Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It just works!!"
5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

We have used other backup/DR tools in the past which have always failed when you need them most, we ended up doing the backups manually which became too much.

We then found and tested Vembu and It's so easy to use, we can connect remotely to keep an eye on the tasks and the whole setup is a joy to use. Support is also fantastic, they are quick at responding and very helpful and informative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

I've not found anything I dislike with the product as yet, we've tested in a DR situation and that worked great, the licensing is easy to understand and manageable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sree Ramya of BDRShield

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback. We are glad that Vembu BDR Suite has met your expectations and worked well for your environment. For further updates or queries, please get in touch with our team through vembu-support@vembu.com.

Adrian T.
AT
Adrian T.
Infrastructure Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Great support and product"
5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

Implementing this solutions is very easy, installing the server and configuring the clients. Support is always exceptional, the Vembu engineers are always hands-on and very talented. The price is very good, including free backups for or client OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

There are a few missing bits on the server compared to their previous product (Storegrid), like you cannot edit any client configuration from the server side. The reporting is not perfect as you can get a missed backup email and a successful email seconds apart for the exact same job, probably a bug. The portal can be improved as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bhavani Shanmugam of BDRShield

Hi Adrian,

Thank you for the valuable feedback. We are glad that Vembu BDR Suite has met your expectations. And, it’s great to know that our support engineers were of good help to you. We have noted down all your complexities and the aforementioned suggestions are already on our roadmap. Meanwhile, if you have any queries please reach us through vembu-support@vembu.com

SC
Stuart C.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A great soulton"
5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

The clean and friendly web based interface. It's also very dynamic for us. I can back up and restore on the file level and also restore and entire VM in a matter of minutes if I had to. The price was also attractive compared to something like Veeam. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

Nothing really so far. If I had to choose one thing it would be tech support hours. I had a few issues with a couple of my servers not backing up initially and the engineers work off of an India time zone where I am in Mountain Time. It worked out, it was just a little inconvenient at the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bhavani Shanmugam of BDRShield

Hi Stuart,

Thank you for your feedback. Glad to hear that Vembu BDR Suite works well for your environment.

For further updates or queries, please get in touch with our team through vembu-support@vembu.com

Michael P.
MP
Michael P.
Owner
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It works!"
5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

Cost Effective, Can build your own servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

some learning to do to implement but easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sree Ramya of BDRShield

Hello Michael,

Thank you for your feedback. Glad to hear that Vembu BDR Suite works well for your environment. For further updates or queries, please get in touch with our team through vembu-support@vembu.com

William M.
WM
William M.
Technology Director
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The best offline backup"
5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

I like the incremental schedule, it helps to keep 1 copy and only do modified files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

As of right now there are no downfalls to this system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sree Ramya of BDRShield

Hi William,

Thank you for your feedback. Good to know that our product was helpful.

Al W.
AW
Al W.
Systems Architect
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to setup"
4.5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

Vembu is really simple to setup and gives you fine control of what to backup in your DataCenter. You can set it up to backup hosts of a the whole cluster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

It would be neat if incremental backups were supported in the free edition.

However the free edition is really generous in allowing you backup unlimited VMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sree Ramya of BDRShield

Hi AI West,

Thank you for your feedback.

Regarding your request for Incremental Backup in the free edition, We would like to let you know with Free edition you can avail full-features upto 3 VMs (includes Incremental backup).

However, if you wish to enable an incremental backup feature over 3 VMs, you can choose our small business package - BDR essentials where you can backup a VM for $1.8/month.

For more details, kindly get in touch with our team through vembu-support@vembu.com.

Verified User in Architecture & Planning
CA
Verified User in Architecture & Planning
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very Satisfied User"
5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

Vembu has been very reliable in my Server backups. If there is a problem, I get regular emails telling me the current status of each backup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

Vembu support is VERY responsive. My only issue is that there is sometimes a language barrier. Their English is hard to understand at times because they speak so fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sree Ramya of BDRShield

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback.

We regret the inconvenience you had while conversing with our Support Engineers. Our Engineers have been notified about the problem henceforth corrective measures will be taken.

For further updates or queries, please get in touch with our team through vembu-support@vembu.com.

KAILASH K.
KK
KAILASH K.
Team Lead
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"It is ease to use and user friendly"
5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

Its Setup in one click. Administration is quit simple.They have best Quality of Customer Support. With we can increase our Business.

Management of Disaster Recovery, Remote Backup, Storage Formats, Scheduled Backup, On _Demand Restoration is very simple and user friendly.

They have very good reporting feature. Easy to monitor. Effectively and timely got Alert/ Notifications. Also have good and point to point documentation.

In data security , all data are encrypted and follow all guideline of security compliance.

There is no duplication of data. Vembu has crafted one of the best-looking interfaces. And I don’t mean all flashy look. It’s well thought out, very simple to use. A color combination is easy on the eyes. All the information is visible and is not hidden under a submenu of the submenu like with some products. We can enable Application Aware Settings. Vembu has put a lot of thought about the features in this product and Replication is no exception. Replication is accessible from the menu and a procedure to set up is as simple as and has some great features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

Price should be lower to get more customer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bhavani Shanmugam of BDRShield

Hi Kailash,

Thank you for the insightful review you have given us. We are glad that Vembu BDR Suite has met your expectations and worked well for your environment. Looking forward to being part of your future data center availabilities. For further updates or queries, please get in touch with our team through vembu-support@vembu.com

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to use and reliable backup solution"
4/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

At my work we currently implement Vembu for our customers, and Vembu has improved a lot the security level of our customers in general. It's fast, easy to use and has features that most premium backup solutions dont even has. We and our customers are very happy with Vembu. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

Vembu needs a lot in terms of machine specs, so you must have a good server for installing it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sree Ramya of BDRShield

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback.

We recommend deploying Vembu BDR Suite on Server OS for backing up large environments. However, if you are looking backup for small environments, you can also deploy Vembu BDR Suite in a workstation (Windows 10).

To clarify your concern, kindly get in touch with our team vembu-support@vembu.com.

Verified User in Insurance
CI
Verified User in Insurance
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Vembu free version is perfect for small businesses"
5/5
What do you like best about BDRShield?

I like the free version as it offers perpetual license to backup 3 VM's with full features. This is great for small businesses that has 1 or 2 esxi hosts and is new to virtualization. It allows the small business to take advantage of the software without spending that much and because of that they can plan ahead and include Vembu product licensing in the future once the need to backup more servers arises. Vembu also has an appliance version and is also perfect for small business. Licensing another OS just for backup is not a really cost effective for small businesses and this feature is perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BDRShield?

Once a vembu server is synced to an online account and for some reason the admin needs to sync the server to another online account, the admin has only 2 options. Either he uninstalls and reinstall the product to change the server id and sync to an online account or have a tech support change it manually on the database for them. Option 2 is not documented so most of the time, admins will just uninstall and reinstall and sometimes that is disruptive. Recovery of the vembu server is complicated and would require an admin in depth knowledge of how to recover the server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Bhavani Shanmugam of BDRShield

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback. Glad to hear that Vembu BDR Suite works well for your environment. I would like to let you know that we are currently working on reducing the complexity involved to change the server ID. Kindly look forward to the same in any of our upcoming releases. For any queries, please get in touch with our team through vembu-support@vembu.com