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I wanted to take backup for all my employees on my NAS, for which BDRSuite is able to help me a lot.
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What is BDRSuite?
Vembu BDR Suite is a universal backup solution catering to the backup, recovery, and disaster recovery needs of diverse IT environments. It is also optimized for service providers who deliver BaaS and DRaaS to their customers.
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- Platform support (58)8.585%
- Retention options (56)8.484%
- Incremental backup identification (57)8.383%
- Management dashboard (58)7.272%
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Endpoint / Workstation Backup
$12
On Premise
per year per endpoint
SaaS Backup
$12
On Premise
per year per user
VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup
$48
On Premise
per year per VM
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What is BDRSuite?
BDRSuite offers Backup and Disaster Recovery for Small/Medium Businesses, Enterprise Businesses, and Service Providers.
BDRSuite is a Backup & Disaster Recovery software designed for Data Centers/Private Clouds (VMware, Hyper-V, Windows, Linux, Applications & Databases), Public Clouds (AWS), SaaS Applications (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), and Endpoints (Windows, Mac).
The BDRSuite platform can unify the backup management of a diverse IT infrastructure.
Reduces Data Loss.
Ensures Business Continuity with the Instant Restore option that allows users to recover the backed-up machines in less than 15 mins.
Granularly restore Files & Application items without restoring the entire machine.
Store Backups Locally (DAS, NAS, SAN) or on Cloud (S3, Azure Blob, S3 Compatible).
Backup data can be stored on different storage mediums (Disk/Cloud/Tape) and can be kept in different locations (Local/Offsite/Cloud).
BDRSuite can be purchased in licenses per VM, per Server, per CPU-Socket, per User, and per Instance basis.
BDRSuite also offers different editions (Enterprise/Standard/Free) which businesses can choose from based on their requirements.
BDRSuite Features
Data Center Backup Features
- Supported: Universal recovery
- Supported: Instant recovery
- Supported: Recovery verification
- Supported: Business application protection
- Supported: Multiple backup destinations
- Supported: Incremental backup identification
- Supported: Backup to the cloud
- Supported: Deduplication and file compression
- Supported: Snapshots
- Supported: Flexible deployment
- Supported: Management dashboard
- Supported: Platform support
- Supported: Retention options
- Supported: Encryption
Additional Features
- Supported: Ransomware Protection
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| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux |
| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Vembu BDR Suite is a universal backup solution catering to the backup, recovery, and disaster recovery needs of diverse IT environments. It is also optimized for service providers who deliver BaaS and DRaaS to their customers.
BDRSuite starts at $12.
Reviewers rate Recovery verification highest, with a score of 9.3.
The most common users of BDRSuite are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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March 31, 2024
BDRSuite is best amongst other Backup solutions.
I wanted to take backup for all my employees on my NAS, for which BDRSuite is able to help me a lot.
- Backup
- restore
- reporting
- Report improvement, lack detailed info about the issue.
- While restoring it should the size how I am restoring.
- Backup 10 VMs with the free trial and perform restores
- Backup a Baremetal Server and Restore
- Email Reports with useful information
- Their documentation needs improvement both from a base framework perspective and from a version-to-version perspective.
- error messages that aren't helpful or documentation that isn't for the new version.
- The uninstallation and reinstallation process should be smoother if you're attempting to do a repair because a version update broke something
- When upgrading, sometimes the agent on the target server needs upgrading but doesn't auto-upgrade and so you have to dig through older versions' documentation to find the command to uninstall and then reinstall.
- Restoring a Domain Controller causes issues that aren't documented as possibilities. The issues aren't related to the DC, but due to the way, the restore is done which effect DCs specifically.
February 27, 2023
Best Vembu-BDR
The review for Vembu Backup and disaster recovery solution is one the best all-in-one suite packages. It's very rare to get such a combination of features in one goes at a reasonable price, I highly recommend the BDR.Vembu is in use on daily basis in my environment, from file backup, and application backup to Microsoft Hyper-V image backup. On top of this, we also include the Offsite BDR as well which is an add-up solution that guarantees the safety of your data storage.
- Quick and straightforward implementation procedures.
- Backup speed and accuracy of data.
- Image integrity check report feature for image servers like Hype-V and others.
- Easy data recovery once needed.Strong backup encryption features.
- Strong backup encryption features.
- The file backup feature for the new Mac OS still has hiccups.
- The new version 15 dashboard is good but it missing important information like when will be next backup schedule, only the last successful shows.
- The administrator is not able to remove an old ID from the dashboard.
June 02, 2022
Ultimate Backup Solution
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It is our current go-to product for the local archival of our backup information. Moving from an old tape-based system it has proven to be quite effective, quick, and reliable. The support has been phenomenal, highly knowledgeable, and does not talk down to you. Would recommend it to anyone looking to transfer from tape archives or keep the tapes as they support that backup also.
