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Symantec System Recovery 2011 vs. Acronis
Backup and Recovery 10
Overview of Competitor Product
Acronis® Backup & Recovery
TM
10 is the next generation disaster recovery
product family, succeeding the Acronis® True Image product line. It is
designed to provide centralized management of all workstation and
server backup and disaster recovery activities in Windows and Linux
environments. New in Backup and Recovery 10, is a deduplication option.
Quick Comparison
Symantec System Recovery 2011 is a disk-based system recovery solution that enables you to restore complete
Windows and Linux systems in minutes, not hours or days. Symantec System Recovery 2011 handles dissimilar
hardware, virtual environments (including VMware ESX and vSphere), Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer 5.x and
remote, unattended locations. New functionality provides automated physical to virtual conversions for immediate
system recovery.
To enhance disaster recovery efforts, Symantec System Recovery 2011 includes flexible offsite protection to an FTP
location or secondary disk. With Granular Restore functionality, customers can quickly recover individual Exchange
messages, SharePoint documents, or files and folders from a single, simple to use interface. Additional capabilities
include support for the complete Microsoft Windows Server 2008 portfolio, Windows 7 and proactive, automatic
integration with Symantec security and systems management solutions.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 is similar to Symantec System Recovery 2011 in regards to look, functionality, feature
placement, naming, graphics, and even pricing. However, with the 2011 release of Symantec System Recovery,
Symantec offers a solution with greater overall value than Acronis.
Key Symantec System Recovery 2011 Differentiators
Differentiators
Business Benefit Acronis Claims & Symantec Response
Granular application restore Faster recovery of
business critical
information without
having to perform a full
server recovery
Acronis Claim:
True Image Echo Enterprise Server can recover individual
files or folders as well as Exchange emails with the Acronis
Recovery for Microsoft Exchange (ARME) add-on application,
which is available at an additional cost.
Symantec Response:
Acronis' ARME application only recovers Exchange (not
SharePoint) and also requires a second backup. ARME can
provide near continuous protection of Exchange similar to
the Continuous Protection Server component of Backup
Exec. However, Symantec System Recovery can recover
individual files and folders as well as Exchange emails and
SharePoint Server documents from a single image-based
backup, with Granular Restore functionality that is now
included in the core product at no additional charge. Both
products can recover regular files and folders as part of the
base product functionality.
Symantec Recovery Disk
(SRD) ships with the product
Ready for recovery right
out of the box
Acronis Claim:
Acronis has the ability to create customized bootable
recovery media.
Symantec Response:
Symantec System Recovery's SRD is customizable as well.
However, the real benefit is having one readily available as
soon as you receive the product. There is no need to
manually create one in case of a disaster. With Acronis,
several tools and third party applications must be
downloaded to compile the bootable recovery media.
Date Created March, 2011