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PROS

BDRShield offers exceptional compression, significantly reducing backup sizes, especially for large datasets like SQL databases.
The software provides quick backup and restoration capabilities, including point-in-time restores, which save time and enhance data management efficiency.
With its ability to handle Hyper-V and VMware backups efficiently, BDRShield demonstrates versatility across different virtual environments.
The scalability and ease of adding new servers highlight BDRShield's adaptability to various business needs, ensuring continuity and growth.
BDRShield's disaster recovery features are highly valued, allowing users to restore data across different environments efficiently and reliably.

CONS

There are issues with setup, causing corrupted virtual machines and backup failure, making the system counterproductive in large environments.
There is no volume licensing discount for managed IT service providers, and partner incentives are lacking.
Technical support is slow and lacks adequate phone support, requiring remote access that raises security concerns.
There is a fundamental flaw in backup scheduling and the current incremental backup structure lacks flexibility.
BDRShield's dependency on an internet connection is a disadvantage, especially during outages, stopping its functionality after a few days.
 

BDRShield Pros review quotes

Thomas Roes - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Switact
Aug 21, 2025
The features I find most valuable are ease of backup, ease of restore, the full restore, just getting some data out of a backup server or even the applications that are in the server, going through the database or going to Exchange.
Redha Benlaksira - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Sales Director (Owner) at HSR IT Services SARL
Aug 28, 2024
BDRSuite is better than competing solutions because it can protect, back up, and recover data. A feature called live migration allows you to recover the same data in different environments. For example, I can back up the data from a VMware machine and restore it to a Hyper-V.
KW
Owner \ CTO at GREG PAULINO AND ASSOCIATES
May 31, 2024
While BDRSuite offers a variety of functionalities, our primary focus is its disaster recovery capabilities, which we find to be the most valuable aspect of the software.
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TA
IT Director at Boom Logic
Jan 26, 2024
I like the fact that BDRSuite can connect to VMware ESXi and automatically pull the virtual machines that I have in that environment. I also like that you can choose to back up the compute to the backup server or go straight to the cloud.
reviewer2399985 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a hospitality company with 11-50 employees
May 10, 2024
The smooth implementation is the most valuable aspect of BDRSuite.
JD
Director of IT at MTSI, Inc.
Aug 17, 2023
The most valuable feature is its ability to copy quickly. We have about 12 terabytes, and trying to copy that volume size through the file structure would take a week. BDRSuite has a different approach to copying and is much faster.
reviewer2174640 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a non-tech company with 1-10 employees
May 2, 2023
Adding and removing backup jobs using BDRSuite is easy and also includes great documentation.
NJ
Owner at DataMate
Jul 17, 2023
Vembu provides us with a way to instantly recover data. It offers instant data recovery through a local backup server deployed at the customer's site. We can quickly recover data either by copying it back to the main server or if the backup server is powerful enough, we can also directly start a virtual machine from the backup.
Adrian Vergin - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Consultant at TCM Solutions
May 17, 2023
The main benefit is that it's inexpensive. We get a lot for a little bit of money. I'm very happy with the savings and with the features. It allows me to do everything I need.
Anand Davda - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Red Chip Solutions
Jan 24, 2024
The best part of BDRSuite is how user-friendly it is and how it does not require any maintenance after the initial setup.
 

BDRShield Cons review quotes

Thomas Roes - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Switact
Aug 21, 2025
With the new VMware licensing issues and price concerns, we are switching to the backup from within the virtual machine. This gives us fewer options, but it is necessary.
Redha Benlaksira - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Sales Director (Owner) at HSR IT Services SARL
Aug 28, 2024
I had a small problem integrating VMware and Hyper-V when customers used a free VMware license to create VMs. This is a problem because many customers use the free version of VMware. There are also some issues backing up old systems. They have a little difficulty but can always get strong support from customer service.
KW
Owner \ CTO at GREG PAULINO AND ASSOCIATES
May 31, 2024
Our initial experience with BDRSuite highlighted the need for improved user onboarding materials.
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TA
IT Director at Boom Logic
Jan 26, 2024
I don't know if it exists, but it would be helpful to get email notifications when there are issues with the backup. I'm sure it probably exists, but I just don't know how to do it. They also have an Azure proxy feature where you can restore to Azure. It's not really well documented. I think they should document how to do that a little better.
reviewer2399985 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a hospitality company with 11-50 employees
May 10, 2024
Vembu's website doesn't clearly state that their software is designed for tape libraries, not standalone drives.
JD
Director of IT at MTSI, Inc.
Aug 17, 2023
For the more sophisticated backups that do not have a set backup process, procedures that are outside of the norm, it would be nice if we had more control and did not have to use their technical support. While they're very responsive and have always come through in a reasonable time frame, we would like to be able to manage everything on our own.
reviewer2174640 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a non-tech company with 1-10 employees
May 2, 2023
The product is co-branded, not white-labeled.
NJ
Owner at DataMate
Jul 17, 2023
The API uses a common data image to store the data for the sets, but unfortunately, it's limited to consecutive sets only. That's the only limitation I have observed so far.
Adrian Vergin - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Consultant at TCM Solutions
May 17, 2023
The interface could be better because I have to fumble around to find things. I can't just sit down at the terminal and know exactly what to do. It could be just me, but I have used a number of different backup products, and I found them simpler. However, its features are very good, so I don't mind sacrificing a bit of extra time to do what I need.
Anand Davda - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Red Chip Solutions
Jan 24, 2024
The initial setup process can be more simplistic and quicker.