Bacula Enterprise is the Best Corporate Backup System Currently
Updated May 27, 2024

Bacula Enterprise is the Best Corporate Backup System Currently

Luis Silva | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Bacula Enterprise

Bacula is an intelligent backup solution. We use it for corporate backup with industry data copy routines and administrative environment. We use Bacula with a focus on filesystem backups (Linux, Windows) and Database (SQL and Oracle). In the future we will use the VMWare backup function.

Pros

  • Confidence
  • Stability
  • Speed

Cons

  • Improve the graphical interface so that reports absorb data such as performance and capacity
  • On the mainboard, a specific management environment for backing up VMWare or HyperV virtual machines could be available
  • Generation of detailed logs in real time to identify a possible problem faster
  • Hot backup of virtual machines
  • File system backup even in use and even on older file systems
  • Fast and convenient restoration
  • Data security with encryption
  • Reliable and expansive database
  • Instant restoration of files, folders, virtual machines, etc.
NetBackup had some malfunctions when the operating system where the solution was installed was restarted, often the services did not start automatically, restoring files from within a VM backup was not supported

Do you think Bacula Enterprise delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Bacula Enterprise's feature set?

Yes

Did Bacula Enterprise live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Bacula Enterprise go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Bacula Enterprise again?

Yes

Without a doubt, I recommend Bacula as a corporate backup solution to meet any and all needs within a company. The main uses are related to system file backup, virtual machine backup (VMWare and Hyper-V), Database. We have a catalog with a record of +700TB of data and the catalog DB only has 700GB of information from this data, which represents a very large space saving in relation to the total size of backups.

Bacula Enterprise Feature Ratings

Instant recovery
9
Recovery verification
10
Multiple backup destinations
10
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
9
Deduplication and file compression
10
Snapshots
9
Flexible deployment
10
Management dashboard
9
Platform support
10
Retention options
9
Encryption
10

Using Bacula Enterprise

4 - We are 4 infrastructure support analysts, the main thing is to guarantee information security through the bacula backup tool in our daily lives, bacula gives us complete confidence.
4 - 4 support analysts are needed to structure the entire secure data area, they know how to operate with the bacula system and must know connections with storages and tape robots to operate.
  • Protect your data
  • Information security
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Virtual Machine Backup
  • Backup on Demand
  • Oracle DB Backup Online
  • Cloud Backup
  • VMWare vSAN Backup
  • Oracle Backup
Currently Bacula fully serves us by backing up data in a robust, fast and reliable way. When we needed to perform a data restore, in all the tasks carried out for this purpose it was possible to restore the data safely without any problems.

Evaluating Bacula Enterprise and Competitors

Yes - Symantec NetBackup. Symantec NetBackup demonstrated without a major backup tool but became a high cost solution over the years due to data volume charging and also complex operation, these were the main objectives of our move to the Bacula system, a infinite data backup volume and easy-to-operate tool with simplified interface.
  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
There are 2 answers for Bacula being our backup solution, infinite data volume backup and an easy to operate tool with simplified interface.
As our backup solution focus we would review the data volume backup function without additional charge and also the system operation interface which is in a simplified way

Bacula Enterprise Implementation

The main information we can talk about the implementation was the ease of installing Bacula, completely online and interactive
Change management was minimal - As we already had the backup infrastructure organized with the old Symantec NetBackup solution, we just passed this on to use Bacula
  • Agent Operation
  • Robot Configuration

Bacula Enterprise Training

  • In-Person Training
Professional Heitor Faria, with extensive experience in Bacula, guided us in the best way possible in teaching the backup solution course.

Configuring Bacula Enterprise

Bacula's configuration is ideal for our environment and we believe that for any other environment, extremely customizable and interactive
As best practices, always start with the registration and configuration of backup units (robots), then the inclusion of the appropriate backup schedules and finally the clients
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
In the Bacula solution we did not do any customization, as the tool served us perfectly with what it offers

Bacula Enterprise Support

We are from Brazil and we need 2x support for Bacula in terms of version updates, we have always been very well served with quick and effective responses
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
We do not purchase premium support as we receive internal training for Bacula and thus continue to manage and understand the tool on a daily basis, with the ability to operate it autonomously
We need 2x support for Bacula in terms of version updates, we have always been very well served with quick and effective responses, but we do not use support in exceptional time

Using Bacula Enterprise

Bacula has a simple interface, the operational menu has well followed options, with the standard Backup and Restore options on the main screen.
ProsCons
Easy to use
Well integrated
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
Unnecessarily complex
Inconsistent
  • Manual Backup
  • Point-in-time data restore
  • Tape Handling
  • Backup Virtual Machines
  • Oracle DB Backup
  • Tape Movement on the Robot

Bacula Enterprise Reliability

Bacula provides intelligent scalability by expanding backups across multiple environments, data backup, Oracle, virtual machines, Office365, cloud...
Bacula Enterprise is always available when we need it, both the backup solution and system support
Operation in the Bacula system has a light and fast interface and reports are generated almost instantly. Perhaps if Bacula is integrated with other solutions it may lose some performance

Integrating Bacula Enterprise

Perhaps if Bacula is integrated with other solutions it could meet all expectations but we do not use it for this purpose
  • We do not carry out
  • At the moment we would not have
  • Single Signon
At the moment we would not have
At the moment we would not have

Relationship with Bacula Systems

All negotiations with suppliers were carried out in a simple and functional manner at all times
Even after we are already using the solution, we maintain contact with a supplier who provides us with quick support for queries.
Version of Bacula that makes up the VMware Virtual Machines and Bacula Enterprise Backup solution
Regarding contracts, negotiations were extremely accessible and clear in every sales model offered.
Maintain a good dialogue, spend more time to get a fair price, and inform all your needs

Upgrading Bacula Enterprise

Yes - We then operate with an upgrade process and it is relatively smooth, transparent and functional without compromising the system
  • online
  • safe
  • fast
  • improvement in performance
  • effective Active Directory backups

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