Vembu BDR Review
March 04, 2019

Vembu BDR Review

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

Overall Satisfaction with Vembu BDR Suite

The product works great, but sometimes navigating the dashboard and menus isn't 100% clear. I had to explain to my coworker how to find a few things because it wasn't apparently clear.
It is being used by the Systems team within our IT department to handle backups of our VMs in VMWare. We backup VMs from our headquarters and our collocated datacenter, and ship an offsite copy to our DR data center, all using the Vembu BDR Suite.

Pros

  • It's incredibly simple to get up and running. We provided credentials for our vCenter server, set up the storage where the backups would go, and that was it.
  • Doing a restore is just as simple as backing up. Within moments I was able to launch a new VM from a backup. I even launched it to a different data center from the one it had originated.
  • We have backups that store sensitive information, and Vembu BDR made it incredibly simple to encrypt our backups.

Cons

  • There's no active directory support, so I can't authenticate with my AD user.
  • We needed a solution fast, and we didn't have a lot of money budget for the project. Vembu was cheaper than the competition, and because they offer a free trial, I was able to test out all the features and verify that it would suit my needs before I purchased.
Although not available to select, I've used the VMWare vDP product. Vembu stacks up really well, feature for feature, and even comes out cheaper. That's why I went with it.
I think it's an appropriate tool to use if you have a highly virtualized environment and are looking for a well-working, affordable solution to back up your VMs.

BDRShield Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
9.5
Universal recovery
10
Instant recovery
Not Rated
Recovery verification
Not Rated
Business application protection
Not Rated
Multiple backup destinations
Not Rated
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
Not Rated
Deduplication and file compression
Not Rated
Snapshots
Not Rated
Flexible deployment
10
Management dashboard
7
Platform support
10
Retention options
Not Rated
Encryption
10

Comments

  • Ramya Ramesh | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Ramya Ramesh
    commented 7 years ago
    Hello, Thank you for your feedback. We are glad that Vembu BDR Suite has met your expectations and worked well for your environment. For any updates or queries, please get in touch with us through vembu-support@vembu.com

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