Arcserve UDP Reviews

The solution is used as an on-premises infrastructure backup solution, so we can take the backups of the servers, storage servers, file servers and endpoints, and the virtualization layer.

Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution. The solution is also open for the BMR recovery for any point of failure with bare-metal hardware, like any other OEM, we can restore all the data.

I build projects with Arcserve UDP and other security products from the company. I work with firewalls, network security, single sign-on, etcetera.

Mostly my clients – we have the solution internally too, but my position in the company focuses on those clients that use Arcserve. My experience has been a mixed bag. 

The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too. 

Overall, the tool itself is fine – the problem is just reliability. If the promises in the marketing material were realized in real life, it would be the perfect solution, but it's just the reliability issues.

Our customers use the solution for online backup, recovery, and replication. We have deployed the solution for around 20 customers.

Our customers find the recovery in minutes useful. Arcserve has a functionality where we can execute a recovery in five minutes. Once the primary server crashes, we can start the virtual server in booting time. They also like replication to off-site and booting the server on the DR site.

The customers are happy and have been using the solution for over three to four years. The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows. The customers have not complained to us about any functionality.

Our primary use case for Arcserve UDP is its decompression feature, which helped us save money by reducing storage needs. Despite moving to cloud applications, we have been using Arcserve UDP for backup and disaster recovery.

Arcserve UDP has helped our organization save considerable amounts of money by reducing the need for additional server storage. The decompression feature allowed us to store more data without requiring a new server. Additionally, the disaster recovery capabilities of the tool enabled us to restore operations quickly during incidents.

I use the solution for disaster recovery and continuous availability. For example, if my DC goes down, I can spin up VMs almost instantaneously on my DR site. Plus, I have an Arcserve High Availability or Arcserve Continuous Availability license that helps me to keep a real-time in-sync copy of my SQL database on which my CRM tool runs. So, I can maintain a highly available SQL DB, one on-premises and one in the cloud.

Arcserve has a feature called virtual standby (VSB), which has been very helpful because I already have a hot standby copy of my critical infrastructure. If something breaks, I can spin up that virtual standby copy in less than five minutes and ensure that my data is available to everyone and that business continuity is maintained.

We use Arcserve UDP for backup recovery and replication with HA (High Availability) and DR (Disaster Recovery).

Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP. When one machine is down, the instant recovery feature allows us to start it within a minute. Taking a backup in Arcserve UDP requires a basic, simple configuration.

Arcserve UDP Point-in-Time is based on capturing historical data. It can recreate data from point A to point B and replicate it. It automates the restoration process, positioning the DLP feature once the card is completed.

The compression feature is significant. This ensures highly efficient deduplication.

We use the solution as backup software for our clients' on-premises servers.

The solution's most valuable features are backup, recovery, and cloud computing. We can extract the recovery details and then boot up the server. Another best feature is the ease of configuration.