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    NovaBACKUP

    Score3 out of 10
    N/ANovaBACKUP is a backup and restore solution for businesses and service providers backed by decades of in-house data protection and backup expertise to help users simplify and securely back up their critical data. NovaBACKUP offers the following local and cloud backup and recovery software solutions for businesses: NovaBACKUP PC Agent with 1,000 GB of Cloud Storage for PCs NovaBACKUP Server Agent starts with 250 GB of Cloud Storage for…

    $149.95

    per year

    Precisely Assure MIMIX

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AAssure MIMIX from Precisely (formerly Syncsort) offers IBM i high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) for companies worldwide, from small businesses to global enterprises, who can use Assure MIMIX to prevent data loss and eliminate planned and unplanned downtime. Assure MIMIX provides scalable real-time replication with options for automating administration, monitoring and alerting, customizable switch automation, and a graphical…N/A
    Pricing
    NovaBACKUPPrecisely Assure MIMIX
    Editions & Modules
    NovaBACKUP PC Agent (with 1,000 GB Cloud)
    149.95 /year
    per year
    NovaBACKUP Server (with 250 GB Cloud)
    399.95 /year
    per year
    NovaBACKUP Managed Backup
    Call for Pricing
    SaaS Service, Usage-based
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NovaBACKUPPrecisely Assure MIMIX
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll server backup products include setup assistance plus, one year of NovaCare for local technical phone support, remote recovery assistance, and upgrade protection.—
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    User Ratings
    NovaBACKUPPrecisely Assure MIMIX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NovaBACKUPPrecisely Assure MIMIX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NovaBACKUP
    Provide data protection for small to media size clients. Sends comprehensive email reports upon job completion. Physical to Virtual Migrations. Backing up physical and virtual machines. Alerting on backup job success or failure. Support is could be a little better, but it is adequate. The application is frequently updated and supports the latest operating systems from Microsoft and VMware.
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    Precisely
    MIMIX is clearly the best IBMi solution for most high availability and disaster recovery situations. It provides rock-solid replication and agile ability to switch quickly. In its earlier days, some organizations used it as a primary daily system backup method. With the advent of Ransomware, this is no longer advisable. The strength of MIMIX real-time replication becomes a weakness if IBMi data becomes infected. As in any real-time replication product, at that point, two systems are infected.
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    Pros
    NovaBACKUP
    • Backup data to removable media
    • Restore data
    • Report on data protection.
    • Physical to Virtual Machine Migrations
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    Precisely
    • Redundancy - needs to be available at a moment's notice.
    • Protection - the business would be greatly impacted, therefore protection of production systems is key to the business succeeding.
    • Usability - needs to be user-friendly, easy to navigate and operate, as it will be required at any given time.
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    Cons
    NovaBACKUP
    • None, it provides all the functionality we require.
    • Improve licensing costs.
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    Precisely
    • Possible false sense of security for ransomware attacks.
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    Reliability and Availability
    NovaBACKUP
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    Precisely
    MIMIX is software built for availability. By its nature it is must be available. As long as the underlying system and communication network are available MIMIX is working. And if there are failures in either of those, MIMIX is designed to allow for a quick and resilient recovery once underly systems or communications are restored
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    Performance
    NovaBACKUP
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    Precisely
    I have never seen MIMIX itself be a performance bottleneck. However it is important to consider the network in overall performance of any remotely replicated systems. MIMIX can only replicate as fast as the network allows. But a strong capability of MIMIX is its ability to "buffer" its replication, so it can be sent without error as the network allows
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    Support Rating
    NovaBACKUP
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    Precisely
    Support is available and efficient. Response time is good and likelyhood of a quick resolutiion is high. However the mature solid product and proactive management tools, fortunately make support requirements relatively rare. The support for version upgrades is also strong, but again the basic upgrade process is usually straightforward and well documented.
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    Alternatives Considered
    NovaBACKUP
    Not as polished as Veeam, but a lot cheaper when backing up data from over 10 servers. Otherwise, if you are backing up just one server, and don't need much in the way of support, the Veeam Community edition is a very cost-effective backup solution. When comparing the support and cost of Novabackup for a small to mid-size business, it is a very reliable solution.
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    Precisely
    We used MIMIX for its role for iSeries high availability. We used Double Take by Vision Solutions for our production Windows environment. MIMIX is designed for iSeries, and Double Take was designed for Windows. We had VMware virtual environment, running multiple VMs for production ERP Lawson M3, now Infor. Both MIMIX and Double Take played the role well for what needed to be done. Without either MIMIX or DoubleTake, the business would have been impacted.
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    Scalability
    NovaBACKUP
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    Precisely
    MIMIX works to its intended functionality. It provides real time data replication across multiple partitions and systems as defined. I have never witnessed any problems with MIMIX in scaling to larger systems or adding new data groups. In conjunction with the inherent scalability of IBMi scalability and configuration flexibillity are rather quick and easy.
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    Return on Investment
    NovaBACKUP
    • Provides confidence that we can recover from data loss or corruption.
    • Enabled easy P2V for our servers.
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    Precisely
    • MIMIX had a positive impact, as the organization has had to rely upon the unplanned switch.
    • MIMIX definite must if organization is running i Series, and business needs are 24/7.
    • Without MIMIX in place, the downtime impact to the business would have been great.
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    Screenshot of NovaBACKUP Home ScreenScreenshot of VMware ReplicationScreenshot of NovaBACKUP Backup TabScreenshot of Restore Files by DeviceScreenshot of NovaBACKUP Central Management ConsoleScreenshot of Restore Files by Time