Unitrends asked me review their Enterprise Backup software appliance. As I like to review a lot of different backup software I agreed. I first took a look at the differences per version here and downloaded the software:
- FREE: http://www.unitrends.com/unitrends-enterprise-backup/free-version
Up to 4 VM’s protected for FREE forever - TRIAL: http://www.unitrends.com/unitrends-enterprise-backup/30-day-trial?src=free
Fully functional 30-day version – no limits - NFR: http://www.unitrends.com/unitrends-enterprise-backup/nfr-version
1-year license for VMware and MSFT certified professionals
– Includes license for protecting
– 2 sockets
– 2 application-enabled servers
– Renewable for free after 1 year with current certification credentials All editions are available in either VMware or Hyper-V deployable format.
The following requirements must be met before deploying on ESX or ESXi:
- You need to have ESX/ESXi 4.1 update 1 or ESXi 5.0 update 1 (ESX5.1 is not yet supported, but will be released soon)
- ESX host must be 64‐bit
- vSphere client or vCenter server administrative interface
- 2 virtual processors and 4 GB of RAM allocated to the target virtual machine
- 100 GB of provisioned space must be available on the target hard drive. Use thick provisioning for best performance.