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    Bacula Enterprise

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABacula Enterprise is a data center backup, restore, and recovery solution from Swiss, Dracula-themed software company Bacula Systems.N/A
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    Bacula Enterprise
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    Bacula Enterprise
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Bacula Enterprise
    Considered Both Products
    Bacula Systems
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Due to its ability to centralize multiple backup tools and restore efficiency
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    During the choice, Bacula Enterprise proved to be more versatile and affordable, the diversity of plugins was also important for the decision, it was one of the only solutions that work with tape, the possibility of sizing the server according to the need and freedom of Choice …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    The determining factor was the migration of old backup data from the Community version to a new backup platform. We didn't have the initial resources to restore all the backup data, install the new solution on existing hardware, and then back up again. This would directly …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Bacula is the the first
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Bacula cost-benefit ratio is better than all the others, as in addition to having many more integrations with operating systems and hypervisors, it is not necessary to purchase more licenses for backups such as NAS, File to Tape, Cloud, etc.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    No longer have the impression of enriching shareholders or pension funds. No longer having to update the software every month.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    - More VM's compatibility
    - Better prices
    - More customizable
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Bacula Enterprise supports more systems and is free software.has plugin for postgres, oracle, windows and all linuxwhile HYCU only supports NUTANIX and backs up the entire VM, not very good compression software.HYCU has a closed architecture, I can't complain about the graphics …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    The bakcup HYCU solution has a licensing limitation that is local only. While Bácula is multicloud, meaning that the bakcup solution can perform recovery for physical, local, virtual, containerized and cloud environments, which makes it a very pleasant differentiator. As a data …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Bacula Enterprise was selected by us in comparison to other software, due to its high performance, data reliability and mainly cost-benefit, a software of great scalability and performance for a low cost, it represents for the company a greater profit and a security of data …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Data Protector was a confusing tool for configuration. There wasn't much research source for doubts. The tool was not intuitive. Problems understanding the initial configuration of the tool made maintenance difficult. Bacula Enterprise is totally different, as it has an …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    We are a data recovery company and we use to receive backup media from several backup systems from the market when the original software can't restore them after data storage accidents or for some other different reasons. Bacula Enterprise is the only software that we never had …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    The guarantee of restoration and security of the company's data, and the possibility of data backup with greater capacity at a lower cost, both in the acquisition of the license and in the annual payments for the guarantee of support and updates is why Bacula Enterprise stacks …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Micro Focus Data Protector has a poor support service and there is no active community, the user interface is not intuitive and the cost-benefit ratio of the solution is much lower than that of the Bacula system backup solution, in my opinion.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    NetBackup had some malfunctions when the operating system where the solution was installed was restarted, often the services did not start automatically, restoring files from within a VM backup was not supported
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    The possibility of increasing the amount of data to be saved without having to pay more for the license was one of the things that led us to choose Bacula, but when effectively testing the tool, it became clear that in addition to the financial benefit, we would also have a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Lower cost of the tool, no limitation of backup data, and plugins compatible with the type of services we have in our data center.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Bacula Enterprise has a much more intuitive interface, better performance, and more data backup capacity at a lower price.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Although it is a well-known and robust solution, it didn't work for us. Bad console, the bad solution to manage, few integrations, very expensive, poor support, that is, it was not difficult to decide on the exchange. In addition to the bad experience to make a DR of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Veeam Backup & Replication is easy to use and powerful, but I really didn't like that it's closed-source (Bacula Enterprise is open source--you pay for support), so I have no way of looking into what it's doing. Veeam only runs on Windows, and is more focused on VMs; our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Unlike other backup and restore tool options, Bacula Enterprise offers much more functionality, in addition to a centralized management platform. For large corporations that have more than one virtualization host, it is essential to have a robust tool that has no limitations. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    Já usávamos o Bacula Community e decidimos contratar o Bacula Enterprise pois os backups já estavam em um padrão aberto sendo de fácil migração.Outros aspectos nos levaram a contratação:Suporte em caso de algum desastre;Possibilidade de contratação de plugins a aplicações como …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    We started using Bacula Community Edition back in 2011 and took advantage of Bacula's selective migration plan in 2014 to move to the Enterprise Edition. This move came about after our technical team decided to conduct a formal review of its backup and recovery requirements, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    I have just always used Bacula, it's been great. I have not used much software at this scale since Legatto or Veritas Volume Manager. I'm sure there are other great products out there, but Bacula was easy for me to implement since I'm well versed in Linux.
