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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.
Starting at $12 per year per user
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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
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $12 per year per user
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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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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.
77.5%
7.8
- Positive to meet DR requirements
- Better insurance rates if DR issues are met
The most important factors for us are disaster recovery and a guarantee that backups are recoverable. Test restores and sandboxing are essential.
Recurring margin income for IT Service providers is essential and the current Vembu model fails to address the requirement. Being able to build up an increasing recurring revenue stream allows for better support and technical skill to be available to support the product.
Recurring margin income for IT Service providers is essential and the current Vembu model fails to address the requirement. Being able to build up an increasing recurring revenue stream allows for better support and technical skill to be available to support the product.
Only have experience with VM and physical.
Altaro - Only VM backups, not physical. We use it in conjunction with Vembu. Veeam - Too expensive and bad reports about managing licenses on the forums.
Nakivo used in conjunction with Vembu. An excellent product and well priced. Nakivo has a full set of features for Physical and VM backups but Vembu is better at granular backup and restore options..
Nakivo used in conjunction with Vembu. An excellent product and well priced. Nakivo has a full set of features for Physical and VM backups but Vembu is better at granular backup and restore options..
2
Question is unclear. 2 users manage Vembu. All users are backed up with Vembu.
2
General IT skills are all that is needed.
- Regular backup of key database systems
- Daily user data or images backups
- Disaster Recovery
- Domain controller backups
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
Yes
Altaro and Windows Backup.
Limitations with Altaro and unreliability of built in Windows Backup. We needed an application that backed up physical servers, VM's on Hyper-V and Windows workstations.
Limitations with Altaro and unreliability of built in Windows Backup. We needed an application that backed up physical servers, VM's on Hyper-V and Windows workstations.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
Product usability and stability. Had to be sure that recovery was always feasible and fast.
Would expand to more products but evaluation would remain the same.
No. Expensive in our currency
No
No. All support has been normal
- Setting up file backups is easy
- Image backups of client devices can be cumbersome
- The forced reboot when loading the agent is an issue
- The web interface is slow to use and on a low resolution remote session part of the screen is hidden.
- The need to ensure the server license reports to Vembu is irritating.
- Performance is an issue
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.
84.28571428571429%
8.4
- Allowed me to backup all workstations automatically rather than me going to each computer manually.
Flexibility and overall cost per workstation.
I only have a physical environment and for that, it works very well.
I do not use this at all.
- Acronis Cyber Cloud for Enterprise, Carbonite Endpoint and Veeam Backup & Replication
Overall Vembu was much lower cost to implement and support long term.
Yes
With a new product and one that is so critical (backups) I needed the ability for support 24/7 with quick responses which is what I received. Top Notch support at a low cost.
Yes
Very quick responses
Not just once but several times they have always responded within an hour to my requests. Twice they have issued a fix to resolve the issue as well
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.
45.71428571428571%
4.6
- When working and stable it is "set and forget" so that reduces time to maintain.
- Flexibility on number of backups to retain and additional full backups to make have allowed NAS storage management and avoided significant additional storage purchases.
- When the product is unstable, as our 2012 VM backup is, it costs us time monitoring and restarting services or servers and dealing with Vembu support who have directed us to Microsoft for VSS support although the product worked fine on the platform prior to upgrade, and no additional software has been installed since.
Reasonable price for a complete solution to Share, Drive, and VM backups. Relatively simple to use once installed, if it is stable. Relatively easy restores.
Yes, we backup physical drives, network shares, and Hyper-V virtual machines with the product.
I do not believe we were aware of this file system. I'm not sure how we would benefit from its use.
- windows backup and backupexec
Beats Windows backup hands down - but that's not hard. Beats BackupExec on ease of use.
2
IT Director, IT Manager
2
The same people who use it, support it. We were a small IT department when we bought Vembu.
- Virtual Machines
- Local Drives
- Network Shares
- Nothing comes to mind
- Virtual machine cloning based on a "before recent update" need.
No
- Price
- Product Features
- Prior Experience with the Product
A colleague had used the product an recommended it as a cost-effective solution.
I would seek out more 3rd part reviews. A single person's experience in a dissimilar environment wasn't really enough to go on.
- Implemented in-house
No
Change management was minimal
Since we did not have an enterprise backup solution prior to implementing Vembu we did not need a lot of change control.
- No issues, really.
No
Available support seems adequate. Not sure premium would be worth the money although I don't know what it would cost.
Yes
Several interface bugs were reported. Often the suggestion was "switch browser", "start in private browsing", or "clear cache." However, these did not fix the problem and just wasted time. Also, installing some driver component caused an immediate server reboot without warning - not cool in a production environment.
Not really. I sensed they were usually committed to finding a solution but it has often taken days.
- Set and forget backups, and deduplication (retention) are easy to configure.
- Determining backup failure reasons was not very easy
- Doing an immediate backup was difficult
- Changing backup options was challenging
No