Vembu BDR is a great find!
May 29, 2018

Vembu BDR is a great find!

Jesse Brandt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Vembu BDR Suite

The install and initial setup were very simple and easy to follow. I was able to get my first server into the backup portal quickly to begin testing.
We switched to Vembu BDR Suite to replace an aging Tape Backup system to perform on-site backups of all of our VM Hosts and VMs.
It has greatly improved the speed of recovery, and the time it takes to perform a backup is significantly faster than our previous solution.
This software has resolved our worries about moving away form Tape drives as a primary backup system.

Pros

  • Recovery time is very fast
  • Can set many recovery points down to 15-minute intervals
  • Schedule Rollups to improve storage

Cons

  • Easier to eliminate old storage locations
  • Decreased the Time it takes to manage backups, providing IT Staff more time to perform needed tasks.
I tested Vembu against Veeam and for the price, Vembu was the better option. I also had a great support experience as I had to contact Vembu twice after mistakes I made. While using Veeam the software was not as intuitive and support responses were not as swift and accurate.
Very good at immediate VM recovery when compared to recovering from an image. File-level recovery is available as well or you can mount the backup as a directory.

The backup repositories could be named more appropriately, currently, they are numbers. I'd like to be able to browse right to them in the file system rather than navigate the Vembu software every time for a single file.

BDRSuite Backup & Replication Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
8.2
Universal recovery
8
Instant recovery
8
Recovery verification
8
Business application protection
8
Multiple backup destinations
9
Incremental backup identification
9
Backup to the cloud
9
Deduplication and file compression
8
Snapshots
8
Flexible deployment
8
Management dashboard
8
Platform support
8
Retention options
8
Encryption
8

Comments

  • Bhavani Shanmugam | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Bhavani Shanmugam
    (Vendor Representative) commented 7 years ago
    Hello Jesse, Thank you for the insightful review you have given us. We are glad that Vembu BDR Suite has met your expectations and worked well for your environment. Looking forward to being part of your future data center availabilities.

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