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    ACRONIS BACKUP & RECOVERY 11 VS. SYMANTEC BACUPEXEC 2012 AND SSR2011 BATTLE CARD

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    The document compares Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 to Symantec Backup Exec 2012 and Symantec System Recovery 2011. It outlines the key advantages of Acronis including having a unified solution for imaging, bare metal recovery and data backup. It also details new features of Backup Exec 2012 and provides a feature comparison table between the products.

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    ABR11 Battle Card - Symantec Backup Exec 2012

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    ACRONIS BACKUP & RECOVERY 11 VS.

    SYMANTEC BACUPEXEC 2012 AND SSR2011

    BATTLE CARD
    Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 competes with two different products from Symantec. The products and are not integrated.
    Symantec Backup Exec 2012 a complex solution for backup and
    recovery of files and various applications. Does not have disk image
    backup to enable quick system-level recoveries

    Symantec System Recovery 2011 formally known as BESR. Provides


    imaging and BMR, including recovery to dissimilar hardware. Does
    not have data protection features such as catalog or tape support.

    Top Acronis Advantages


    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    One unified solution for imaging, bare metal recovery and data backup to save costs and reduce complexity
    One unified solution for Physical, Virtual and for Windows and Linux
    Most reliable, simple and intuitive solution which is core to Acronis customer needs
    Affordable centralized management starting from a few machines scaling up to thousands
    Gives SMBs a full range of best-of-breed disaster recovery and data protection functions usually found only in enterprise products
    see 2nd page for details

    New in Symantec Backup Exec 2012. BE2012 is a successor of BE2010R3 released in March 2012. Most important changes are:
    -

    New UI. Intended to streamline backups, it is actually getting severe criticism from its long-time customers.
    This UI change is a huge opportunity for competitive upgrade to ABR, because existing customers are frustrated and would need to learn
    a new UI anyway.
    Integrated BMR. New SDR feature allows recover server to the same or different hardware. However it is still file-based which is known to
    be slow and error-prone.
    Converting to virtual machine. Converts a backup to a stand-by virtual machine. ABR already has this for a long time (and updates
    changes only, nor entire backup).
    Virtual Machine Auto Recovery. Integration with ApplicationHA 6.0 (separate purchase) to automatically restore a VMware VM in a
    case of failure.
    Deduplication for Linux. Previous deduplication was working on Windows only. Acronis de-dupe works for both Linux and Windows since
    it was introduced in ABR10.
    Discover unprotected data. Browsing network to discover servers and applications not backed up.
    Virtual Machine Validator. Validate recoverability of full VM backups
    Integration into vSphere. Monitoring and management of backup and recovery from vSphere.
    Notifications on e-mail. ABR has it for a long time already.
    Capacity licensing. Recommended for 18+ servers and 1000+ seats.
    New Small Business Edition. For up to three physical or Hyper-V servers and Microsoft applications. And Windows, not just SBS.

    Storage

    Data Protection

    Virtual

    Disaster Recovery

    Features Comparison

    Acronis Backup &


    Recovery 11

    Symantec System
    Recovery 2011

    Symantec Backup
    Exec 2012

    Disk image backup and bare-metal restore

    Recover Windows to dissimilar hardware or VM

    Recover Linux to dissimilar hardware or VM

    Acronis Secure Zone (special protected partition)

    Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (F11 boot)

    Guided disaster recovery plan

    Agent-less virtual machines backup and recovery

    LAN-free backup

    Instant Restore (stand-by VM)

    Files and applications backup and recovery

    Single-pass disk backup allows catalog search and


    recovery of both files and applications

    Backup catalog and search

    Staging and multi-destination backup

    Data deduplication

    Disk / network share

    Tape or tape autoloaders

    Cloud-based online storage

    3rd

    party

    Details for Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Strengths


    Compared to Symantec Backup Exec 2012

    Compared to Symantec System Recovery 2011

    1.

    Intuitive UI
    ABR offers an intuitive and easy-to-use console for remote and
    centralized management.
    BE2012 UI was redesigned to be resource-centric, and is a first version
    utilizing this approach leading to many issues and inconsistencies. Existing
    customers unhappy because they cannot do many things they used to.

    2.

    Image Backup
    Image backup is easier, faster, and much more reliable compared to
    Symantecs file backup approach

    3.

    Fast and reliable bare metal recovery


    Recovering a complete system through an Acronis backup image takes
    only minutes and is much more reliable compared to this file-based
    disaster recovery solution.

    4.

    More disaster recovery options


    Acronis core expertise is about disaster recovery, while BE2012 SDR is in a
    first version. ABR supports storing images in a protected Acronis Secure
    Zone, F11 boot, forcing drivers when restoring to dissimilar hardware and
    even image-based DR from tapes or cloud.

    5.

    Recovery to dissimilar hardware for Windows and Linux


    With Acronis Universal Restore, a backup image can be recovered to
    any available hardware both for Windows and Linux. BE2012 only
    support Windows.

