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User review of Altaro VM Backup

Great Backup Tool

- by Brandon H

USER SATISFACTION

RECOMMENDATION
7 out of 7
Definitely
COST EFFICENCY
7out of 7
Superb
OVERALL IMPRESSION
4out of 5
very good
EASE OF USE
4out of 5
very good
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4out of 5
very good

PROS & CONS

What are the best aspects of this product?

For one price you can backup unlimited VM's on a single host. Very useful for us. The product is extremely easy to setup and get working right away. It makes getting your systems setup for backup quick and easy so you can focus on specific scenarios or custom backup plans after you know you have the basics covered.

What aspects are problematic or could work better?

I have had issues with the remote tools for Altaro. Support has been helpful with this when it's happened but I would really love to see that process smoothed out. We generally monitor and manage our backups from remote workstations . We would prefer not to have to logon to the server just to to do monitoring and maintenance.

What features/services would you like to see in future versions of this product?

Currently, I am happy with all of the current features.

What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?

The first and most obvious problem is safely and securely backup up all of our virtual machines. The second problem for us was being able to perform brick level restores for testing and real world purposes. Some of our VM's are very large and Altaro has provided us a way to quickly and easily restore items from withing the VM.

Are you a current user of this product?

Yes

USER DETAILS

What is your role with this product?

  • I implemented it

How long have you been using this product?

3-5 years

COMPANY DETAILS

What is your company size?

51-100 Employees

USAGE & IMPLEMENTATION

How did your company implement this product?

on premise

How long did it take to set up this product?

less than 1 day

How many people in your company actively use this product?

several employees

What is the primary use of this product in your company?

mostly B2B

EFFECT ON BUSINESS GOALS:

How did using this product affect your business goals?

  • It keeps our data protected in case of emergencies.
  • It reduces the workload on our frontline IT staff.
  • It restores lost files quickly and easily.

PRICING & COSTS

What was the cost of implementing this product?

$1000

What is your total annual cost for using this product?

$1000

How long is your contract with the vendor?

1 year

Did you get any discount for this product? How much?

No

FEATURE DETAILS

Main Features

Data compression
4
very good
Access to open files
5
amazing
Volumes
4
very good
Differential and incremental backups
5
amazing
Schedules
5
amazing
Encryption
5
amazing
Transaction mechanism
4
very good
Versioned backups
4
very good
Data recovery
5
amazing
Data deduplication
5
amazing
Virtual server backup
5
amazing
Privacy and control
5
amazing
Data security
5
amazing