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User review of NAKIVO

Nakivo and observations after two weeks of tests

- by Kamil Wojtowicz

USER SATISFACTION

RECOMMENDATION
6 out of 7
Very likely
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 a big plus the ability to install directly on the QNAP hardware (and such versions of Nakivo tested).
I had the opportunity to test several solutions for virtual machine backups for the hypervisor Hyper-V 2016 in which Nakivo prevails:
1. Very easy to add hypervisor, trasporter and repository after installing Nakivo solution.
2. I had no problem with making a copy of the virtual machine, with some other solutions, I had to turn it off first to make a copy of the machine.
3. The reproduction of the copy took place very quickly, both on the same machine with the hypervisor as well as recreating in a new place.
4. Faster backup of virtual machines compared to other solutions, it may be due to the installation directly on QNAP, where there was also a repository.
5. Smaller size of virtual machine copy files.
6. The most important plus is the price, which is very attractive for offices, where it is difficult to find financial resources for shopping.

What aspects are problematic or could work better?

The only downside I've noticed (this is a minus only for me) is that the copies of virtual machines are created in several files, a copy of the virtual machine is not a single file, which I can, for example, transfer to an external drive and store on it backup copy, and several files with different names and it is not known which file corresponds to a specific copy of the virtual machine. You can, of course, additionally export a backup in the virtual machine's disk format, but this is an additional step to do.

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

One vm backup in one file

Are you a current user of this product?

Yes

USER DETAILS

What is your role with this product?

  • I use it myself

How long have you been using this product?

Trial/Demo only

COMPANY DETAILS

What is your company size?

11-50 Employees

What is your industry?

Government Administration

USAGE & IMPLEMENTATION

Did your company use a different software before this one?

Yes

What software did you use before?

Veeam

Why did you decide to change it?

Price and no problems

Are you satisfied with the change?

Yes

How did your company implement this product?

on premise

How long did it take to set up this product?

less than 1 hour

How many people in your company actively use this product?

just me

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

both B2B & B2C

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.
  • It helps our employees to securely share files on the go.

FEATURE DETAILS

Main Features

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