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The flight of the (Druva) Phoenix
Updated September 04, 2020

The flight of the (Druva) Phoenix

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Druva Phoenix

We use Druva Phoenix to backup our server environment, which includes physical machines, virtual machines, and SQL databases across the whole organization. Below is what Druva addresses for us:
  1. Offsite backups so we didn't have to use other means to get our backups offsite. Plus our data is available if something physically happens to our location.
  2. We love Druva Phoenix for its ease of use. It was very easy to set up and monitor the status of all of our backups. The console is great!
  3. Compression and de-duplication is phenomenal. We usually are sitting at 12.6x space savings. This is incredible.
  4. No onsite equipment to worry about. No more tapes, tape drives, and external hard drives are needed since it is all in the cloud. Also, no need for a separate backup server. You can use the server that would have been needed for backing up for something else.
  5. The security. The fact that Druva encrypts everything and they cannot even access the data without being part of our organization provides comfort on the protection of our data.
  6. No more upgrading/updating of software. Druva takes care of all of that. When new features are added, you have instant access to them.
  • Deduplication
  • Fast backups
  • Growing features
  • Easy to use
  • Great Console
  • Auto detection of database when backing up machine so database jobs can be auto-created
  • A positive: We are using less than expected storage within Druva thanks to the deduplication.
  • Not needing to buy external hard drives/NAS devices for backups helps us to be more green.
  • The peace of mind that comes from having a cloud solution.
The reason I gave Druva Phoenix this rating is because this service is very easy to use. Not only is it easy to use the console, but to install the agents. Then once the agents are installed, it is easy to get all of the jobs configured. Once the jobs are configured, the reporting is nice and easy to use as well.
The few times I have used the support team, my experience has been great! They were very knowledgeable. The also really cared about helping me through the issues I had. They were able to complete my support ticket very quickly and usually resolved it with the initial call.
  • Veeam Backup & Replication
The way Druva Phoenix stacks up against Veeam Backup & Replication is not a fair comparison. The version of Veeam Backup & Replication we have requires you to backup to some other device whether it is a disk, NAS, tape, or whatever other media so you have to spend more money. Also, you are limited to the physical location for backup as a resource.

We went with Druva Phoenix because you did not need anything else onsite for the backups to work.
Druva Phoenix is well-suited for the following scenarios:
  • The need for an offsite backup location when your location is highly volatile.
  • The need for secure offsite storage of your data.
  • The need to set and forget it. The fact that you can monitor the console or use the emailed reports to get status on your backups.
  • The need for minimizing your hardware footprint.

Druva Phoenix (UNPUBLISHED) Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
10.0
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
10
Deduplication and file compression
10
Management dashboard
10
Retention options
10
Encryption
10