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Pros
  • + Software-only product
  • + Large feature set
  • + Easy in use
  • + All-in-one console
  • + Feature rich
  • + More than only backup
  • + Backups can be directly started from appliance
  • + Cloud Integration possibilities
Cons
  • - Complexity increases in larger environments
  • - Limited physical backup capabilities
  • - Speed is depending on hardware setup
  • - Performance depending on hardware
  • - No integration in management interfaces
  • - Limited scalability
  • - Bundled with Hardware
  • - Limited Hypervisor support
  • - Could be expensive on first sight
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General
60%
86%
58%
Pricing
List price
620 EUR
360 USD for VMware, 240 USD for Hyper-V
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Deployment
60%
86%
58%
Deployment Method
Virtual Appliance
No
Yes
yes
Physical Appliance
No
No
yes
Virtual Machine
Yes
Yes
no
Physical Server
Yes
Yes
no
Host Operating System
Windows
Yes
Yes
n/a
Linux
No
Yes
n/a
Unix
No
No
n/a
Supported Hypervisors
Vmware
Yes
Yes
yes
Hyper-V
Yes
Yes
no
XenServer
No
Yes
no
OracleVM
No
Yes
no
Backup
60%
86%
58%
Source
Hypervisors
Yes
Yes
yes
Physical Servers
Limited
Yes
yes
Technology
Image-based Backups
Yes
Yes
yes
In guest (Traditional)
No
Yes
no
GuestOS
Windows
Yes
Yes
yes
Linux
Yes
Yes
yes
Unix
Yes
Yes
yes
Independent
Yes
Yes
yes
Method
Full Backups
Yes
Yes
yes
Incremental
Yes
Yes
yes
Differential
No
No
no
Incremental Forever
Yes
Yes
yes
Synthetic Full Backups
Yes
Yes
no
Application Consistency
Active Directory
Yes
Yes
yes
MS Exchange
Yes
Yes
yes
MS Sharepoint
Yes
Yes
no
MS SQL
Yes
Yes
yes
Oracle DB
Limited
Limited
yes
Other
Limited
Limited
yes
Post/Pre Backup scripts
Yes
Yes
yes
Agent requirements
Standard backup
No
Yes
no
Application consistent
No
Yes
no
Environments
vSphere
Yes
Yes
yes
vCloud Director
Limited
No
no
Hyper-V
Yes
Yes
yes
XenServer
No
No
no
OracleVM
No
No
no
KVM
No
No
Limited
Nutanix AHV
No
Yes
Load Management
Change Block Tracking
Yes
Yes
yes
I/O Throttling
No
No
yes
Backup Server Load balancing
Yes
Yes
yes
WAN link optimization
No
Yes
yes
Multi-Threading
Yes
Yes
yes
Array Integration
Backup from Array Snapshots
No
No
Limited
Transfer
Network
Yes
Yes
yes
LAN-Free
Yes