Percona XtraBackup vs. Veritas NetBackup

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Percona XtraBackup
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Percona XtraBackup is a free, open source, online backup solution for all versions of Percona Server for MySQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. Percona XtraBackup performs online non-blocking, tightly compressed, secure backups of InnoDB, XtraDB, and HailDB storage engines on transactional systems, so that applications remain fully available during planned maintenance windows. Percona XtraBackup can perform streaming, compressed, and incremental MySQL backups. Percona…N/A
Veritas NetBackup
Score 7.6 out of 10
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Veritas NetBackup is a backup-as-a-service product providing data recovery and protection for enterprises. It supports physical, virtual, and cloud systems and features an automated disaster recovery capabilities.N/A
Pricing
Percona XtraBackupVeritas NetBackup
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Percona XtraBackupVeritas NetBackup
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFree and open-source—
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Features
Percona XtraBackupVeritas NetBackup
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Percona XtraBackup
8.6
2 Ratings
2% above category average
Veritas NetBackup
7.9
18 Ratings
5% below category average
Encryption8.62 Ratings6.014 Ratings
Universal recovery00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings5.018 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings4.015 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Percona XtraBackup
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Ratings
Veritas NetBackup
8.4
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Continuous data protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Replication00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Percona XtraBackupVeritas NetBackup
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(3 ratings)
8.0
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.9
(3 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(3 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Percona XtraBackupVeritas NetBackup
Likelihood to Recommend
Percona
Well suited to databases < 10TB. For larger than this, I would go with snapshots.
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Cohesity
Backuping complex infrastructures (VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle, and MSSQL databases, etc.). Regarding product price, it's not the most affordable for small businesses, but it can handle nearly all infrastructures and systems. With good training people, it's a Swiss knife of company data backup, no stress about keeping backups in a safe place!
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Pros
Percona
  • 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
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Cohesity
  • The activity monitor allows me to easily see if there are issues with backup jobs or the environment.
  • Community support for NBU is very good. I've been able to research issues with ease and find other users that have been in similar situations.
  • Policy management for backups is very easy and there are lots of options.
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Cons
Percona
  • 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.
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Cohesity
  • Admin console
  • SAP HANA application Templates should also be introduced instead of scripting
  • SAP MAXDB application template should also be introduced
  • Tape Management need improvement
  • MOBILE connectivity is missing
  • Admin console is so simple it should be more funcky or stylish
  • Small database should also be considered for backup
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Likelihood to Renew
Percona
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Cohesity
Veritas continues to keep up with the backup game. There virtual machine backup capabilities are now top notch, and I believe they will prove valuable when our cloud presence demands a backup solution.
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Usability
Percona
Takes a bit of getting used to when you first set it up.
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Cohesity
NetBackup provides a complete, flexible data protection solution for a variety of platforms. The platforms include Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems. NetBackup lets you back up, archive, and restore files, folders or directories, and volumes or partitions that reside on your computer.
During a backup or an archive, the client sends backup data across the network to a NetBackup server. The NetBackup server manages the type of storage that is specified in the backup policy. During a restore, users can browse, then select the files and directories to recover.
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Support Rating
Percona
If you pay for support it is great, otherwise you have to google.
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Cohesity
Support is pretty good but it is split between America and outsourced companies so it is hit or miss sometimes. I have actually had to argue with the outsourced support as they sometimes have no practical experience using the software which makes troubleshooting difficult when they have no practical experience using the system.
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Alternatives Considered
Percona
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.
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Cohesity
CrashPlan has the capability to sync data with a cloud storage source. This is great for a workstation where data is typically only for one user. However, Netbackup does a much better job for maintaining multiple levels of file restores for Enterprise Servers. Netbackup has a superior management console that does not rely on Cloud services in the event of an internet outage.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Percona
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Cohesity
Veritas NetBackup is very expensive, and I think price is the main reason which some customers don't want to use this solution. The price is fair. Most people have felt this solution was somewhat expensive.
licensing model is based on the number of NetBackup clients, agents, servers, and options that NetBackup will be protecting or run on. A customer purchases the same number of licenses as the count of clients, agents, servers, and options.
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Professional Services
Percona
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Cohesity
Education, Consulting and Managed services to keep our business running smooth.They provide the expertise needed to help you bridge the gap between excellent information management solutions and the information essential to help you reach maximum business value. They Meet information management goals with agility and flexibility.
Comprehensive 24x7 monitoring, management and support of your backup and archiving environments.
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Return on Investment
Percona
  • Secure, reliable, fast and consistent backups. Open source with zero cost.
  • We satisfy our regulatory requirements.
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Cohesity
  • We never experienced a significant system or data loss during the time we used NetBackup. We restored individuals files and small databases based upon user mistakes, but we never had to implement a DR plan. From that aspect, it is difficult to evaluate the ROI. Backups are a commodity service. Features are very similar across multiple tools. Once you decide to stay on-prem or move to the cloud, the list of options are narrowed. Then it becomes a matter of price.
  • From an administration and support perspective, the ROI is low. Vendor technical support is not always responsive. The first two tiers of support are not knowledgeable and their typical recommendation is to read the white paper. My small team spent a lot of time troubleshooting NetBackup, often without much vendor help.
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ScreenShots

Percona XtraBackup Screenshots

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