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Quorum OnQ pros and cons

Vendor: Quorum
4.5 out of 5

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PROS

Quorum OnQ enables testing of virtual copies without affecting the production network, ensuring disaster recovery is precise and safe.
File recovery features can restore systems to a state only hours prior, proving crucial for combating issues like ransomware.
The ability to virtualize failed servers instantly on Quorum OnQ hardware offers significant downtime reduction.
Bare Metal Restore (BMR) capability has been instrumental in emergency situations, allowing full system recoveries.
Quorum OnQ supports one-click recovery, significantly simplifying the restoration process.

CONS

Lack of a single pane of glass for disaster recovery testing, requiring users to access each server individually.
Insufficient number of technicians leading to delays in response times.
Needs option to offload to tape for better data protection through an air gap.
Improvements in support for other operating systems like Ubuntu are needed.
The high cost is a major concern, with suggestions for a more competitive pricing structure.
 

Quorum OnQ Pros review quotes

KK
Nov 13, 2019
One of the biggest features is that, even on the absolutely run-of-the-mill box, if I lose any one of my servers I can automatically bring it up virtually on the physical onQ Quorum device.
ST
Dec 16, 2019
When it comes to recovering what you need from a backup, it's really easy. You just drill through the directory, find the file and the date that you want, and click to recover. You then pick the directory you want to save it in. Usually, it takes a minute or two and it's done. It's quick and easy.
WE
Mar 24, 2020
From a disaster-recovery point of view, one of the things I really like is that I can test the virtual copy of the physical server on a test network and compare the servers side-by-side, without interfering with the production network. So I can see and make sure that the latest copy of the server is the physical copy of the server, without interfering with production.
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DD
Dec 6, 2019
It's easy to implement, easy to spin up, easily configurable, to drop-in appliances and network. There wasn't a lot of time needed to spin it up.
CM
Nov 7, 2019
The biggest feature is being able to do a file recovery to the original server. That is extremely useful and has saved us a few times when we've had ransomware. In some of those cases, people's computers were locked down by viruses which spread to things they had access to, including server shares. But we were easily able to just restore to four hours prior, instead of a day or two or more ago.
reviewer1581729 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 14, 2021
One of the most valuable features was the usability, since many of the features were very straightforward. The backup and restoration process was also very fast. Although we weren't able to fully test the scenarios, one of the features was that we could have it restored on a remote site. However, since we were on-prem, we weren't able to test the remote site restoration.
SD
May 4, 2020
The change in the way that Quorum processes data has made a tremendous improvement in backup and replication times. While the familiar interface remains, the underpinnings have been finely tuned and the speed is incredible. My large Exchange Server went from 5- to 6-hour backups down to 22 minutes.
Sean Fiandaca - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 14, 2019
I have used the BMR (Bare Metal Restore) in several emergencies and it has absolutely saved my bacon.
reviewer2010471 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 20, 2024
It is a very scalable solution.
reviewer1521792 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 1, 2021
Quorum OnQ has taken the guesswork out of backup/recovery and disaster recovery.
 

Quorum OnQ Cons review quotes

KK
Nov 13, 2019
I would really like it if they followed comparable products from other vendors and had an option where you could offload to tape. I know it sounds incredibly antiquated, but the benefit I see is that there would be a better air gap than you have with backing up to an online source.
ST
Dec 16, 2019
The one thing they could do is some tweaking on the web solution that's supposed to monitor everything from one page, rather than having to bring each server up on its own webpage. It doesn't always accurately show what the system's state is at the time, and we have to restart that process now and then.
WE
Mar 24, 2020
One thing that could be done to improve it would be a single pane of glass for doing disaster recovery testing, where I could have remote consoles in one place... I still have to go to each location in a browser and then bring up the console. I'd like to see them integrate that into a single pane of glass so I don't have to go to each server.
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DD
Dec 6, 2019
It feels to me like it's going to be a little bit more work than I originally anticipated when upgrading the appliance. I haven't done that yet so I can't speak from true experience, but I went through the project plan and it feels to me like there's quite a number of pieces and components and things that have to be done. Quorum is going to manage the rollout, but in starting the initial conversation there were a lot of unanswered questions
CM
Nov 7, 2019
There seems to be a lack of technicians. Sometimes they are very busy and I don't hear back for a day or two. The technicians they have are great. They are fantastic, but it seems difficult, at times, to get in contact with anyone.
reviewer1581729 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 14, 2021
The price of Quorum OnQ could be improved. We were exploring the product in terms of having a partnership with the distributor so that we could operate as a service, but for our own use, within the company, we couldn't justify the price unless the servers would become an option later on. The upfront cost of purchasing a license for the hardware is quite steep.
SD
May 4, 2020
I would like to see iSCSI support added so that NAS storage servers could be protected. We heavily utilize NAS storage and the risk there is minimal backup options. Currently, we are backing up NAS to NAS which is costly and slow. Being able to integrate NAS server backup would be the last item on my Quorum bucket list.
Sean Fiandaca - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 14, 2019
I don't love the scheduler, as I think that interface could use an overhaul.
reviewer2010471 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 20, 2024
There was a situation I faced in the past when I contacted the tool's support team, and it took them a while to respond.
reviewer1521792 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 1, 2021
It would be beneficial if file culling could be more granular.