#1 most frequent
United States of America
76.8%43 installations of 56
What is Actifio Enterprise?
Actifio Enterprise is a copy data virtualization, & data center backup and recovery platform from Boston-based Actifio.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
Multiple backup destinations
Multiple backup destinations is the ability to backup data to more than one location
Category average: 8.4
Incremental backup identification
Incremental backup identification is the ability to identify incremental changes since last backup
Category average: 9.1
Deduplication and file compression
Integrated deduplication and compression capabilities
Category average: 8.3
Areas for Improvement
Platform support
Product supports multiple operating systems and applications
Category average: 8.7
Business application protection
Protection of all applications running in the data center
Category average: 8.5
Management dashboard
Web-based dashboard allowing configuration and monitoring of all backups
Category average: 8.9
Who Buys & Uses Actifio Enterprise
#2 most frequent
Canada
5.4%3 installations of 56
#3 most frequent
India
3.6%2 installations of 56
Actifio CDS in MSP
Pros
- Reliable and easy to deploy backup solution with low administration overhead.
- Fast backup solution with low impact on production systems as it backs them up.
- Dedup and replication of backed up data between sites and with streamsnap very quick recovery on dr site.
- Great customer support with quick response to changing demands.
Cons
- Single file restore has always been an issue but hopefully will be added soon.
- Physical server backup restoring has always been tricky but achievable.
Return on Investment
- We have managed to scale up the size of our environment without the need for extra admin overhead.
- Over 99% backups complete.
- Solution is robust and quick to scale to meet demands.
Alternatives Considered
Actifio Sky and Veeam Backup & Replication
Other Software Used
Tivoli Storage Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Falconstor VTL