Unitrends

Score7.8 out of 10

634 Reviews and Ratings

What is Unitrends?

The Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliances are hardware developed for data backup and management. They cover enterprise backup, ransomware detection, recovery assurance, proactive monitoring, and cloud continuity into a single platform for organizations of all sizes.

Categories & Use Cases

Universal recovery
Universal recovery is the ability to restore backups to any machine regardless of the platform
Category average: 9
Incremental backup identification
Incremental backup identification is the ability to identify incremental changes since last backup
Category average: 9.1
Management dashboard
Web-based dashboard allowing configuration and monitoring of all backups
Category average: 8.9

Deduplication and file compression
Integrated deduplication and compression capabilities
Category average: 8.3
Snapshots
Ability to take regular snapshots to ensure that Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is met
Category average: 8.7
Flexible deployment
Deployment on any servers with full support for all applications being used
Category average: 8.5

Dan Reynolds View profile

Senior System Administrator in Information Technology at BLDD Architects (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am using Unitrends [Data Center Backup and Recovery] for my VDI infrastructure. I back up servers and all the desktops. It is an ideal solution for backing up VM's, and it has also allowed me to use some older storage I had lying around. It performs well, reports its doing well, [and] I like how easy it is to upgrade. I also like that it comes as an appliance - that was a major selling factor for me. The interface is not bad, but it's not intuitive either. Some concepts are hard to understand and implement.

Pros

It backs up VM's pretty quickly.
I like that it is appliance-based as it is much easier and cheaper to deploy that way.
It is very simple to upgrade.
It runs well with older storage hardware. I was able to put some older NAS devices to use.

Cons

Some of the concepts, like replication, are very confusing.
What I think are simple setup things can end up being a tech call.

Return on Investment

Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery is not overly expensive. Again, my reasoning was to restore a lot of VMs at one time.
Comparing the recovery time to lost work time to cost is a no-brainer.
The ability to reuse old storage was a real benefit.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Backup & Replication

Micheal Safford View profile

IT Manager in Information Technology at Northeastern Counseling Center (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Using two of the appliance local backup devices with 3 Tb capacity. these two devices have worked well for a few years. the biggest issue I am having now is that the ability to increase storage in basically non-existent. In my experience, you either pay a rather large fee for new device or pay for a rental unit hardware rental is not my desired format. i have never had enough capacity to make full image backups so I have had to look for another format. I will still continue to use these as a instant short term storage of user data that may need to be restored from a few weeks or months past. i have only had to contact support 4-5 times over the years but the cost of support is rather high from my experience. the push to purchase new SASS or hardware is at even higher premium for a small company.

Pros

calling you many time to sell
Support was quick and effective

Cons

less push for sales with small companies changes will not be made quarterly.
need to have the ability to increase storage size relative to hard drive/ storage medium comparable to prices in the markets. your stuck purchasing additional appliances

Return on Investment

minimal down time
high price
Simple to use

Usability

Alternatives Considered

OneDrive, 11:11 Hosted Private Cloud and CentOS Linux

Benjamin Duran View profile

IT Helpdesk Technician in Information Technology at Bank of the Plains (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I was using Unitrends as a BCDR solution. It was our backup solution. It allowed me to do backups and then virtualize them, incase I had a server go down. Unitrends did a good job of supporting my companies needs. I was able to sleep better knowing I had an easy to use solution.

Pros

It was easy to use
Had the features I wanted
It was powerful
didnt take long to learn

Cons

I would say better documentation
Support could be a little better
Phone support could be a little quicker.

Return on Investment

The ROI was failrly quick
It does exactly what I wanted it to do
It has good support
Replication between sites could have a little better encryption and compression

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veeam ONE

Other Software Used

Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, TeamViewer

Gürcan ALTAN

Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at Ajan Elektronik Servis San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery in our organization by applying 5 different backup policies.Its ease of use and flexibility are pleasing. In terms of usage example, it can be explained in 3 steps as 1- Local backup policies 2- Disaster recovery policies 3 Cloud site to site backup policies.

Pros

UDCB&R can protect a wide variety of systems, including physical servers, virtual machines, cloud-based environments, and even mobile devices. Supports multiple operating systems including Windows, Linux and Unix, as well as a range of hypervisors such as VMware, Hyper-V
UDCB&R can scale to protect large, complex environments with thousands of virtual machines and hundreds of physical servers. Optimizes for high-performance backup and recovery operations, leveraging techniques such as parallel backups, deduplication, and WAN optimization to maximize throughput and minimize backup windows
UDCB&R includes disaster recovery capabilities such as failover/failback, auto-recovery, and advanced replication. It also includes cloud-based disaster recovery support, allowing users to replicate data to public or private clouds for offsite backup and disaster recovery.
UDCB&R provides real-time monitoring of backup and recovery operations with customizable dashboards and reports that provide visibility into backup status, capacity usage and more. Supports integration with monitoring tools such as Microsoft System Center
UDCB&R includes a number of security features to protect data both in transit and at rest. Supports encryption of data in motion and at rest, including AES-256 encryption of backup data stored on disk or in the cloud. It also includes features such as two-factor authentication and role-based access control to ensure that only authorized personnel can access backup data.

Cons

slow user interface
difficult to use interface
slow cloud

Most Important Features

Central Management Interface
Quick Recovery
Security and Compliance
Scalability
Multi-Platform Support

Return on Investment

Management facilitation
Data expansion exteriors
Increase business efficiency
ensures the continuity of your business
Protects your data

Alternatives Considered

LiveAction LiveCapture, HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage and HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches

Other Software Used

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage, HPE SimpliVity, HPE StoreOnce

Dan Watson View profile

IT Infrastructure/System Administrator in Information Technology at CNH Industrial Reman (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We backup all of our virtual servers and file shares, sending our critical information to their DRaaS.

Pros

Support! Whenever I have needed help, I've received it immediately or promptly.
It just works. Isn't that the best part of a backup solution? I never have to think about it.
Recovers from a failed backup usually without intervention by triggering a full backup.
Costs less than similar solutions.

Cons

Scheduling UI becomes difficult to edit when the schedule is busy.
Updates are not applied automatically.

Return on Investment

Freed me up for other tasks. I was spending 1-2 hours a day on backups.
We've had to recover from programmer's mistakes more than once. Unitrends allowed for a prompt recovery to a test environment where we could grab the data we needed for production.
Made our BCDR planning very easy. If all is lost, we just need an Internet connection to get our ERP back up and running.