BDRSuite Backup & Replication Reviews

My company uses BDRSuite to back up our workflows from machines to the cloud. We also use it to back up files and folders. Currently, we have S3 and Google Cloud blob storage. I'm going straight to the cloud backup repository and bypassing the local repository. It's been backing up very fast to the cloud. It's pretty optimized.

Without BDRSuite, we can't guarantee that our data will be there during a natural disaster or a crash. We use virtually every product they have. We back up virtual machines and physical machines. Soon, we will also use it to back up Microsoft email mailboxes. It's an all-in-one platform to do all of that compared to some other platforms, like Datto, where everything is separate. With BDRSuite, everything is under one management console.

There's just one dashboard that can do anything you want. The licensing is structured so that you can have one server or 10. At the end of the day, it only matters how many licenses you fill up. If you want to have three BDRSuite servers with 10 licenses each, you can do that.

We install BDRSuite in Algeria and train customers to use the platform. We use it in our office to back up and protect hardware assets, such as PCs and laptops. Our customers use BDRSuite for VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments.  

We installed BDRSuite at a large hospital in Algeria and did a proof of concept. They wanted us to test recovering data from a VM after a crash. The customer was satisfied and ordered the product.

BDRSuite is comprehensive. You can do backup, restoration, and replication for multiple physical and virtual environments from one console. This capability is critical for our customers. You can manage it from a web interface, so you don't need to install software. It lets you manage backups from anywhere. 

We use it for backups of our shared files server.

We no longer need multiple backup solutions for different data sources because of the breadth of backup coverage provided by Vembu BDRSuite. It has reduced the amount of time needed to manage the backups by at least 20 percent, and reduced the cost of backup management by 20 to 25 percent.

BDRSuite is used for workstation backup to the cloud.

BDRSuite enables us to instantly recover our data. It is essential for our organization to be able to recover data instantly.

It is important that BDRSuite provides multiple restore points for recovering data on a granular level.

While the solution's incremental backup processing is a nice feature, it is not essential for our needs. We use the solution primarily for disaster recovery. This means that if there is a breach or we need to restore our systems quickly, we can do so without losing any data. This is more important to me than being able to recover individual files. In fact, we have not had a single request to recover a single file in the past year. What is important to me is that we can recover from an organizational breach quickly. We have had some bad ransomware attacks in the past, and we need to be able to get our systems back up and running as soon as possible.

BDRSuite's backup or replication scheduling options work as intended.

Adding and removing backup jobs using BDRSuite is easy and also includes great documentation.

BDRSuite's comprehensiveness is great because it can back up and recover virtual, physical, and cloud workloads, endpoints, applications, and databases.

BDRSuite's comprehensive backup coverage allows us to now offer a single solution for all of our customers' needs. We have customers with Linux servers running CentOS, as well as customers with file-level, image-level, and cloud backups to Microsoft 365, AWS, and Google. By bringing all of these capabilities together in one platform, we can provide our customers with a more efficient and cost-effective way to protect their data.

I've actively been using the Vembu product for backups. It is being used to back up the Hyper-V environment that I have. If the hypervisor has hardware problems, e.g., all the storage dies, you can run up a new Hyper-V server, then restore the VMs onto it. It doesn't take that long. So, you are up and running within several hours of restoring it. Also, you can restore individual files. Therefore, it's a full VM-based image backup as well as a file level backup, if you want to restore the files that way. There is also an option to restore AD users, computers, and contacts, in addition to Exchange databases at the brick level.

I'm mainly working with home-based customers. I don't have any business clients yet.

It's on-premise, not cloud-based at the moment. I'm planning to possibly have replication to an external site since my Internet link is much better now. That will be done in the future. I'll probably replicate to a private cloud somewhere.

The main thing is recovery. I have had a lot of hardware failures quite recently due to power fluctuations and overheating. Therefore, I am using it on a lab environment where I test things for customers. It has helped to reduce time. For example, one of the hypervisors died, so I loaded up another non-clustered machine and just restored the previous night's backup, then the VMs worked fine. 

I am able to run Vembu on Windows NAS, which is beneficial. It does install on a Windows-based NAS. You can have the server running from the location where you are storing backups. You don't need a separate server for it in this case. This is only available with the licensed version.

