NAKIVO Backup & Replication Free Edition
NAKIVO | 10.11Linux/Unix, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Nakivo, works great for backups. Recovery is a different story.
What do you like best about the product?
Nakivo is a lightweight VM backup solution. We started out using the Windows based installer a few years back but have since switched over to the Nakivo VA. For a smaller sized business it's handy that it takes up a small footprint and resources on the ESXi host. Using default settings the entire VA takes up 2 vCPU, 4GB of RAM and 30GB drive space.
Pros:
1) Easy setup either through installer or VA
2) Lightweight
3) Easy setup for notifications. Emails on success or failures.
4) Newest version has chat support built in
Pros:
1) Easy setup either through installer or VA
2) Lightweight
3) Easy setup for notifications. Emails on success or failures.
4) Newest version has chat support built in
What do you dislike about the product?
Here's the part that becomes frustrating. While the recovery process does work, there are times you need to jump through hoops to get it functioning. We recently had a VM datastore corrupt after a RAID drive failed (completely not Nakivo related, just providing back story), and we had to recover from USB backups from Nakivo. We luckily were able to setup a test ESXi and run a Flash Boot from Nakivo to verify integrity of backup before recovery. We then started a recovery to the ESXi. The process was quite slow, but understandable on an older server and USB 2.0 (NAS recovery is faster) but at this location that wasn't an option. Took about 47 hours to recover a 2TB VM. Recovery was successful but working with restoring some newer data files, some files were deleted on the recovered VM. This is where the issue starts. We went to run a Flash Boot again to the same ESXi we had previously tested on, but this time it would not allow us to select a datastore as the remaining space on the datastore was 1.8TB, but the VM backup was 2TB.
At this point we contacted support and spent 4 hours troubleshooting. Support was not helpful at all. First we were told NFS wasn't supported for Flash Boot, then we were told VMFS/ATA wasn't supported (but remember we did successfully Flash Boot to the same ESXi before the recovery when there was over 3TB of space.) Long story short I was told they don't know, you should only need a small amount of space, and the last option was to reboot the ESXi servers. Flash Boot does not work across 3 different ESXi servers. Basically Nakivo is good for backups and recovery, but don't expect anything from support.
Cons:
1) Slow recovery vis USB (not really Nakivo's fault)
2) Flash Boot only seems to work with more space than the full size of the VM
3) Support
4) Getting sales calls when trying to re-download VA/installers
At this point we contacted support and spent 4 hours troubleshooting. Support was not helpful at all. First we were told NFS wasn't supported for Flash Boot, then we were told VMFS/ATA wasn't supported (but remember we did successfully Flash Boot to the same ESXi before the recovery when there was over 3TB of space.) Long story short I was told they don't know, you should only need a small amount of space, and the last option was to reboot the ESXi servers. Flash Boot does not work across 3 different ESXi servers. Basically Nakivo is good for backups and recovery, but don't expect anything from support.
Cons:
1) Slow recovery vis USB (not really Nakivo's fault)
2) Flash Boot only seems to work with more space than the full size of the VM
3) Support
4) Getting sales calls when trying to re-download VA/installers
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Nakivo allows us to keep backups of our VM's for recovery purposes. It may be slow to recovery depending on your backup media, but is still a lot faster than trying to rebuild from scratch.
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The Only One That I Can Count On!!!
What do you like best about the product?
Fast backups, restores. Nice boot snapshot feature for peace of mind. Easy install and setup.
What do you dislike about the product?
Only con is the product and licensing is a little difficult to understand. Not a problem though; just email of the nice support agents. Pretty fast response time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have tried many other VM backup solutions. I also make sure to have 3 different backups using differemt products for fail proof restores. Many times Nakivo was the only restore that worked. All others have failed me in my time of need. Price is very fair, fair enough that it is an easy sell to my clients with limited budgets.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great product, great price.
Nakivo backup and replication
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy and simple managing interface as well as deployment on qnap appliances.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing that I really don't like. We have been using Nakivo for a year and we haven't had any bad experience with it so far
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Backing up our hyper-v vm's to our qnap and being able to restore them when they fail.
Best "Bang for the buck" VM backup I have worked with
What do you like best about the product?
