NetApp FAS series vs Unitrends MSP

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very easy to use with NFS. Creating new volumes and mounting to servers such as ESXi or Linux is a breeze. It does also support CIFS but it is far less intuitive and requires much more effort. Replicated data is also very simple and robust in the form of SnapVaults or SnapMirrors. This data is either immediately or periodically replicated to a peer FAS in the cluster for retention.

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Adam Paradis

Virtualization Administrator

University of Maine SystemEducation Management, 10,001+ employees

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Unitrends is a very well suited backup solution for MSPs requiring diverse support for client systems, backup methods and storage. Its only 'cons' are that it does require some more technical knowledge of Linux, in particular, to potentially get deployments running smoothly and reporting nicely to other tools; and that deployments can sometimes be a bit rocky requiring a bit of troubleshooting to get things sorted between the appliance and agents, especially going into less than healthy client environments.

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Werner Baron

Centralized Services Technician

Smart Dolphins ITInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Pros

The selling point for NetApp FAS is the application and data protection integration capabilities they provide.
We have been able to use NetApp FAS in a variety of use cases with a standard set of management tools.
NetApp FAS has evolved over the years from just NAS to also include block protocols. At this time they support almost all industry standard protocols.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Unitrends backup feature is so good and works efficiently.
Its UI is simplistic, appealing and without any ambiguity.
It has multiple features like Encryption, backup scheduling and compression.

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Samuel-Borris James

Digital support officer

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)Government Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Deduplication job runs at certain times and creates a large CPU overhead for the system
Management of a volumes, disk groups, LUNs, etc. is a burden to manage and is not efficient with storage capacity
Upgrades are complicated and not "non-disruptive"

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Chris Saenz

Lead System Engineer

Azusa Pacific UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Integration with Kaseya could be better.
The standalone backup product need s UI and other features.
Remote management of units would be useful.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

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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

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Usability

NetApp FAS series 8.0

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It does have a really nice and easy to use web interface to do pretty much anything you need with it. It was very simple to configure our volumes and luns and connect them to our VMWare environment using the interface. It has options to rename, shrink, grow, and other things with our luns and volumes. It was nice and easy to read graphs to see where you stand on your storage usage at a glance.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Restaurants Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

NetApp FAS series 9.8

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NetApp support in Brazil is managed by its partners. We know in other countries, such as the US and NO, they have support directly from Netapp. We have a very good NetApp partner working with us since the beginning, on both the implementation and daily support. Very few cases needed to be escalated to NetApp support, most of the cases are handled and satisfyingly closed by the partner.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

Removing PureStorage, which I consider to be ahead of the rest, NetApp FAS series does its job very well and it is not necessary to pay a lifetime support.

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omar lopardo

Storage Admin

despegar.comTranslation & Localization, 1001-5000 employees

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We compared solutions from Datto, and Veeam and found that Unitrends MSP gave a lower barrier to entry from a cost standpoint. The features that were available out of the box and multi-platform support made the choice a no-brainer when we were looking for options to protect our environment.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Law Practice Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

The speed of file recovery is the biggest positive impact. Recovering from a ransomware attack in minutes is something you can certainly brag about.
Integration with products like Exchange and SQL can certainly speed up normal day to day processes. Not just in backup recovery situations either.
Redundant paths make migrations and updates very easy with no downtime.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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It has been a source of additional revenue
It has improved our management of client backups while saving us support time
It has been effective in [the] restoration of several clients who suffered ransomware attacks

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Mike Erhart

Managing Partner

Erhart and Associates, LLCInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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