We performed a comparison between Oracle Data Guard and Unitrends based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product."
"We chose this solution for the availability of the databases. We can't afford Oracle Grid, this is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive."
"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."
"The most valuable feature is the flashback standby, which allows us to test without scrapping the database."
"The solution can scale as needed."
"Backup and application continuity are most valuable."
"One of the most valuable features is real-time replication. The version we're using is reliable and easy to deploy."
"The most valuable aspect for me is undoubtedly the failover capability and the assurance of data safety provided by Oracle Data Guard."
"When I have had to use tech support, they've been very good."
"Stability-wise, I rate this solution a nine out of ten."
"What I found most valuable in Unitrends is its simple user interface. It also works reliably."
"I am impressed with the tool's reporting and UniView features."
"VM backup is much faster and more reliable, as I can test my backups with Data Copy Access jobs."
"The predictive analytics are great and the reporting is awesome."
"It is fairly stable."
"It's not easy to scale it."
"They may need to include the monitoring and the alerting part in Data Guard."
"The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. Another area of improvement is support."
"A significant improvement for Oracle Data Guard would be enabling the disaster recovery site to handle read and write operations, not just data storage."
"The predominant issue lies in the communication link between the secondary and primary databases."
"The database administration needs improvement. With Oracle, we have a lot of features for administrating data, but it might be too many. It needs to be simplified. It should be automated. Looking at Enterprise Manager, there are too many KPIs in place."
"The IP implementation and maintenance are a little bit hard to manage across Oracle solutions, including Oracle Data Guard."
"Oracle Data Guard is stable, but you need to keep monitoring the system all the time. You need to keep monitoring the archives."
"When the data replicates into the standby database there is a possibility of having a microsecond amount of data loss. The data loss occurs when there is a network disconnection between the primary and secondary standby database located in the data centers or if there is a crash in the primary database."
"It could be a little more customizable."
"There are a few quirks where the GUI, agent, and back-end are not precisely meshed."
"In terms of improvement, the UI, especially in the recovery section, is unclear about which repository it uses."
"It would be great to have the job throttle/limit the max number of backups on a single ESXi host."
"Comparing the features and the working pattern, definitely they have to come down on pricing if they want to compete in the market."
"Unitrends can be challenging to scale."
"No appliance update notifications."
"The solution’s UI can be improved. I am saying this because I have seen solutions with better UIs."
Oracle Data Guard is ranked 11th in Backup and Recovery with 31 reviews while Unitrends is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews. Oracle Data Guard is rated 8.4, while Unitrends is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Oracle Data Guard writes "Ensures our databases stay in sync between the main and disaster recovery sites". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". Oracle Data Guard is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, whereas Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Oracle Data Guard vs. Unitrends report.
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