Nicely designed all-in-one system for smaller deployments or secondary sites

Rating: 7 out of 10

January 9, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our company has a section of servers that are off the main network and not reachable from our main site. We have a group of servers where we had issues with backup/recovery and security since they were not protected by the main network. The Arcserve appliance was purchased to provide all those things for that group.

Pros

All in one spot for backup, restore, and security for off site locations.
Well priced for the large swathe of features it provides.
Low learning curve for administrators.

Cons

More robust cyber security feature set needed.
Less downtime during bug and patch fixes.
Support is not always well versed in the product.

Likelihood to Recommend

We use Cisco and Commvault at our main site for backup and security, but we needed a solution for a remote site with none of those options available. We have put it as an all in one solution and it has worked out perfectly. If a colleague in a similar situation needed a solution like us, I would highly recommend this.

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Manager in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Arcserve UDP 7200 Quick, simple and fast backup appliance

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 3, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our Arcserve UDP 7200 Appliance is used as the primary backup device for our organization. It also replicates to a second of the same device at an off-site location. It stores all of our files, email and server information, and is our primary disaster recovery tool.

Pros

Simple setup. It was really quick and simple to get the device connected and set up with Windows server built in the initial connection was very familiar. The setup wizard for the backup software was easy to walk through.
Fast backups. Of the three solutions we demo'd the Arcserve appliance was by far the fastest to produce a complete backup. And the incrementals from then on are also very fast - it causes almost no network disruption as the backups are complete[d] so quickly.
Fast, simple restores. Having restored a SQL database with it one time, a business critical one, I can attest to the ease of restoring. It was simple to find the point to restore from, and to push it to the server that it needed to be on.
Great granularity on notifications. Being able to set up the number of notifications to indicate errors or problems is very helpful. It rarely has any issues (mostly it's my network that's the problem!), but when it does it lets you know.

Cons

Scalability. Main issue is each appliance has a finite space for backups, and can't be increased on the box itself without replacing it with another appliance completely.
Onboard interface. Doesn't have an interface that's accessible via the web natively. While that's great for security, it is a little awkward if you need to access it from offsite.

Likelihood to Recommend

Very good for quick onsite file and email restores. The built-in granular email restore tool is honestly amazing. The file restore options are similarly useful allowing the restoration of a single file or email from any restore point, making those little restore jobs super quick.
It might not be the best for a bare metal restore however, as while it does have this functionality, it requires some additional setup of a server before a backup to allow this to work.

John Robinson

Network Administrator in Information Technology at Children's Defense Fund (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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Arcserve UDP 7200 Quick, simple and fast backup appliance

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 3, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Simple setup. It was really quick and simple to get the device connected and set up with Windows server built in the initial connection was very familiar. The setup wizard for the backup software was easy to walk through.
Fast backups. Of the three solutions we demo'd the Arcserve appliance was by far the fastest to produce a complete backup. And the incrementals from then on are also very fast - it causes almost no network disruption as the backups are complete[d] so quickly.
Fast, simple restores. Having restored a SQL database with it one time, a business critical one, I can attest to the ease of restoring. It was simple to find the point to restore from, and to push it to the server that it needed to be on.
Great granularity on notifications. Being able to set up the number of notifications to indicate errors or problems is very helpful. It rarely has any issues (mostly it's my network that's the problem!), but when it does it lets you know.

Cons

Scalability. Main issue is each appliance has a finite space for backups, and can't be increased on the box itself without replacing it with another appliance completely.
Onboard interface. Doesn't have an interface that's accessible via the web natively. While that's great for security, it is a little awkward if you need to access it from offsite.

Likelihood to Recommend

John Robinson

Network Administrator in Information Technology at Children's Defense Fund (51-200 employees)

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4 years of experience

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