- Compression
- Interface
- Support
- Price
- Time zone gap
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Good for disk image backups and file backups
- Should consider to switch to more stubborn backend database
- New functionality (if any) should be work seamlessly
- Need intense testing in all places
December 17, 2021
My Vembu BDR Suite Review
We use Vembu BDR Suite to backup physical servers, HyperV VMs, and workstation in a combination of the full image and file backups. We also install and manage Vembu for a number of our clients. It is a comprehensive package but has a bit of a learning curve to understand and use. A key element is the ability to boot and image backup as a VM for disaster recovery and to add a level of ransomware recovery. Recovery of individual files is fairly simple but would like to have the facility at the client level so users could restore files from backup without IT intervention. The granular recovery of SQL data is essential and supported. Vembu offers a free version that allows potential users to become familiar with the product before opting for the paid features. During the trial period, all features are available. For many small businesses and Sole Proprietors, the Free version was sufficient but now has a limitation of 10 endpoint backups which has reduced the enthusiasm. One issue we have is that the combination of Postgresql and Vembu components can make the server fragile to run in production.
- VM and Physical machine backup - Boot as VM for DR recovery
- Granular restore
- Image backup client implementation now done from the server console. Do not have to go to the client workstation to run the installation.
- DR backup to an off-site system
- Recovery boot tool needs to be USB. At this time it requires a CD/DVD to be created. A clean bootable USB image file should be made available for download.
- Access to all downloads from Vembu main download page. Should not have to install Vembu to gain access to client installers.
- File backup fails if a file is in use such as Outlook.pst file. This is problematic for users that have Outlook permanently open. Backup reports show as failed, partial. This is essential to address as we have to do full image backups at a cost to backup storage space when it is not essential.
- As an IT integrator, we need products that offer a recurring income to build a viable revenue stream. Vembu only offers a commission on the initial purchase of a subscription. Subsequent renewals do no qualify. This factor means that we are not incentivized to really recommend Vembu when other equally good backup solutions are available with long term commission plans.
July 13, 2021
Vembu is the best backup on the planet!
We are a 20+ year distributor for various online backup companies over the years. We now use Vembu BDR Suite as our go to solution to backup VMware, Hyper-V, Windows image, AWS, Office 365, etc for our entire client base. Vembu is very easy to setup, easy to use and easy to support. The price difference between Vembu and our competitors is dramatic.
- VMware backup
- Hyper-V backup
- Office 365 backup
- AWS backup
- NA
April 28, 2021
Vembu BDR Suite Review
We use Vembu BDR Suite across our company as our server and data backup solution. Vembu BDR Suite addresses all of our disaster recovery needs.
- Easy to manage backup and restore
- Centralized management solution
- Backup encryption
- Good versioning of files
- Web based layout can be tricky
- Licensing portal is cumbersome
- Backup alerts can be obnoxious
October 02, 2020
A Multitool for All Your Backup & DR Needs
Vembu BDR is used in a wide variety of ways. We use it across the whole organization to backup physical workstations and servers, files and folders, and virtual machines. It's a centralized solution that allows us to reduce downtime for our internal organization as well as our customers.
- Image backups of workstations and servers
- File/folder backups
- Virtual machine backups
- Replication to off-site locations
- Support could be better (occasional language barrier).
- Troubleshooting logs are cryptic; need more natural language explanations.
- Updating the location of the backup server for clients should be included in client UI, not via CLI commands.
March 25, 2020
No frills but it works
It is used across the company to provide logical separation and single-pass backups of virtualized infrastructure.
- Single pass backups are good.
- Deduplication levels using the Vembu File System are good.
- Support levels are high.
- The web interface can be slow.
- The management of Offsite Dr isn't great.
- Storage utilization and management can be difficult.
December 05, 2019
Vembu is an excellent value for the money and TOP NOTCH support
We are using the software to backup approx 60 workstations and laptops—all Windows 10 Pro based.
- Both incremental and Bare Metal backups.
- Very fast backups over network.
- Nice email notifications.
- Top Notch technical support, VERY fast support.
- Quicker install and setup of workstations if you could set default values.
July 27, 2019
VembuBDR Smokes Other Overpriced Backup Solutions
Vembu BDR Suite is used as a backup/recovery, disaster recovery solution and can also be used for Hyper-V and ESXI VM replication and migration. There's an image-based backup client for Windows/Server and Mac, and a file-based backup client for Windows/Server, Mac, and Linux. No client needs to be installed on the hypervisors for backup - you can run the backups directly from the backup server.
- Fast VM backups
- Fast image backups
- Fast file based backups
- Easy restore options
- Excellent support with minimal hassle
- Excellent value
- I would like image based backups for Linux and FreeBSD.
- I would like the ability to directly restore an image backup to ESXI or more cross-platform restore options.
- Managing storage by yourself (without support helping you out) can be tricky. I wish there were easier options to assign storage to users/backups, especially "after the fact."
- Windows image-based backup needs to assign drive letters to partitions that don't usually have them (system reserved, etc.). There should be a way for the program to identify the drives by different means.