I use BDRSuite for my customers. I do backups for them. One of the reasons we chose BDRSuite is because it's a hybrid solution. We perform backups using a local server at the customer site, and we also have an off-site server. This way, we have a backup copy stored outside the customer's site. In case the customer site burns down or faces any disaster, we can still restore the data. That's one of the primary reasons we chose Vembu BDRSuite.

Additionally, it's quite economically viable, and not that expensive. It provides the flexibility to use our own cloud instead of relying solely on the Vembu Cloud. Vembu Cloud is, of course, an option, so we don't have to store anything ourselves. But I prefer having my backup center where I store copies of my customer's backups. So, those are the two main reasons - it's economical and it offers the right backup solution.

It's a valuable asset for me as a business asset. I have a monthly income by selling it as a service to my customers. I'm very pleased with it.

It's important that you can do the full monthly backup for whatever you throw in it. It's fantastic that it actually works on every kind of system. I have the flexibility to offer this service to all my customers, no matter what they may have running, I can still offer them a backup. You can even do back over on Macintosh machines. That's quite valuable because, otherwise, I would sometimes have to say that I can't do it for a customer, but maybe somebody else could. I wouldn't want to give a customer to somebody else. So it's very nice that I can actually handle it all with one product.

Vembu has absolutely helped save money compared to the other solutions. It's a much cheaper solution than using other ones which are quite expensive compared to a Nimble.

I'm a small company, and it would be difficult to regularly change my customers' backup systems. It would be quite difficult. That alone would be quite expensive for me. The last time I checked, it would be a lot of license fees to use Veeam Backup for the same thing. I could do the same things that we use with BDRSuite but it would be horribly expensive if I want the same level of security.

We use BDRSuite for both backup and replication of our data center servers and to create a disaster recovery plan.

We utilize a hybrid BDRSuite deployment, where local servers create immediate backups of virtual machines. Additionally, two copies are stored in the cloud on AWS for disaster recovery in case of a critical incident at our local data center.

BDRSuite emphasizes data protection with policies that initially seemed tight. While I felt secure upon initial setup, I haven't reviewed them since joining and haven't received any update notifications. Some policies I apply directly to my servers and where we store all of our data are also protected from our firewalls.

The ability to instantly recover is essential for our organization. BDRSuite gives me peace of mind by allowing for very fast data recovery. While I haven't had to use it for a real incident, my initial tests showed a smooth process. Since I back up entire virtual machines, recovery involves starting the virtual machine and the cap server, getting me up and running quickly. This is essential because my backups are complete mirrors of the machines, eliminating the need for lengthy restorations.

While BDRSuite's ability to create multiple restore points for granular data recovery is a valuable feature, it's not crucial for me since I primarily focus on full server recoveries. Some clients might leverage this for individual files and folders, but my recovery needs are more about bringing the entire machine back online. Granular recovery isn't a key selling point for me because my use case revolves around full system restoration.

Incremental backups are a great fit for our system! We back up some machines every two hours and others every twelve, depending on the customer's needs. This method minimizes storage space on our backup servers since only changed data is copied each time.

The backup and replication scheduling in BDRSuite is very flexible. I can set up automatic backups every 4 or 12 hours, or even create custom schedules to fit my specific needs. This has been a big advantage for my technicians who handle the scheduling.

Managing backup jobs in BDRSuite is straightforward. Deleting them is simple - just navigate to the job and delete it. However, creating a new backup job requires more effort. You'll need to configure details like scheduling, data selection, backup method, and storage location. Overall, creating backups is considered medium difficulty, while deleting them is easy.

The Download VM option is easy to use.

It sits on a hypervisor and backs up two virtual machines. 

The main benefit is that it's inexpensive. We get a lot for a little bit of money. I'm very happy with the savings and with the features. It allows me to do everything I need.

I don't spend much time on it. I interact with it occasionally and check that everything's still going fine. It's very good in that aspect.

It provides multiple restore options for recovering data in a granular manner, which is pretty important because different issues require you to use different approaches. It's good to have as many options as possible.

Our backup strategy is pretty simple. We have just two virtual machines, but it's very good to know that all the other options are there to back up physical and cloud workloads, as well as endpoints, applications, and databases. I'm not planning to use any of them, but I'm very happy that it's there. If there is something that I need to do that doesn't fall under what I'm currently doing, I can always expand quite easily.

It provides incremental backup processing, which saves a lot of space.