We performed a comparison between Bacula Enterprise and Microsoft DPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"Bacula is pretty stable."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good."
"I like the core backup feature. I also like the file server backup feature. I find Microsoft DPM interesting because it has fantastic integration with Microsoft products. For example, in Exchange and SharePoint, DPM is excellent when it comes to backing up data. It also does a decent job with open-source products."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"I could back up all the stuff we had, even the VMs we have for Hyper V."
"The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."
"The problem lies with the 2019 version, it's the file system they’re using."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"The user interface can be improved quite a bit."
Bacula Enterprise is ranked 29th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Bacula Enterprise writes "Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, UrBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Commvault Cloud.
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