I have been using Nakivo for about 3 years on several different environments of my clients,
for VMware image backups. Straightforward very well organized GUI that is so intuitive, that from the first moment you feel like you know what to do. The internal deduplication and network compressions work like a charm. The replication feature is simple yet functional, covering for otherwise expensive software from other vendors. Using the remote backup and replication features between 2 DC's and getting very consistent and satisfactory performance results. Overall I love the product and would recommend it to anyone.
for VMware image backups. Straightforward very well organized GUI that is so intuitive, that from the first moment you feel like you know what to do. The internal deduplication and network compressions work like a charm. The replication feature is simple yet functional, covering for otherwise expensive software from other vendors. Using the remote backup and replication features between 2 DC's and getting very consistent and satisfactory performance results. Overall I love the product and would recommend it to anyone.
What do you dislike about the product?
1) Repository management is very simple, partially only available from the cli.
2) Not possible to skip on any virtual disks of a VM that is running backup/replication (Can't bypass temp/dev/backup partitions,....).
2) Not possible to skip on any virtual disks of a VM that is running backup/replication (Can't bypass temp/dev/backup partitions,....).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The sustainable backup solution with fast and reliable recovery.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
After spending years working with complicated and expensive products, including EMC and Symantec solutions, we have an ease of use financially sain product.
Nakivo the best solution!
What do you like best about the product?
Nakivo Backup & Replication has removed my headache, as I know now that all my data is “in good hands”. Simple and intuitive interface has done process of recovery much easier, global deduplication and compression that works per block level helped to save space that is used for other important needs. Recovery of small files directly to the source, Flash VM boot, Automated VM Failover and many other nice features that may be received with Nakivo. Great value for reasonable price, highly recommended!
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing yet... Nothing yet...Nothing yet...
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Brings simplicity to Virtual Servers Data Protection needs.
Nakivo Backup & Replication is an excellent product for NAS appliance usage.
What do you like best about the product?
The ability of the software to run independently on a NAS appliance without utilizing a client OS license.
What do you dislike about the product?
For our application, I haven't really found anything that I dislike. It ticks all the boxes of what was required.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
DR backups of VM's to a remote appliance at a facility owned building remote to the main campus.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give them a serious look for your VM DR backups.
Nakivo in testlab
What do you like best about the product?
Hello,
We had the opportunity to test Nakivo's solution and identified the following advantages over other solutions:
- quick installation as a virtual appliance
- lightweight interface
- easy to configure product
- clear and easy restore task
In short, a backup solution that perfectly meets the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.
I highly recommend for this type of deployment.
We had the opportunity to test Nakivo's solution and identified the following advantages over other solutions:
- quick installation as a virtual appliance
- lightweight interface
- easy to configure product
- clear and easy restore task
In short, a backup solution that perfectly meets the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.
I highly recommend for this type of deployment.
What do you dislike about the product?
Still have to check if it's usable in big deployment (1000+ VM)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Lightweight solution to do VM backups
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Suited for SMB
Looks and works like professional backup should do
What do you like best about the product?
Rich installation options and a very installation. If having experience from backup solutions, it's very easy to create jobs. Dashboard has everything needed to gather information about the current status. Very professional sales and support department, very easy to create supportcases, and very responsive staff.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing yet to be discovered, maybe only restoring whole vm requires more steps
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solid solition, the price are lower than competitors.
Very highly recommended!
What do you like best about the product?
Works like a dream.
Great communication within my trial period.
Overall ease of configuration.
Clear interface.
Speed of backup.
Deduplication of backup data.
Very good compression ratio 40%.
I use it on a synology nas with replication on a nas offsite with shared folder sync.
The shared folder sync works with changed block technology.
Very fast and small data transfers.
Use also the copy backup to usb drive once a week.
The recovery Points Retention has a top configuration.
I use 10 last recovery points with one recovery point a week for 8 weeks.
Great communication within my trial period.
Overall ease of configuration.
Clear interface.
Speed of backup.
Deduplication of backup data.
Very good compression ratio 40%.
I use it on a synology nas with replication on a nas offsite with shared folder sync.
The shared folder sync works with changed block technology.
Very fast and small data transfers.
Use also the copy backup to usb drive once a week.
The recovery Points Retention has a top configuration.
I use 10 last recovery points with one recovery point a week for 8 weeks.
What do you dislike about the product?
none
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
easy of use.
Easy Backup = Nakivo
What do you like best about the product?
I can honestly say that Nakivo is the easiest backup-replication solution I have ever used.
What do you dislike about the product?
That I didn't find out about the software sooner.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Backup and Replication
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a try!
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