Percona XtraBackup vs. Unitrends MSP

Well suited to databases < 10TB. For larger than this, I would go with snapshots.

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.

Incentivized

• 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

• 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.

Incentivized

• 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.

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

Incentivized

Takes a bit of getting used to when you first set it up.

Incentivized

If you pay for support it is great, otherwise you have to google.

Incentivized

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.

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.

Incentivized

• Secure, reliable, fast and consistent backups. Open source with zero cost.
• We satisfy our regulatory requirements.

• 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

Incentivized