Barracuda Backup Vs. SmartFiler Backup Appliance

Why buy the SmartFiler Solution?

The SmartFiler backup solution is designed with the basic philosophy that backup operation should be simple, secure and reliable, and create data backup both onsite and remote offsite. There are many backup software applications in the market that provide a gamut of features and flexibility. These solutions are not only difficult to use but often fail to provide reliable backups. Though online backup services claim to be a replacement for remote offsite data backups using tapes, it does not work for large data volumes due to limited WAN speeds.

The key features of the SmartFiler Backup solution that blows away the competition and makes it your smart choice for secure data backups are:

Feature

SmartFiler

Competition

Ability to backup large amounts of initial data without depending on your ISP and internet connection speeds. (Compare 63 days for online backup of 1TB of data at T1 connection speeds vs. Under 1 day to backup the same 1TB of data to an offsite SmartFiler on a Gigabit LAN)

Ability to quickly restore huge volumes of data; same time comparisons above apply!

The Onsite SmartFiler can take hourly snapshots of your data to enable you to recover instantly from accidental file deletions and other types of data loss during the business day.

Speed

No monthly service charge for offsite/online backups. With an online backup service, such as Barracuda Backup Service, you could pay as much as $500 per month for 1TB offsite backup.

Affordable – Low cost of ownership compared to other solutions (Under $5000 for 3 years of ownership of 1 TB SmartFiler solution vs over $20,000 using Barracuda Backup service)

Scalable – Backup unlimited number of servers and desktops in the LAN. No per computer licensing fees.

Savings

No host side software or agent neede.; self-contained backup solution that does not require you to install and configure any software on computers that need to be backed up.

Agnostic to host operating systems - you backup data from Windows, UNIX and Mac systems in the network.

Advanced data de-duplication technology; never keeps multiple copies of the same version of any file.

SmartFiler provides a straight forward restore method. Just access the SmartFiler using Windows Explorer or NFS mount to view and copy your backup files to your work area. No special expertise or IT personnel required.

Simple to use. Configure in less than 15 minutes .

Simplicity