Arcserve UDP vs StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] comparison

"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."

"I like the tool's speed."

"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."

"The most valuable features are the replication to the cloud and the deduplication."

"I would recommend it if there is a general case."

"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is its decompression capability."

"The most valuable features are that it is able to restore quickly and that it is able to virtually restore on Hyper-V."

"It allows us to back up all the servers and centrally manage them."

"The most valuable feature is the backups."

"I like that they have some new devices that are simpler to use because they kind of tie right into the cloud."

"I don't know whether the tool has VMware integrations. It would be good to cover this area if it doesn't have those."

"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."

"It takes much time to verify and consolidate images for backups."

"We cannot restore each user's mailbox. Each user's mailbox should be independently restorable. Also, this solution is very slow. If you select all of the servers, it runs for a long time... It needs to be faster. Finally, If anything happens to one server we should be able to switch to another server."

"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."

"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."

"Based on my experience, whenever we need support, there are difficulties with communication when trying to resolve the issue."

"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."

"Their restoration protocols could be better. I pulled all my clients out of their cloud mostly because I wasn't confident that they could restore out of the cloud. This was backed up by friends who had been burned by stuff like that. We moved away because of the lack of resources to restore from a potential catastrophic failure. It's challenging, and in some cases, they couldn't do it because they didn't have enough resources. For example, if there was a major disaster, and everybody needed their images out of the cloud, they couldn't give them to everybody."

"StorageCraft ShadowXafe should improve the on-premises console management controls and protection and recovery."

"It is approximately $400 to purchase a virtual service outright."

"The pricing is moderate."

"The price is based on the number of sockets. We use a four-socket price that includes two servers and the cost is $4,375."

"The solution is very expensive."

"We only have the maintenance of three standard UDP licenses. Each license is 50 Euro. There are some additional costs for the storage and software but it has nothing to do with the UDP."

"I feel that the product is fairly priced."

"The solution is expensive."

"The solution is priced well compared to other solutions."

"They are more expensive than some of the others out there. We have gone away from their cloud due to pricing."