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Bacula Enterprise
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Bacula Enterprise
    Feature
    Bacula Enterprise
    9.4
    52 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Universal recovery9.11 Ratings
    Instant recovery10.037 Ratings
    Recovery verification10.045 Ratings
    Business application protection3.02 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.050 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.051 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.031 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.744 Ratings
    Snapshots10.039 Ratings
    Flexible deployment10.047 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.749 Ratings
    Platform support10.051 Ratings
    Retention options9.852 Ratings
    Encryption10.041 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Bacula Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bacula Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bacula Systems
    Well suited: - I use it for on premise and cloud backup and recovery and it is excellent for this job. - I also experiment with different hypervisors and till now Bacula seems to work with all of them - Security is really important for me as I had many bad experiences in the past and Bacula solution makes me totally confident. Less appropriate - You need to be experienced Linux user, I had to learn few more things in system to make the best use of it. - It's definitely designed for scalability and bigger companies than mine
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    Pros
    Bacula Systems
    • Bacula has great plugins that work very accurately
    • Bacula is very simple to use, with a user-friendly web interface that facilitates operation.
    • Bacula performs the backups very accurately which is clearly noticed when a restore is performed
    • Its ease of use helps in training new support team members
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    Cons
    Bacula Systems
    • Our team always points out the same problems, I believe that, today, is our biggest complaint: The interface (both graphical and the CLI) still needs improvement.
    • There is no mobile app to manage backups and restores from smartphones
    • Manual installation is time consuming.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bacula Systems
    Easy to use, proactive and effective customer support, and simple deployment method. The high configurability is what makes this tool so effective for my organization - at no point do I have any issues of trust as to the restorability of a fileset. The GUI provided gives clear actionable reports as to the effectivity of the jobs performed.
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    Usability
    Bacula Systems
    This is a hard question. Usability for whom? For someone who is very comfortable at the command line and willing to put in the time to learn Bacula Enterprise's configuration syntax, it's very usable. Just don't expect to be an expert immediately.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Bacula Systems
    Bacula Enterprise is always available when we need it, both the backup solution and system support
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    Performance
    Bacula Systems
    Operation in the Bacula system has a light and fast interface and reports are generated almost instantly. Perhaps if Bacula is integrated with other solutions it may lose some performance
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    Support Rating
    Bacula Systems
    They're excellent, fast to respond and knowledgeable. I can't fault the support provided at all. On every occasion that we've had a need to contact them during our evaluation, installation, and use of Bacula Enterprise, they've always given us the help that we required. The responses they provide are detailed and we always feel that they've taken the time to read and understand our issue and give a full and personalized answer.
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    In-Person Training
    Bacula Systems
    The professor understood the tool very well, it was a fact that he had mastery over the system and knew what he was talking about, clearing up all doubts and passing on all the necessary knowledge so that we could handle Bacula Enterprise in our organization.
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    Implementation Rating
    Bacula Systems
    Bacula Systems and especially Bacula Brazil were extremely attentive and served us very well, making all implementations or changes work perfectly
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bacula Systems
    I used CTERA almost from the time they started up. In short, it was very easy to use but configuration was limited; and in the end the agents were troublesome and I could not restore files. They had one person on staff who was terrific with tech support, when he left support became difficult and I lost confidence. Acronis was my first experience with a bare-metal recovery operation and it was terrific. Really saved the day. I would still be using it except the licensing was difficult and expensive and the software wasn't Linux friendly.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Bacula Systems
    Regarding contracts, negotiations were extremely accessible and clear in every sales model offered.
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    Scalability
    Bacula Systems
    Bacula provides intelligent scalability by expanding backups across multiple environments, data backup, Oracle, virtual machines, Office365, cloud...
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    Return on Investment
    Bacula Systems
    • Our Disaster Recovery policy in regards to backups and archiving is made possible because of our use of Bacula Enterprise.
    • TCO is very low as the yearly subscription is very competitively priced. Management of the software is very low so we don't have to spend hours maintaining our backups.
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