    For Servers:
    1.
    Offsite backup to remote or cloud-based storage
    Automatic replication of backups to offsite storage such as central office
    or Acronis Online Storage.
    2.
    Staging backups to a lower cost storage
    Automatically delete older backups or move them to lower cost storage
    such as tape.
    3.
    Full Windows and Linux support with recovery to dissimilar hardware
    Includes these features not found in Symantec: GUI-controlled backup
    and recovery for both OSs ; incremental, differential backups; restores to
    dissimilar Windows and Linux hardware.
    4.
    Disaster recovery plan
    Automatically generated document includes detailed instructions for
    performing a recovery.
    5.
    Deduplication
    Deduplication for both image and file backups reduces storage
    requirements and network traffic.
    6.
    UEFI support
    Full support for both BIOS and UEFI systems.
    7.
    No reboot required during installation
    Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 without downtime.
    8.
    Acronis Active Restore
    Recover server in minutes while data loads in background.
    9.
    Tape and tape libraries support
    Store, replicate or stage backups directly to tape.
    10. Exclude files from backup
    Reduce image size by excluding unnecessary files from the image.

    6.

    Backup to the cloud


    Subscription-based Acronis Backup & Recovery Online allows storing
    backups in protected cloud-based storage. It can be used either
    separately or in combination with local backup. Symantec requires 3 rd
    party to store backups in a cloud.

    7.

    Restores V2P, V2V or P2V


    ABR can recover agent-less backup of a virtual machine to a physical
    machine, or to any other hypervisors. BE2012 can only recover similar
    backup to the same hypervisor.

    8.

    Optimized for D2D backup


    ABR was created as a disk-to-disk backup solution. BE supports backup to
    disk by emulating tape, which creates unnecessary complexities in
    configuration and dictates limitations.

    9.

    Disaster Recovery Plan automatically generated


    Includes detailed instructions that even a novice can use to perform a
    recovery.

    10.

    No reboot required during installation


    Unlike BE2012, ABR does not required reboot when installing an agent

    For Virtual environments


    1.
    Agentless backup and recovery of virtual machines
    Agent not required on each virtual machine: special ESX(i) or Hyper-V
    host agent handles these tasks for all VMs.
    2.
    Unlimited P2V, V2P and V2V migrations
    One virtual edition license allows unlimited VMs on a host and enables
    unlimited migrations to and from that host.
    3.
    Instant Restore
    Automatically convert images to stand-by virtual machines,
    preconfigured on VMware or Hyper-V server, ready to boot.
    4.
    SAN direct access and hot-plug
    Agentless backup lets agent access virtual machine files from SAN
    directly offloading traffic from LAN and production hosts.
    For Workstations
    1.
    No physical media required for recovery
    While Symantec requires booting from physical recovery media, Acronis
    users can recover using physical media or by pressing F11.
    2.
    Acronis Secure Zone
    Store backups in a special protected partition on a disk. SSR requires 2 nd
    HDD (such as USB) for users to perform backup.

    Details for Symantec High Impact Claims / Strengths and Acronis Response
    Claim / Feature
    New User Interface

    Integrated Bare Metal


    Recovery
    Single Pass Backup
    Change Block Tracking
    Support (CBT)
    Discovery of
    Unprotected Machines

    Symantec Backup Exec 2012


    BE 2012 has a redesigned resource-centric
    management console claimed to be easier that it
    was before.
    Simplified Disaster Recovery (SDR) allows booting
    from a media recover an entire server, possibly to
    dissimilar hardware.
    Single-pass backup of a virtual machine that allows
    recovering VM, files, applications or their items.
    Symantec supports CBT for Hyper-V.

    BE2012 can automatically discover unprotected


    data in the network.

    Acronis Response for Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Family


    Existing users of prior versions has aired their complaints in many forums. See
    http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/impressions-backupexec-2012.
    Ease-of-use is still our strongest competitive differentiator.
    Symantec follows Acronis path of being integrated DR and DP solution.
    Acronis approach to Disaster Recovery is image / snapshot based, whereas
    Symantecs approach to DR with BE2012 is file-based this makes it more
    difficult to configure, not very reliable and much slower.
    Even though backup is single-pass, Symantec requires installing and
    managing application agents inside virtual machines.
    This technology requires a driver that runs in background and records all
    changes. This driver impacts production UI. Even without CBT for Hyper-V
    Acronis can perform incremental backups very fast.
    Acronis recommends backing up entire machine using our image
    technology, reducing the possibility of omitting critical data from the backup.

    Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Pricing


    BE2012 is priced at $1,163 for management server, plus $695 per Windows machine ($1,163 for machine with apps); or $1,864 per virtual host
    BE2012 Small Business Edition (up to 3 machines) is priced at $1,163 per sever, plus $929 for an additional server.
    BE2012 V-Ray Edition is sold at $1,198 per 2-8 cores CPU or $2,136 per more than 8 cores CPU and includes agent-less backup for VMware or
    Hyper-V

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