Barracuda Backup Pros and Cons

Easy to setup and install. The agent software can be pushed through command line to multiple servers. Replication can be controlled well and backup schedules are really simple. The restore options are great and they are always pushing new firmware. Comes with support for Kroll OnTrack so you can do file level Exchange restores. It does offer de-duplication, which can save on space. The agent is exchange aware and SQL aware so it can truncate logs for you Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can be slow to replicate even with fast internet. Backups, when they fail, often provides vague errors. Support is helpful though as they can see logs behind the scenes. Retention policy is often hard to understand and can lead to data not being available for restore. Restoring data is also slow, baremetal restores are very slow and almost not worth it. Restoring files from the cloud is also not fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Barracuda backup is easy to set up and use for Windows devices. The interface is clean and easy to navigate. Restores are easy and straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that there is not a native client for Mac machines. This leaves you having to configure the system manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The product is great for file system backups. It restores a file structure very quickly compared to others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have had issue when running backups on SQL servers. For the amount of time it was running users would receive timeouts when running queries on our website. We found that removing Barracuda from those servers and going with a different solution for those. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.