Spiceheads,
I am looking for alternatives to Acronis to back up 6 servers (4 physical and 2 virtual) to a QNAP NAS device.
I currently pay yearly fees (about $800) to keep Acronis Backup and Restore v11.5 going on 6 physical servers. Due to changes both in my environment and their product line, I figured it's time to see what else is available for backup.
Why? I don't like Acronis tech support, and have had too many occasions to call them for help with their products.
Environment is (4) Win2008 physical servers and (2) 2012 virtuals on Hyper-V. Buying a new QNAP 4-drive NAS. I need bare metal restore capabilities, system state, (1) SQL Server database instance, Active Directory, and of course my Spiceworks database :-). I do not have Exchange. I'd like it to cost under $1000 for all of this (educational pricing if available), or at least...