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StorageCraft ShadowProtect

Fast and reliable image-based backup

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Overview

What StorageCraft ShadowProtect does

StorageCraft ShadowProtect delivers fast, reliable image-based backup for Windows and Linux systems. It provides bare metal recovery, VirtualBoot instant virtualization, and flexible recovery options for physical and virtual environments.

What people use it for

  • Image based backup and bare metal recovery of Windows and Linux servers
  • MSPs protecting client Hyper-V hosts and workloads from one console

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Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about StorageCraft ShadowProtect.

  • Host-based backup requires Windows Server 2016 or above on the Hyper-V host, and desktop, client and Pro editions are not supported
  • Host-based and agent-based backup are mutually exclusive installation modes in ShadowProtect 8.0; one machine cannot run both
  • Switching from agent-based to host-based requires a clean reinstall rather than an in-place upgrade
  • Host-based backups are not compatible with VirtualBoot
  • Granular file and folder recovery is not available for host-based backups; the whole backup must be restored to a .vhd or .vhdx first
  • Host-based backup jobs do not report status to ShadowControl
  • Advanced Verification in ImageManager 8.1 is not supported for host-based backups
  • All host-based backups go into a single folder by default, so separating them per VM means creating a separate backup job for each
  • Host-based licence keys are generated only through the Arcserve MSP portal

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Pricing

What StorageCraft ShadowProtect costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

ShadowProtect SPX

$15 /mo

  • Image-based backup
  • VirtualBoot
  • Bare metal recovery

Capabilities

Features

  • Image-based backup

    Image-based backup capability

  • VirtualBoot

    VirtualBoot capability

  • Bare metal recovery

    Bare metal recovery capability

  • Hardware-independent restore

    Hardware-independent restore capability

  • Incremental imaging

    Incremental imaging capability

  • ShadowStream replication

    ShadowStream replication capability

  • VMware

    Integration with VMware

  • Hyper-V

    Integration with Hyper-V

  • Windows Server

    Integration with Windows Server

  • Linux Server

    Integration with Linux Server

  • Windows support

    Available on windows

  • Linux support

    Available on linux

Behind it

Who makes StorageCraft ShadowProtect

Company
StorageCraft (Arcserve)
Based in
Draper, Utah
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