Item: Unitrends
Rating: 8
Author: Spencer Smith

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're using Unitrends [Data Center Backup and Recovery] to backup our critical business servers. It allows us to maintain security, and recover from possible data loss with virtual machines spun up on premises directly from the backup. We've tested this capability on several occasions, and it is very effective.

Pros and Cons

It recovers to a VM directly from backup
It automates the backup process
It reports issues and failures very well.

There are some problems setting up the Virtual Shadow Services that I'd like to see streamlined.

Return on Investment

We've recovered our servers from a malware incursion, completely and with minimal downtime. That's a huge positive impact.

Key Insights

Do you think Unitrends delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Unitrends's feature set?

Yes

Did Unitrends live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Unitrends go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Unitrends again?

Yes

Alternatives Considered

I've looked at Veeam as a possible replacement. We're not ready to make that shift yet.

Other Software Used

Faronics Core, Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Palo Alto Networks Threat Protection

Likelihood to Recommend

I'm not as excited about Unitrends [Data Center Backup and Recovery] as a backup solution for desktop computers. For servers, it does a great job, but you would need a very high-bandwidth network to manage a large number of desktop computers. The incremental backups cut down on that latency a lot, but I still haven't embraced this technology for all my users.

Unitrends Backup and Running

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery