Vinchin saves 4X backup time and simplifies operations for FunDot Technology

Growing popularity of virtualization infrastructures raises new demands that also relate to data backup solutions, while our solution is okay for the physical environment, it could not manage the virtual environment with the same efficiency. Therefore, we are searching for a solution that would meet both easy-to-use needs well as being able to effective and fast backup for large amount VMs. Finally Vinchin stands out!

Mr. Lee, IT Administrator

FunDot Technology

Business Challenge

FunDot technology Co., Ltd. (FunDot) is a team of top talents who share the same dream, and set a goal of fulfilling the information application about innovative ideas and life of LOHAS. FunDot established since 2010 in New Taipei City, Taiwan, China. With two sites in Taiwan, the forward-thinking and excellent service quality enable them to develop rapidly.

FunDot keeps the plain purpose of need in life and troubleshooting, the business areas involved are environmental information applications, engineering and technical consultants, visual communication design and marketing communication services, to provide customers with a one-stop full range of services.  

“With our previous backup product, we had to install agents on our Xenserver VMs, which means our IT team needs to install the same number of agents for those VMs when there are new added VM clusters to be protected, this was a time-consuming task. What made our IT team even more headache was the whole backup job management was complicated, while they are also not sure whether the data can be absolutely protected. So we figured that maybe it was time for us to look for a VM level backup solution with simplicity and high performance quality. ” says Mr. Lee.

Vinchin Solution

After testing the product during the trial period, Mr. Lee felt that Vinchin Backup & Recovery perfectly matched the criteria for their VM backup solution then was interesting in the price for the Enterprise edition. “To be honest, Vinchin Standard Edition has already made us satisfaction, take account of we may expand our sockets in the future and the available feature of Vinchin Backup & Recovery set at a reasonable price point also got us immediately excited, that is why we decided to start with Vinchin Backup & Recovery. Installing and configuring the product is simple and straightforward, while the web interface saves additional time in the administration.” Says Mr. Lee. 

“When I saw the Vinchin Web Console for the first time, I knew that the management would be extremely easy for me, as all configurations can be done on it and all Job progress, storage space and others are clear at a glance. Beyond that, for us Recovery strategy is one of the best features of Vinchin Backup & Recovery, because not only can we recover entire VMs instantly when disaster occurs, but we are also able to recover individual files from VM backups without restoring entire VM. When my co-workers require the recovery of specific files, they can simply select what they need on Vinchin Web Console, in just a couple of minutes the target files are recovered.” says Mr Lee.

"With Vinchin Backup & Recovery, we are definitely saving money because we are paying only one time and getting the entire set of features for permanent use. Moreover, the product has improved our team productivity. We now have time to focus on other things because Vinchin Backup & Recovery is reliable. When I contacted Vinchin team, they provide all aspects of related service to me, no matter in front of or behind the scenes they are still professional."Says Mr. Lee.

Result

After two weeks of testing, FunDot purchased Vinchin Backup & Recovery to protect their XenServer environment because of the product’s ease-of-use and reliable. “With Vinchin Backup & Recovery, we managed to improve our VM backup speed by 4X compared to our previous solution. I also had doubts regarding the safety of that data was backed up so fast with Vinchin backup product at the beginning, but we tested it for two weeks results it’s a really stable and reliable product. We got zero bug during our usage of Vinchin so far.” says Mr.Lee.