obsolete and shadow rules
Simple logic

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

More verbose error messages. So we can fix problems with more ease
More bandwidth settings for throttling.
Ability to restart services on servers from the double take console

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Adhir Kamal

NGDC Engineer

Dimension Data Middle East and AfricaInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Programming or scripting skills are not needed but highly recommended
Requires excellent command of REGEX
Interface Mapping from complex topologies requires a deep understanding of FortiGate interface capabilities and scripting

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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FortiConverter 10.0

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FortiConverter is currently the best option to assist in migrating legacy firewalls to FortiGate firewalls. FortiConverter is flexible enough to be the single tool to use when migrating Check Point, Cisco ASA, Juniper and other platforms to FortiGate Firewalls. FortiConverter is not a multi-user software however it is easy for multiple engineers to work on a single or multiple migration projects.

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

Carbonite Availability 8.2

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the product UI is user friendly and product is straightforward to use.

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Artur Estanqueiro

Cloud Solution Architect

DXC TechnologyInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Carbonite Availability 7.3

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Once through to support it is very good and they have assisted us through a number of issues. I don't always think that they provide a solution, more a workaround, but in a move situation where each copy is moving once, that isn't an issue. I'd be more concerned if we were using it to manage a DR scenario.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Building Materials Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

It is better for critical apps than Veeam due to the lower RPO. Veeam is favoured by some customers due to it's attractive price point.Zerto is a very strong product and is innovating continuously. I don't see so much of this from DoubleTake.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 1-10 employees

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FortiConverter is the easiest of the firewall migration tools to use compared to Checkpoint SmartMove, Cisco Firewall Migration Tool, FWMIG, etc. It has a more robust user interface and allows you to customize the rule imports as needed. Rulebase analysis, hit count, NAT, and dynamic routing are presented in an easy to understand format with FortiConverter.

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

It has allowed us through DR testing to meet contractual requirements of our major accounts..
It gives us peace of mind that in the event of a major issue we can perform our daily business with a relative success rate.

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Ron Sisler Jr

IT Support Specialist

TNT Management ResourcesFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Streamlined migrations successful on the first try
Simple and fast cutover maintenance window
Audit and tune existing rule base
Quickly identify shadow rules
Quickly identify rules with elevated access

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Shahab Razak

Senior Network Architect

FinastraFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No