The initial setup is extremely easy. The deployment took half a day.

Considering my previous experience with other tools, the initial deployment was easy. It was not hard.

• Project Diversity and Frequency

We deploy at least one Arcserve UDP project a month here, and I do all the pre-sales work. We have various projects: full cloud projects (sometimes they work, sometimes not, depending on the client), full on-premises projects, hybrid projects, multi-site projects, multi-datacenter projects, and private cloud projects. 

We've had better experiences overall with the private cloud projects using Acronis. So, we have a little bit of everything here.

• In-House Deployment and Challenges

We deploy entirely in-house. We have a very competent team and skilled Arcserve specialists, so we don't usually require outside help. However, there was one case where we needed support because we didn't know the root of a problem during implementation. So, implementations can be rocky because the performance isn't always consistent with our sizing. 

In this specific case, the cloud hybrid solution wouldn't work at all, regardless of what we tried. The platform wouldn't connect to Amazon Web Services. 

We eventually asked for help, but even they couldn't resolve it. That project was suspended, and we had to change our approach since the service we were providing used a direct cloud backup method. Luckily, this was an isolated case, and usually, we keep everything in-house.

Overall, the deployment process requires around two to three people. 

Arcserve UDP is deployed on Windows machines, and during installation, it may crash, causing an impact on the servers. These factors may also contribute to an increase in installation time. The overall implementation was easier than other solutions.

The initial setup is not difficult, but we need hands-on experience to do it. We have a team that is pretty experienced on Arcserve. Our technical head and I have 30 years of experience in backup recovery with various companies. We understand the business pretty well. The setup is pretty straightforward for us.

If we have one server running Oracle or Microsoft SQL, or MySQL, we can deploy the product in two to three hours.

The solution’s initial setup is easy.

I rate Arcserve UDP a nine out of ten for the ease of its initial setup.

The initial setup is straightforward. All you need to do is protect the computer online and then the whole server, which you will save as the backup store after setting up the networking and the local admin, where ShadowProtect will use it virtually. After that, authenticate to the backup store, then install it.

The setup is not complex, but it could be better. Many organizations provide intuitive interfaces that are more friendlier. Some companies are on the cloud, but larger companies still have their servers on-premise. For newer applications, organizations move to the cloud.

Arcserve is a very easy solution to deploy because the infrastructure and UI are very user-friendly. It's very easy to deploy. If I remember correctly, I deployed the apps or solution across my new virtualized infrastructure in less than 30 minutes. It worked out of the box.

The initial setup of Arcserve UDP was simple. The process took approximately three hours.

I rate the setup of Arcserve UDP a four out of five.

I rate the product's initial setup phase an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup process, and ten is an easy setup phase. The product's setup phase is easy.

The initial setup is very easy. I'd rate the ease of implementation nine out of ten. You only need one person to deploy the solution. If you need to work on allocating data center appliances, two or three people might be needed. Technical knowledge of the solution and some knowledge of the data center equipment is necessary.

The product could be deployed in a day with the help of our company's technicians and our customers' resources.

The product's deployment process was straightforward.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

The installation part was quite good and straightforward, so it could be done in a day. The technicians involved in the installation of the product noticed the problem with the green lights in the tool, after which Arcserve's technician used to make our company's technicians sit and ask them to test this and that day in and day out, which wasn't a good process since it blocked the customer's time.

We can deploy the solution in a VMware environment within two to three days. However, a Microsoft hypervisor environment's deployment takes 15 days to complete. You need two resources to complete the process. 

The initial setup was complex, but with the help of our IT and engineering staff, it was quite straightforward. Compared to other solutions, the setup of Arcserve UDP is fast. Someone new to the solution can take tutorials and training.

The initial setup of the solution is very easy since it is easy to configure, making everything fine.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

The initial setup is simple. We used a third party for the implementation. 

It was pretty straightforward. It wasn't bad.

I simply buy their product and install it, typically for clients. 

The learning curve was about 10 years ago. 

I guess maybe at first, it was complex, as none of those products were really matured at the time. It was in its infancy.

The initial setup of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is simple and can be done in five minutes.

I rate the setup of StorageCraft ShadowProtect a five out of five.

This initial setup of this solution is straightforward. The deployment takes two days, maximum. One person can handle the deployment and maintenance.

Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly.

In the previous version, the initial setup required the installation of several tools in order to get things working properly. Many of those tools have been combined in the new versions.

The new version is supposedly easier to use, but there is still a lot of fine-tuning to be done, which they may have corrected by now.

The initial setup is easy; it wasn't complex. Deployment took about three hours. You just need one person for deployment and maintenance.

It was pretty straightforward. We've had it for a long time. It was set up a long time ago, and it has been migrated over the years. The person handling the backups has spent quite a few months fine-tuning it.

The initial setup was straightforward. It took around two or three hours. 

I was not involved with the initial setup of the solution, my manager was in charge of that for our organization.

I rate Arcserve UDP's installation an eight out of ten. The tool's deployment is not difficult if documentation is provided. For the inexperienced, the tool's deployment can take around 15-20 minutes to complete. 

The initial setup was not complex and was straightforward.

The initial setup was straightforward.

It has a very simple and straightforward setup.

No, very simple.

Yes, straightforward.

Simple.

Initial setup is a little complex but there are guides so it is manageable.

The setup is straightforward, and in less than three hours, I got the first backup running.