Google Cloud Backup and DR (formerly Actifio Enterprise) offers comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery capabilities. It empowers organizations to safeguard critical data while ensuring rapid recovery and minimal downtime.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Google Cloud Backup and DR (formerly Actifio Enterprise) | 11.9% |
| IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management | 16.2% |
| Dell AppSync | 15.2% |
| Other | 56.7% |
As a versatile cloud-based platform, Google Cloud Backup and DR provides robust functionality for managing data across diverse environments. Users benefit from its powerful backup capabilities, allowing seamless data recovery and reduced operational impact. The platform supports hybrid deployments, efficiently handling data both on-premises and in the cloud. Its intuitive management interface and advanced security features ensure data reliability and compliance.
What are the key features of Google Cloud Backup and DR?Google Cloud Backup and DR is leveraged by industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail to meet specific regulatory and operational requirements. In healthcare, it ensures the secure management of patient data while supporting compliance with health regulations. Retailers use it for seamless continuity in operations, preventing data loss during peak shopping periods.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| BI Project Manager/ Scrum Master at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees | 3.0 | Actifio Enterprise, now part of Google Cloud, is a reliable backup and disaster recovery tool mainly for Google Cloud workloads. Its features like instant backups and object storage are valuable, though support for other clouds is needed. |
| Regional Director at Global E-Director | 5.0 | As a consultant, I rate this enterprise copy data virtualization solution 10/10. It offers immediate recovery and strong scalability, though tape backup is missing. Setup is simple, and it provides excellent value. |
This is a backup tool that has been acquired by Google. Now, it is part of Google Cloud service.
This is for backup and disaster recovery purposes. This is mainly for workloads that are on Google Cloud, like virtual machines or databases which are on Google Cloud.
I am part of the team that is delivering solutions based on Actifio. I do design plans and implement them for other customers who buy Actifio. It's hard to answer this question as I don't use it as a product as such; I do the design and implementation for others.
There are quite a few features that I appreciate.
Instant backups and object storage are very useful.
It can integrate with cyber recovery solutions and is very efficient in terms of space. This is useful when dealing with backups for very large databases.
It supports database refresh activities very efficiently.
The product is easy to set up.
It's pretty stable.
Technical support is good.
As of now, it's predominantly meant for Google Cloud. It would be good if it could be extended to other clouds as well.
We'd like to have the ability to have backups of our on-prem workloads and also be able to have it integrate with cybersecurity solutions.
I've been using the solution for two years.
I'd rate the stability seven out of ten. The stability is good.
I'd rate the scalability seven out of ten. It's pretty scalable.
It's not multi-cloud, so that's the one area of limitation. The scalability is limited. It is like pay-as-you-go. You deploy more and more backup plans to protect more data.
Google support is good. They are skilled in bringing the resolution or providing any custom hot fix or custom modification required.
Positive
I used to work with Dell. I changed companies, and this company uses Actifio.
The initial setup is straightforward. I'd rate the experience eight out of ten.
Time-wise, maybe within a couple of hours, everything should be up and running.
You need to have good planning to have network communication between your VPCs where your workloads reside and where your backup appliance resides. Good planning is required connectivity-wise. In terms of authentication, you need to plan what level of authentication is required for what level of users. These are the two main things that need to be taken care of at the outset.
From the integrator side, one guy should be enough to deploy the product.
Once it is operational and handed over, it's up to the customer to handle the product, to maintain the product.
I am playing the role of integrator for Google. I handle the initial setup.
For the clients, there is definitely an ROI. You don't need a dedicated backup administrator anymore to perform your backups, for example. The application owner can do the backups and change the backup schedules or do the restore activity. Unlike traditional backup products, they need an intervention of a backup administrator to perform these activities. This solution can speed up internal processes and also eliminate the need for a backup administrator.
It's on-demand pricing; pay as you go. It's billing on your Google Cloud. At the end of the month, you get a certain bill amount for what you have consumed. There are no extra costs or fees involved.
I'd rate the solution six out of ten in terms of affordability. The pricing isn't too bad.
We have a partnership with Google. Google has outsourced the professional services optimization of this solution to us. Whenever they do any deal with the customer, they outsource us. They outsource the design and deployment activities to our company.
If the customer is predominantly on Google Cloud. This is the best backup solution since it is integrated as a service within the Google Cloud. More and more developments are in the pipeline for product enhancements. Therefore, it should be a good bet for customers who are predominantly using Google Cloud.
I'd rate the solution six out of ten.
Our primary use case of this solution is for copy data virtualization. It's a solution that's most suitable to enterprise size organizations. I'm the regional director and we are consultants and resellers of this solution.
Immediate recovery and data virtualization are good features. Data is available in minutes, terabytes of data in minutes.
Backup to tapes is still in demand and it's not supported. It's something that customers are demanding from us.
I've been using this solution for three years.
The solution is very stable, very robust.
The solution is very scalable. We have four or five of our enterprise customers using it already. It's a new product and we're pushing it. It takes time.
The technical support has been good. They're very prompt and available.
The initial setup is very simple. One or two days and it's up and running
Actifio is not very expensive, but it's not cheap. Based on the features it provides value for money.
I would definitely recommend this product for customers who have big databases, big data, and lots of developers. It saves space, time, and it gives you scalability.
I would rate this solution a 10 out of 10.
