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ConnectWise BCDR vs. VMware Site Recovery (DRaaS)

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    ConnectWise BCDR

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AConnectWise BCDR (formerly Recover, or Continuum) is a combination of disaster recovery technology and Continuum's NOC with 24x7 monitoring and troubleshooting support, supporting MSPs with extended BDR capacity. Continuum was acquired by ConnectWise in late 2019.N/A

    VMware Site Recovery (DRaaS)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AVMware offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) via the VMware Site Recovery DRaaS for on-premise workloads or AWS, VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery on-demand DRaaS delivered as a SaaS solution, or Cloud Provider Disaster Recovery Solutions DRaaS offerd through accredited VMware partners.N/A
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    ConnectWise BCDRVMware Site Recovery (DRaaS)
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    ConnectWise BCDRVMware Site Recovery (DRaaS)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    ConnectWise BCDRVMware Site Recovery (DRaaS)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
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    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    ConnectWise BCDRVMware Site Recovery (DRaaS)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConnectWise
    Continuum is well suited for an MSP who has several clients running backups. Everyone knows how important backups are. Having Continuum Recover helps eliminate the need for a full-time employee to check backups. Backups can take a long time to check daily manually, but Continuum Recover helps eliminate that need.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    VMware Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery tools are well suited for customers who are heavily integrated with vSphere and VMs for their on-premises data centers today. VMware Cloud on AWS is great for customers who do not have DR sites and want to leverage the public cloud to build a DR site on demand quickly.
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    Pros
    ConnectWise
    • The platform offers a powerful feature set that includes block-level backup, granular file recovery, and more.
    • Not only we are able to recover data from our customers, but we're also able to backup and continue business operations whether a single or an entire server goes down.
    • All our server and desktop patching is properly managed and tested.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Integration with VMware environments
    • Simple to use for current VMware admins
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    Cons
    ConnectWise
    • Navigating the user interface can be tricky.
    • I look forward to new features coming out this year.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • vSphere replication not as feature rich as storage replication
    • Third party software necessary if looking into public cloud
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    Support Rating
    ConnectWise
    Support is pretty good. The issue is that they don't have any SLA so they get to you whenever. Though, if you hound them, they usually bump you up in the chain and get back to you. Their techs are fairly knowledgeable. Occasionally the first level support isn't the best, but once it bumps up to the next level, they are good.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    VMware support is typically outstanding, of course, they have multiple departments, and you need to work with the specific teams to get advanced support for things specific to VMware Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery. In contrast, other companies that deal directly with that technology may be more responsive to those specifics. Typically VMware is excellent and helpful in critical outages. For smaller to medium issues, it can take some time to get addressed appropriately.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ConnectWise
    We evaluated Infrascale, and that was a really bad product. When it worked, it was fine. But when it didn't, nobody knew what was going on. Seeing green checkmarks usually means good, but not with Infrascale. You really had to dig into each job to see if they were successful. There was way too much time consumption. That issue is eliminated with Continuum Recover
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    VMware by Broadcom
    VMware is software and typically hardware agnostic, this does require extra design and consideration versus putting in backup appliances. Some other solutions are a software as well and can be layered on top of vSphere to enhance existing environments. We need to weigh the benefits of licensing versus software costs and the management cost of having multiple tools.
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    Return on Investment
    ConnectWise
    • Cloud-based replication and recovery.
    • Unlimited storage.
    • Instant virtualization.
    • Low fixed monthly price per protected server or desktop.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Requires running vSphere at target DR sites
    • Potential licensing cost for cold/standby locations
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