June 18, 2019
It's Great and the Price is Great!
I have been using other Backup Solutions but they really like their prices so I was looking for a different solution and I found it with Vembu. It fits my business model, my business needs, the backup works and can be exported out in a variety of forms and can perform bare metal restores. It fits my needs, it's easy to set up and the pricing is significantly cheaper than the "big guys". Look into it, I think you'll really appreciate and like it.
- Backup
- Restore
- Alert
- Export to the major VM file systems
- Bare metal restores
- Changing to a different server name or IP address is a bit cumbersome but works.
April 09, 2019
Vembu: a good Linux option for Home labs or SOHO
Currently, I use VembuBDR in my home lab, due to the free option providing a greater feature set than other free option. I am running the Vembu BDR on a Linux VM, and am using it to back up a series of VMs from a vSphere cluster to an external NAS over iscsi. This back up process is scheduled to run every few days, and seems to run pretty quickly on 99% of the configured VMs.
- Linux installer and web UI: unlike some other options, a Linux installer can be acquired and provides an easy to use web UI.
- Quick Support: support has been quick and helpful when needed.
- Easy to configure: the backup process is easy to configure and can be done in 15 to 20 mins.
- Logging: The Free version doesn't appear to provide any alternative to alerting/logging other than email. Syslog or something similar would be nice
- Iscsi config: the process to use iscsi as a backup target requires configuration on the OS itself. Putting this and NFS configuration in the UI would be a plus
- Self Signed Certs: the ability to create a CSR and load a certificate from an on-site CA using the UI.
October 26, 2018
How Vembu BDR takes part in our business
We really had a tough time backing up virtual machine images. We were using traditional backup tools to do the job and it was a time-consuming job. Moreover, it was not a reliable solution. When we learned about Vembu BDR, we downloaded and evaluated it to its full potential. To our surprise, it was very easy to use, faster and reliable.
Vembu really helped us with automating virtual machine backups. It saves a lot of time and we have peace of mind. Vembu meets important fundamental needs of our organization.
- The most important things is that it's very easy to configure and has faster deployment.
- Very good compression ratio and backups are faster than traditional VM backup tools.
- Forever incremental is another useful feature which will save storage space.
- Mount image as volume is not working for Linux VMs, it would have been better with this feature working.
- The web management console should be improved with detailed VM backup reports.
September 13, 2018
Vembu BDR Suite Review
It is used by the IT department to back up all of our server VMs. It addresses the business problems of disaster recovery and continuity.
- User-friendly web UI
- Ease of setting up a backup VM
- Responsive customer service
- Cryptic error messages that can be hard to troubleshoot
- Licensing requirements can be difficult to understand
- More information on what is fixed in releases would be helpful
August 31, 2018
Vembu Review
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used it just as a file backup application. It did not solve any problems, and instead created more.
- None
- The whole GUI interface needs a revamp. The reporting is terrible.
- Push installation/adding clients to backup does not seem to effectively work.
- I believe that there can be a lot of improvements done and they can base it out of existing backup softwares.
June 26, 2018
Simple yet Powerful BDR Tool, Give it a try!
Lesser Backup time and quick restoration. As a whole, a complete Disaster recovery package.
- Faster Backup
- Faster restoration
- Storage management
- Offsite Copy management feature
- License check could be made offline
- Option to choose the destination for Network Backup not available
April 24, 2018
Vembu BDR - flexible, reliable online backup
DataMirror is a specialist online backup service provider. Vembu BDR is being used across our organisation as a stable, reliable backup solution. We are also using it as the software platform which underpins our online backup service for all of our customers. It is being used to back up a mix of server and desktop machines. It is protecting files as well as backing up bare metal system images and SQL server instances. It ensures that our clients have 24/7 data protection.
- Bare metal system images. These are incredibly flexible, enabling you to do dissimilar hardware restores, local or online backups and restore to VHD
- Full, differential and transaction log backups for SQL server, ensuring rapid backup and restore, with maximum storage efficiency.
- Incremental backups for files, meaning only the changes which have been made to a file are backed up, dramatically reducing time to backup and increasing storage efficiency.
- I think the platform is very comprehensive. If one possible improvement might be made, it is the process of creating a bare metal restore image/recovery cd.
March 09, 2018
Vembu so-so
We use the NetworkImage, ImageBackup, and VMBackup products associated with VembuBDR to backup our main production servers and Hyper-V hosts.
- Scheduling backups
- Backup pruning
- Integration with Hyper-v
- Stability. Our VMBackup product on Windows 2012 keeps crashing the Hyper-V Management Service and then failing.
- Upgrade process. Going from 3.5 to 3.8 was paiiinful.
- Support process. Getting support has often required many days of support personnel being continuous connected to our production server via TeamViewer.
September 15, 2017
On premise easy to setup backup software
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It allowed for automated scheduled backup and redundancy
- Good compression of backups
- Scheduled backups with retry
- Encryption standard
- Best practices standard
- Error checking
- Backup success verification
- Online database backup