NAKIVO Backup & Replication Free Edition
NAKIVO | 10.11Linux/Unix, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Works great for Hyper-V - Fast & Efficient
What do you like best about the product?
Nakivo works cleanly and efficiently when backing up Hyper-V VMs. The software does well with a mixed environment of Linux and Windows VMs, and deduplication and compression make off-site backups viable. Restoring VMs from off-site or on-site storage was painless and easy.
Initially I was concerned that the several TB of VM data we had would be too much for off-site backups, but deduplication coupled with heavy compression brought this down to only a few hundred GB when uploading to Azure File Storage.
The software is quite flexible in that you can either use an SMB file store, or configure a light-weight VM in Azure with Nakivo's transporter installed for better security / more efficient transport when doing off-site backups. Using Backup Copy jobs allows you to keep nice and consistent backups.
Initially I was concerned that the several TB of VM data we had would be too much for off-site backups, but deduplication coupled with heavy compression brought this down to only a few hundred GB when uploading to Azure File Storage.
The software is quite flexible in that you can either use an SMB file store, or configure a light-weight VM in Azure with Nakivo's transporter installed for better security / more efficient transport when doing off-site backups. Using Backup Copy jobs allows you to keep nice and consistent backups.
What do you dislike about the product?
There's not much to dislike. I have found the Linux transporter implementation to be a bit more robust than the Windows transporter in some scenarios, so I would recommend just setting up a Linux VM or using Nakivo's virtual appliance if you're running VMWare. It's very light on resources.
One thing I found is that if you trigger another job after successfully completing a job, the second job inherits the schedule of the first one (thus, if the first job executes every day of the week, so will the triggered job that follows it). You can't select that they only occur on certain days, so if you need to distribute off-site backups throughout a week, for example, this is a bit difficult. It may be possible to achieve this with Pre and Post job scripts, however I haven't looked into this. (You can execute scripts that run before and after a job).
Lastly, if I'm going to struggle to find other issues, I'd only suggest that they replace the background image in their web UI. Usually you'd just access it on a local browser, but if you view the window in Remote Desktop (for whatever reason - you really should just connect with your browser) the image doesn't compress well and it's not a great experience. Switching the image out to a solid color solves this.
One thing I found is that if you trigger another job after successfully completing a job, the second job inherits the schedule of the first one (thus, if the first job executes every day of the week, so will the triggered job that follows it). You can't select that they only occur on certain days, so if you need to distribute off-site backups throughout a week, for example, this is a bit difficult. It may be possible to achieve this with Pre and Post job scripts, however I haven't looked into this. (You can execute scripts that run before and after a job).
Lastly, if I'm going to struggle to find other issues, I'd only suggest that they replace the background image in their web UI. Usually you'd just access it on a local browser, but if you view the window in Remote Desktop (for whatever reason - you really should just connect with your browser) the image doesn't compress well and it's not a great experience. Switching the image out to a solid color solves this.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
On-site and off-site backups. The data compression, deduplication and low resource usage is very nice.
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NAKIVO Backup & Replication, quick & easy setup
What do you like best about the product?
Purchased a Synology Diskstation and partnered it with NAKIVO Backup & Replication. Perfect combination. Integrated with the Synology, NAKIVO installation took just a few minutes. And it was super easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislikes at all. SUPER EASY! TRUELY SIMPLE
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
NAKIVO gives us peace of mind and data security. Anyone running a small business VMware vCenter should grab NAKIVO for a solid, quick and easy solution. Up and running in minutes.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Number 1 pick, search no further.
Amazing backup solution
What do you like best about the product?
I like the simplicity of managing all the aspects of backup, restore and replications. Many amazing features such as Flash boot (booting a backup in 12 seconds) and individual file access. Backup to the cloud works like a charm and was setup without effort, as everything is handled within Nakivo. Incremental backup and use of VmWare CBT reduces backup time a LOT! Deduplication reduces storage space a LOT! Support is fantastic, prompt replies and relevant answers.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far, not much. Maybe the fact that Transporters running on Synology cannot be used directly to Recover files individually. But work around exists.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Getting rid of tape backups infrastructure that is getting old. Having a backup solution that supports 3-2-1 backup startegy, where I have my backups locally, and a copy out in the cloud.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I found no pitfalls, so not recommandations at the moment....
Reliable & Easy To Use Backup Solution for ESXi
What do you like best about the product?
The web based interface is easy to use and is pretty clean. Configurations can be changed easily as needed.
What do you dislike about the product?
The use of transporters and best practices is not explained well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The backup solution has low overhead and does not consume large amount of resources like some products I have used. It is fairly fast with recovering data.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try their product for free and see if it does what you need. It is a very good solution for backing up VMware virtual systems.
Excellent software!
What do you like best about the product?
The software is extremely powerful and does not cost a lot. This software has features that are found on enterprise grade backup systems, yet only costs a fraction of the price.
What do you dislike about the product?
The process to restore a file is a bit convoluted, but it works.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We didn't have a backup solution, and needed a cheap, yet good solution. Nakivo is a very inexpensive software and its capabilities are enterprise grade.
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For the price, I have not found any comparable products.
Used for VM replication - VMware
What do you like best about the product?
I needed a solution to move vm from old to new site. Nakivo is quick to deploy, tiny vm Appliance, work on linux free of charge. Simple to use, all working me in short amount of time.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing for curent use. I think that reporting could be better
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Relocalisation of some servers
Right on Target
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use, can mount on Synology NAS. Easy to configure and use. Functionally awesome. I am impressed with the CBT and how fast the incremental backups are. Also very impressed with the support when I had questions. I compared against their nearest competitor and was very satisfied that this was the absolute best choice for our implementation and growth plan.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far nothing. We just asked for quote
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Archival of test environments for multiple firmware test VMs, and Easy replication between VSphere hosts.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't waste your time reviewing a lot of others. Solid functionally and support was outstanding! Thanks Oleksandr! Dzhevaga
Excellent price-performance ratio and totally user-friendly
What do you like best about the product?
Well, there are a lot of thing great in this tool, smart storage, low cost, easy configuration I'm really impressed with this tool comparing other existent on the market.
What do you dislike about the product?
Documentation, I think there's needed to improve that.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
less cost, this tool cost less than a half comparing veeam for example and do the same job.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I've liked a lot, because is easy to make deploy and to make the administration is easy as well.
Great Solution for Hyper-V
What do you like best about the product?
Integration with Synology makes implementation and applying updates very easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
Understanding the transfer mechanism Nakivo uses is not simple.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Key to our disaster recovery system for securing our Hyper-V assets off site.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great choice for Microsoft Hyper-V environments
Decent Backup utility for virtual backups
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to install, fast and reliable backup tool
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing that we dislike on this product
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
No additinal hardware required if you use a Synology NAS
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