Bacula Enterprise

Score9.6 out of 10

61 Reviews and Ratings

What is Bacula Enterprise?

Bacula Enterprise is a data center backup, restore, and recovery solution from Swiss, Dracula-themed software company Bacula Systems.

Categories & Use Cases

Instant recovery
Instant recovery is the ability to restore operations very rapidly
Category average: 8.7
Recovery verification
Recovery verification is automated testing and verification of backups
Category average: 8.4
Multiple backup destinations
Multiple backup destinations is the ability to backup data to more than one location
Category average: 8.4

Management dashboard
Web-based dashboard allowing configuration and monitoring of all backups
Category average: 8.5
Universal recovery
Universal recovery is the ability to restore backups to any machine regardless of the platform
Category average: 8.4
Business application protection
Protection of all applications running in the data center
Category average: 8

#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

36.4%

4 installations of 11

#2 most frequent

Information

18.2%

2 installations of 11

#3 most frequent

Educational Services

18.2%

2 installations of 11

André Fernando Pereira View profile

IT Analyst in Information Technology at HU-UFGD - EBSERH (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Bacula Enterprise was a significant evolution for our environment, given that we were already using the Community version. However, we lacked some essential functionalities needed for our use case, such as deduplication and backup of XCP-NG virtual machines, as well as the web interface we were using was not as efficient as the current one provided. The BWEB interface greatly facilitates the configuration of clients, testing, and settings that were previously mostly done on the command line.

Pros

Backup and Restore VMs XCP-NG
Inteface Web
Deduplication
Compatibility with different systems.

Cons

Detailing the configuration of the deduplication system
Mobile application
Ease of updating for clients running older operating systems

Return on Investment

The acquisition cost compared to what the tool delivers.
Utilizing existing hardware.
Institutional requirements

Alternatives Considered

Vinchin Backup & Recovery and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Other Software Used

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS), EMC VNX (Discontinued)

Eduardo Alem Rocha

Eduardo Alem Rocha in Legal at Alem & Rocha - Advocacia e Consultoria (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a partner in a law firm (Alem & Rocha - Advocacia e Consultoria), sensitive data management is a topic of great relevance. Data Security ensures that all sensitive legal documents, client information, and case files are securely backed up, protecting against data loss due to hardware failure, cyber attacks, or human error, helps with regulatory compliance, ensures that the firm can quickly recover critical data and resume operations with minimal downtime and lawyers can focus on their work without worrying about manually managing backups, saving time and reducing the risk of errors.

Pros

Intuitive, fast and full configuration of the backup system
Remote access for the activities execution
Highly trained team;

Cons

Interface customization for new users
Interface restore

Return on Investment

Data Security
Compliance
Efficiency

Leandro Souza

Support Coordinator in Information Technology at C&M Software (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Bacula Enterprise is a very complete and easy-to-use solution, with plugins for different environments, advanced deduplication and encryption and security features It is also very versatile and can work with different storage strategies, including tape Furthermore, it is also very customizable to suit backup policies. It is very easy to monitor, and has very good performance

Pros

Backup & Restore
Backup Protection, Anti Virus, Anti Ransomware, Immutability
Support

Cons

tape management
updates alerts

Return on Investment

It's quick to configure and prevent any system from being unprotected
It's easy to check and validate that backups are being made

Guilherme Henrique Ribeiro Silva View profile

IT Manager in Information Technology at Em2 IT Services & Solutions (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Bacula to backup a Hyper-V environment with more than 2000 VMs and almost 1PB of data.

Pros

Speed
Dedup
Ease

Cons

Web Interface
Installation
Integrations

Return on Investment

Low cost compared to competitors.
No need for database and operating system licensing.
Complete backup of the environment on disk and tape.

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Data Platform, Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup and Arcserve Backup

Other Software Used

Veeam Data Platform, Arcserve Backup, Veritas Backup Exec

Adrian Penpeski

CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Product Management at Projekt AP (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Main requirement is for extreme security and fast recovery of data and my applications.
Sometimes I need to do single file recovery but also be prepared for bare metal recovery.
Nowadays we all need to keep the cost at minimum and Bacula helped me with that.
Now I'm experimenting with Bacula replicating my K8s deployment. Seems to work well and will help me grow my business.
My business challenge is that I do not have much time to spend on data backup. It just must me simple and easy thing to manage.
Bacula support team is always fast and super friendly with any inquiries I had

Pros

Fast recovery of data
Very stable and reliable
Broad security features
Simple pricing

Cons

Some features are a bit too deep for me
User interface takes some time to learn
Still waiting for Salesforce integration

Most Important Features

Many different types of VM's are compatible with it
I already had one hacker attack on my infrastructure this year and backup saved all my data luckily
I managed to save a lot of money with Bacula over previous solution I used especially since I started to have more and more data

Return on Investment

Easy to know what my future costs will be
They saved my data already once this year (and probably my business too)
I would say I'm saving 45% on backup software per annum

Alternatives Considered

Commvault Complete Data Protection

Other Software Used

Google Cloud Datastore, Atlassian Confluence, GitHub

Veeam Data Platform

Arctera Backup Exec

Tivoli Business Service Manager (legacy)

Bacula Enterprise

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Categories & Use Cases