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Arcserve ShadowProtect

Arcserve ShadowProtect
Formerly from StorageCraft

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What is Arcserve ShadowProtect?

ShadowProtect, from Arcserve company StorageCraft (merged in March of 2021), supports business continuity with data backup and system protection; the vendor boasts fast system restore capabilities relative to other similar solutions.

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ShadowProtect SPX has become a reliable choice for users who require image-based backups, whether it be for personal or client servers. …
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What is Arcserve ShadowProtect?

ShadowProtect, from Arcserve company StorageCraft (merged in March of 2021), supports business continuity with data backup and system protection; the vendor boasts fast system restore capabilities relative to other similar solutions.

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ShadowProtect, from Arcserve company StorageCraft (merged in March of 2021), supports business continuity with data backup and system protection; the vendor boasts fast system restore capabilities relative to other similar solutions.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.

The most common users of Arcserve ShadowProtect are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

ShadowProtect SPX has become a reliable choice for users who require image-based backups, whether it be for personal or client servers. With successful implementation both locally and off-site, users have found the software to be effective in protecting their data. The ease of restoration from previous backups, including files, folders, and even bare-metal restores, has proven to be a valuable feature of ShadowProtect SPX. Users have also taken advantage of the software's great retention settings, allowing them to retain data for extended periods of time.

One notable use case is its widespread adoption across multiple departments within organizations. This highlights its versatility and suitability for backing up servers in various environments. Additionally, users have praised the Storagecraft cloud replication option for providing reliable and secure backups. The software's ability to protect servers from ransomware attacks has made it indispensable for managed services customers. Moreover, the quick and straightforward restore process, even to dissimilar hardware or virtual machines, has earned high praise from users.

ShadowProtect SPX's user-friendly interface and configuration options have positioned it as one of the best backup software options available. Its deployment in both on-premises and off-site locations allows users to back up their infrastructure effectively. Furthermore, it has been instrumental in disaster recovery situations with its ability to virtualize backups on any PC. As a result, despite the existence of alternatives, users continue to rely on ShadowProtect SPX on legacy servers until they can migrate to a different backup software. Overall, ShadowProtect SPX offers a comprehensive backup system specifically designed for Windows Servers, addressing the diverse needs of businesses across various industries.

User-Friendly Interface: Several users have praised the software for its user-friendly interface, finding it relatively simple and easy to navigate. This indicates that Arcserve ShadowProtect offers an intuitive design that simplifies backup scheduling and management.

Robust Disaster Recovery Solutions: Multiple users have mentioned the amazing disaster recovery capabilities of Arcserve ShadowProtect. This suggests that the software excels in providing reliable and robust solutions for recovering data in critical situations, ensuring minimal downtime and smooth operations.

Flexible Backup Options: Users appreciate the versatility of Arcserve ShadowProtect when it comes to backing up data. They have highlighted the ability to backup to any location as well as configure bandwidth usage for off-site backups based on varying network conditions. This indicates that the software offers flexible options for optimizing backup processes according to specific requirements.

Slow response from customer support: Several users have reported experiencing slow response times from the customer support team when dealing with urgent issues.

Less intuitive user interface for mounting backups: Some users have found the user interface for mounting backups on the new SPX version to be less intuitive than previous versions, making it more challenging to navigate and perform necessary tasks.

Issues with offsite replication requiring manual intervention: A number of users have encountered issues with offsite replication over time, which has resulted in the need for manual intervention to keep it functioning properly.

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Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If we have a scenario where we need very fast backup/ a lot of backups per hour we tend to go towards ShadowProtect , we have several customers with important servers that we backup each 15 minutes with a VSS consistent snapshot. The continuous incremental option also allows us to create one "full backup" and never again afterwards. This gives us the possibility to give longer retention periods to our customers.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
ShadowProtect SPX is perfect for physical server workloads and mixed physical/virtual. It would not be my first choice for backup in a purely virtual environment because of the licensing model. It isn’t ideal for relocations but excels at image-level backups. Adding the cloud replication option adds value and makes it a perfect DR solution.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
ShadowProtect is good if you don't have many systems to back up and have time to perform backup maintenance tasks on occasion. However, the backups do fail from time to time, and the cloud integration is not easy to set up.
Ian Hansen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In situations where business continuity needs are high, ShadowProtect backups provide the ability to keep operations running with very minimal downtime, even in situations like crypto-locked data. If a backup server is set up in an environment to resume a live server from backup, this is even more helpful. In situations where clients don't care as much about quickly recovering their data, they can go without a solution like this.
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