The comparison criteria that I made for the enterprise backup software towards the end of 2016 are as follows:
| Feature | |
| Capability | Can it back up its own deduplicated disk |
| has it DR active management server | |
| The difficulty of AlwaysON SQL Restore | |
| Reporting | |
| backup and restore the last full backup with the command | |
| Get VM backups with queries(Tag or cluster) | |
| Hardware requirements | |
| Configuring sysadmin user for AlwaysOn SQL | |
| Extra Properties: Disk to disk replication |
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| Complexity | Is interface user friendly |
| Is troubleshooting easy | |
| Are installation and upgrade easy | |
| User Authorization | |
| Security | Audit Logging |
| Do I need login to the client for MSSQL backup configurations? | |
| Do I need login to the client for MSSQL restore? | |
| Do I need login to the client for troubleshooting? | |
| Customer Support | Gartner Report |
| Vendor Support | |
| Local Support | |
| References | |

Ali YAZICI is a Senior IT Infrastructure Manager with 15+ years of enterprise experience. While a recognized expert in datacenter architecture, multi-cloud environments, storage, and advanced data protection and Commvault automation , his current focus is on next-generation datacenter technologies, including NVIDIA GPU architecture, high-performance server virtualization, and implementing AI-driven tools. He shares his practical, hands-on experience and combination of his personal field notes and “Expert-Driven AI.” he use AI tools as an assistant to structure drafts, which he then heavily edit, fact-check, and infuse with my own practical experience, original screenshots , and “in-the-trenches” insights that only a human expert can provide.
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