We use N2WS Backup & Recovery for backing up EC2 instances.
N2WS Backup & Recovery for AWS Advanced Edition
N2W Software | 4.4.0Linux/Unix, Ubuntu 22.04 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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N2WS for the win
A solid platform that gives lots of flexibility to the customer for their DRAS and backup solution. I appreciate N2WS for include a resource control group to control EC start/stop. This helps the business financially. I appreciate the scheduling option and the automated restore option to test backups. The only criticism is lack of training in the platform. The video's exist, but it would be helpful to have quarterly business reviews to make sure all customers understand the platform and fully understand how to automate backups.
A highly stable and easy-to-use solution that can be used for backing up EC2 instances
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
N2WS Backup & Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances. Since it's deployed on AWS, it's very easy to use and gives multiple reporting features.
What needs improvement?
N2WS Backup & Recovery efficiently takes cloud backups on EC2 instances. The solution has the option to take backup on-prem servers, but it's not very efficient.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using N2WS Backup & Recovery for more than six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
N2WS Backup & Recovery is a very stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
N2WS Backup & Recovery is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
We have contacted the solution's technical support team, who are very helpful and help us solve our issues. If there are any product issues, they involve the development team to sort that out.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
N2WS Backup & Recovery's initial setup is easy.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend N2WS Backup & Recovery to other users.
Overall, I rate N2WS Backup & Recovery a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Easy to use and setup
What is most valuable?
One valuable feature is the easy-to-use GUI.
What needs improvement?
There is room for improvement in stability.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for a few months. We currently use the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support of N2WS has an amazing team. They are prompt in closing out issues and are responsive to emails.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy.
What about the implementation team?
We have received help from the team of N2WS. The enterprise team told me how to go forward with the setup.
For maintenance, only one person is enough because basic algorithm, you can work with it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I used the free version. I don't have much experience with the paid version. But I'm trying to compare the pricing between different options.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We're currently exploring our options. We are comparing N2WS Backup & Recovery with antivirus and Veeam. So, I'm trying to compare the features of the software.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I would recommend staying in contact with N2WS's team for help.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Easy and powerful backup and DR
Such a lifesaver, simplifies backup/DR and saves us a TON of money. I can't recommend this enough! N2WS team is incredibly helpful to get you off the ground and support you when you have questions.
An essential product to protect AWS resources. Love it!
What do you like best about the product?
In just minutes, you can protect, improve, and save money on your AWS workloads.
You can manage a lot of AWS accounts efficiently without losing visibility of their protected resources.
Great product!
You can manage a lot of AWS accounts efficiently without losing visibility of their protected resources.
Great product!
What do you dislike about the product?
Some updates require to launch a new instance to keep the CPM updated. If you are obsessed with security, you need to know that you´ll need a third party IDP compatible with SAML 2.0 to enable double authentication to your CPM users. Unfortunately, you can't protect your root account with this because of a limitation on the CPM side. Rotate root passwords are the only way to prevent unauthorized access. N2WS is a great team that is keeping the solution updated with new features very often to be one of the best AWS backup and recovery software, so I'm completely sure that they will improve or implement a solution to improve it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
N2WS CPM allows us to manage a large amount of AWS accounts efficiently from one console without losing visibility of their protected resources. It was a must.
We saved time and resources deploying the CPM. We have a clear image of how backup and recovery are implemented in our organization. Our customers are using the CPM as a SaaS, and we got good feedback from them, especially, after the last CPM release (3.1)
We saved time and resources deploying the CPM. We have a clear image of how backup and recovery are implemented in our organization. Our customers are using the CPM as a SaaS, and we got good feedback from them, especially, after the last CPM release (3.1)
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for the best suite to protect your AWS workloads, N2WS CPM is your product.
N2WS Review
What do you like best about the product?
How quick you can backup and recover the data in AWS and compatibility with AWS S3 an Glacier
What do you dislike about the product?
individual item level recovery is not available for application items such as Microsoft Active Directory, SharePoint, SQL Servers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
N2WS directly integrates with AWS and doesn't require agents to take backup. Also, you can directly backup to S3 and Glacier which is not available with other systems.
N2WS Backup - Highly Recommended
What do you like best about the product?
Works well, good interface, good service
What do you dislike about the product?
Daily summary should show most recent 1st
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
N2WS makes backups much easier than using the AWS snapshots manually - much more automated with reports and a daily summary of jobs. Good granular scheduling. VPC backups are great. Can send snapshots to another account or region.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
This should be one of your top choices for cloud backups.
Excellent AWS backup solution
What do you like best about the product?
The easy of use and the speed performing backups.
What do you dislike about the product?
Maybe is a little expensive, but it is a lifeguard for our systems.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Backup speed, recovery scenarios
Extremely satisfied with N2WS
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to send backup directly to S3 to save money, with the new version 3.1, we don't even need to store snapshot, they are sent directly to S3.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes we need to recreate the N2WS instance to upgrade the product, the operation is fast but as we are on a production environment, it's difficult to have time to upgrade the product between 2 backup.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The possibility to recover any files directly from a snapshot without the need to recreate a volume. Then the capability too send backup to S3 with licecycle management is great, we send backup to S3 Standard, then S3 IA, and S3 Glacier.
Swiss Army Knife of AWS backups
What do you like best about the product?
N2WS uses the excellent AWS snapshot technology as a foundation, but adds a lot of features that are not present in the native AWS Backup service.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be seen as an advantage at the same time, in a sense that you control the software and where it runs, but it would be helpful if this were a SaaS service.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As an MSP, we like the multi-tenancy. But it also adds support for cross account and cross region backups, application consistent backups, dry run restore tests and much more.
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