School consortium data center benefits from Unitrends backup.
March 11, 2021
School consortium data center benefits from Unitrends backup.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Unitrends Backup Software
Overall Satisfaction with Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery
We operate a data center that is shared by 26 school districts. We have a primary SAN site, a replica SAN site, and a backup site all connected via private fiber. The backup site consists of 2 hosts and central storage that is dedicated to backup processing/storage. We use Unitrends for this purpose. Each of our districts has [its] own UEB instance running with storage allocated to them and each can login and manage their own backup jobs and UEB as a whole.
Pros
- Allows us to spin up as many UEBs as we need at no additional cost.
- Relatively small processing and RAM footprint required.
- Good daily reporting on backup job status.
Cons
- Figuring out how to clear up space on the appliance, old servers, etc.
- Easier to read logs in case issues arise.
- When updating the appliance something that better indicates where you are in the update process, are you at 1% or 99% instead of just a spinning wheel that sometimes doesn't refresh properly?
- Allowed our schools to share the cost of a centralized backup system at a low cost.
- Hardware independent allowed us to use some old servers for minimal entry cost.
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
I've used VEAM before in a few instances, I didn't find it to be terribly user friendly and at the time we made our decision it would have been very cost-prohibitive.
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