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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

    PowerProtect DD Series

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/APowerProtect DD (a next-generation appliance replacing Dell EMC Data Domain) is a suite of hardware appliances used for data protection, backup, storage and deduplication. PowerProtect appliance offerings are cloud-enabled and vary by organization size, capable of supporting small business and enterprises. PowerProtect appliances are separated into two categories: entry-level to midrange, and enterprise. Entry-Level to Midrange Backup Appliances PowerProtect…N/A
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    Bacula EnterprisePowerProtect DD Series
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    Bacula EnterprisePowerProtect DD Series
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Bacula EnterprisePowerProtect DD Series
    Considered Both Products
    Bacula Systems
    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 …
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    Key User Insights
    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 EnterprisePowerProtect DD Series
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Bacula Enterprise and PowerProtect DD Series
    Feature
    Bacula Enterprise
    9.4
    52 Ratings
    10% above category average
    PowerProtect DD Series
    9.4
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Universal recovery9.11 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Instant recovery10.037 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Recovery verification10.045 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Business application protection3.02 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.050 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.051 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.031 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.744 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Snapshots10.039 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Flexible deployment10.047 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.749 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Platform support10.051 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Retention options9.852 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Encryption10.041 Ratings9.57 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Bacula EnterprisePowerProtect DD Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Bacula EnterprisePowerProtect DD Series
    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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    Dell Technologies
    We have huge data coming in from different sources and also from multiple organizations in our Data centres. This data had multiple copies of the same data and was huge in size therefore, we wanted to have a solution in place which can help us with a good amount of deduplication at the deepest possible level to make sure that our ecosystem does not have multiple copies of the same data and is also efficient at the same time. Having said this, we wanted this solution to be secure and reliable since it had to be exposed to a huge critical set of data in the market. To add, backup and restoration was something that we were also keen on evaluating so that once we have efficient data within our system, the time it takes to backup and restoration also reduces. And all this was justified by this solution when we signed up with them. From the pricing perspective and the implementation side, the solution needs improvement to make it more efficient and user-friendly.
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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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    • It writes backups quickly. DDBoost add-on is very useful as well for improving backup speeds.
    • DD is very efficient in its use of capacity. It dedupes and compresses very well.
    • It spans to large capacity amounts.
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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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    Dell Technologies
    • It can be expensive to implement, especially when used in conjunction with other applications/hardware such as Avamar.
    • The TCO can be high, especially when it needs its storage expanded.
    • Recovery speeds can be slow (compared to other solutions) for when recovery is time sensitive.
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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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    Dell Technologies
    DD has performed flawlessly for almost 10 years as our backup/recovery storage with offsite replication. Given its track record and great support from EMC, we're unlikely to look elsewhere any time soon.
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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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    Dell Technologies
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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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    Dell Technologies
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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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    Dell Technologies
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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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    Dell Technologies
    Customer support has had some ups and downs here. We've had several issues with EMC support before and during the acquisition by Dell, but in the last 18 months support has been top notch. Quick and knowledgeable help is but a chat away, or they will call you back so you don't have to wait on hold. The team supporting us is responsive and is quick to assist with any request or issue.
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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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    Dell Technologies
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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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    Dell Technologies
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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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    Dell Technologies
    We selected Data Domain due to its integration with our backup software. The Data Domain works well for what we need it to do.
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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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    Dell Technologies
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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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    Dell Technologies
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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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    Dell Technologies
    • We were able to immediately discontinue our remote tape storage and TBU maintenance.
    • Reduced backup footprint in the data center.
    • It is costly to expand so buy it with a purpose.
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