Overall Satisfaction with Arcserve UDP
We use Arcserve UDP as our primary business back-up for files, emails, and various databases. We have two Arcserve 7200 appliances that replicate a copy of all our backups. One kept off-site to ensure redundancy; both are managed through a single console and are connected via our corporate VPN.
- Setup - was really easy to set it up and get started
- Speed - incremental backups are fast
- Deduplication - seriously good at reducing the amount of data stored and replicated
- Simple interface - really easy to use and monitor.
- Notifications - on the odd occasion something doesn't work, I get way too many email notifications!
- Explanation of issues - sometimes when there is a problem, the explanation is a bit lacking in the logs as to why
- Flagging of errors - sometimes minor errors just get a warning flag, and it doesn't really notify you that they are there.
- Saved our bacon on one occasion restoring a business critical CRM SQL database
- Granular Email restore a massive boon
Barracuda was way too slow--I really liked their cloud console, but the backups took forever, never even got to try a restore as our trial period ran out before we could get enough backups done to test.
Unitrends was a bit better, but it had a 3rd-party tool for some features (email restore) and that made me uneasy. It was also a bit slower than Arcserve. Arcserve was the fastest overall and had the best deduplication of the three we tested.
Unitrends was a bit better, but it had a 3rd-party tool for some features (email restore) and that made me uneasy. It was also a bit slower than Arcserve. Arcserve was the fastest overall and had the best deduplication of the three we tested.
Do you think Arcserve UDP delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Arcserve UDP's feature set?
Yes
Did Arcserve UDP live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Arcserve UDP go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Arcserve UDP again?
Yes