Item: Druva Phoenix (UNPUBLISHED)
Rating: 9
Author: Ratnodeep Roy

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are managing a US client who has Druva Phoenix configured for VM's, and physical and MS-SQL servers. We are able to backup the complete VM in a much shorter time. the one standout feature is restoring to a different vcenter, restoring vmdk is also a good option. it can handle the small physical machines pretty well

Pros and Cons

Handling of snapshots using hot snapshot method.
Support for backups and restores of MS-SQL servers.
Logs can be downloaded at will for details troubleshoot purpose.
Reports configuration.
Alerting.
Access management for non-admin users.

Support for exchange.
Support for other DB's.
Extended support for Linux based servers/VM's.

Return on Investment

Cost-effective and good for those on a budget.
Retention inflexibility.
Easy to deploy.

Usability

Druva is useful in managing virtual machine workloads as well as databases.

Support Rating

It is alright. They have resource crunch and the responses are always a bit too late.

Other Software Used

Veritas NetBackup, Dell EMC Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication

Likelihood to Recommend

Druva is well suited for smaller environments. It is not for those who have huge servers as the entire process depends upon the proxy pool. it is also dependent upon the amount of proxies configured and one proxy can handle only 3 simultaneous vm's and also if any user snapshot is present , the cbt will be reset and the next backup will be a full backup , heavily depend upon usn journal of physical machines.

Druva Phoenix Review

Overall Satisfaction with Druva Phoenix