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    7-Zip

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/A7-Zip is a file archiving tool free and open source under the GNU LGPL license, which features strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats, self-extracting capability for 7z format, and localizations for 87 languages. It is available for Windows.

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    Arctera Enterprise Vault

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AArctera Enterprise Vault is a file archiving option.N/A
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    7-ZipArctera Enterprise Vault
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    7-ZipArctera Enterprise Vault
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    8.0
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    7.5
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    8.6
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    User Testimonials
    7-ZipArctera Enterprise Vault
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    Support a wide range of languages .
    Fast for preview zipped files.
    Very good compress ratio in 7z format.
    Old style interface, but quick and easy to learn.
    Command line version with parameter switches for batch scripts.
    In advance settings the amount of concurrent threads can be decided by the user.
    Free of charge without advertisement, bloatware o potentially unwanted program.
    A bit slow and cpu consuming when there are a lot of heavy files
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    Arctera US LLC
    I recommend Enterprise Vault, especially over native Exchange archiving when: 1. You have, or may need litigation holds and searches 2. There is a need to archive and set defined retention periods for Journaling 3. You have lots of duplicate large emails that you want to get deduplication of 4. You need/ want to be able to search attachment in addition to emails 5. You want or need Litigation searches or archive retention to be handled by a team separate from your Email team
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • compress/decompress fast
    • interface easy of use
    • command line capabilities
    • various format supported
    • multiplatform
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    Arctera US LLC
    • EV FSA had 2 stubbing options. We ended up using the IE shortcut as the stub replacement on the file system. In the DFS environment using DFSR the IE shortcuts allowed us to quickly and easily archive the data while allowing users to still access their data via the web or stub format. We were also able to exclude certain folders from archiving like the dfsrprivate folder. The newer versions of EV 11 and up have a better user interface to access this content from the web.
    • EV SharePoint implementation was pretty simple for us. Document Library archiving was pretty seamless. Archiving the different versions in sharepoint also helped further reduce total cost of storage.
    • EV Exchange was a good addition to our archiving portfolio. In our case we did not use the stubbing mechanism. Instead, we used the vault cache methodology. We had the option to pull down the full archive versus just the header information. The concern at the time was how quickly we could update the vault cache on the client. We ended up scaling out our EV environment to ensure the push of data could get to all our clients since we were in the middle of a notes to exchange migration. Overall I was impressed with Vault Cache and its capabilities. I also liked the ability to manage the Vault Cache and perform resets where necessary from the web browser interface.
    • We had EV FSA, SharePoint and Exchange as one single environment so we benefited from overall single instances of a file. Our backend systems were Netapp which we enabled deduplication for further improve storage savings. EV had a good SQL Reporting mechanism for Archiving and plenty of good canned reports.
    • Speed of archiving data was pretty fast.
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • outdated interface... but is very quick and is not so bad
    • improve speed of compression algorithm
    • some compressed files are not fully supported
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    Arctera US LLC
    • The search function in the vault does not work very well.
    • Cost. If not planned diligently, it might add to the overall cost.
    • Not easy get a expert to address the issue fast.
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    Open Source
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    Arctera US LLC
    Symantec Enterprise is one of the best in the industry. We have already deployed their product to thousands of devices in the company and it would be a huge project to go through and change to an alternative product. We have also had much luck in dealing with their customer support. They have been very pleasant to deal with and their technical support has been quite knowledgeable in fixing our issues. This leaves us with very little reason to switch to a new product. We would have to see a significant amount of cost savings to switch to an alternative that offers all the same features and modules.
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    Open Source
    7-Zip is free of charge and meets all our needs in handling compressed files, both those produced by us and those that come from third parties.
    The interface is the faster I've ever seen.
    The competitor evaluation versions have ads or a lot of reminders that I've to pay now or then.
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    Arctera US LLC
    I haven't research any other software against Enterprise Vault. Office 365 automatically has archiving capabilities that we use in the cloud. In comparison to Office 365, I'd say Office 365 comes out on top. For one thing, we essentially don't have to manage it. It also seems to preform better. However, Enterprise Vault does very well if you have an on-premise email solution.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • 0 cost with no suprises
    • 1 tool for many formats
    • 0 time needed to learn how to use
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    Arctera US LLC
    • Helps on the data management life-cycle, moving unused data to cheaper storage and/or deleting it after some time, if required.
    • Also helps reducing the amount of data to be backed up on the active array.
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