Red Gate SQL Backup Pro and HyperBac for SQL Server comparison profile

SQL Server professionals working in database administration understand the importance of protecting their organization's data with frequent SQL Server backups. Third-party SQL Server backup tools can help professionals save time, effort, and cost when backing up their SQL Server data. Tools, such as SQL Backup Pro and HyperBac for SQL Server, offer increases in backup and recovery speed and a reduction in storage and bandwidth costs. This means that a return on investment is achieved very quickly.

We also know that databases are deployed into many different infrastructures, and DBAs' requirements for centralized management and ease-of use for third-party backup tools can vary. One of the aims of Red Gate's acquisition of HyperBac is to offer customers the ease and flexibility to deploy the best solution for their needs. In the long term, HyperBac for SQL Server will be integrated into the Red Gate website. We hope this will make it simple for customers to come to one place to find out which tool, or a combination of the two, is best suited to their needs.

HyperBac for SQL Server and SQL Backup Pro can both compress SQL Server database backups by up to 95%. Both products also offer protection for sensitive data with up to 256-bit AES encryption.

What are the strengths of each?

SQL Backup Pro HyperBac for SQL Server
  • Manage your backup and restore operations from an intuitive user interface that includes Timeline Monitoring, an interactive, color-coded timeline for fast visualization and editing of past, current and future activities.  Identify potential job clashes before they arise. User-friendly wizards guide you through set-up for backup scheduling and more.
  • Protect backup activities against network outages, using network resilience and "self-healing"™ log shipping.
  • Keep informed of the status of backup activities: enterprise and server level reporting, email notification.
  • Features to speed up and strengthen backup and restore activities include: multiple threads, automatic check for orphaned users, intelligent restore, and more.
  • Use your experience with native SQL Server backup commands to set up backup jobs with HyperBac for SQL Server. This also means HyperBac for SQL Server integrates easily with an existing native backup infrastructure including SQL Server Database Maintenance Plans and native SQL Server Transaction Log Shipping.
  • Zero-touch deployment means no  hooks or stored procedures are installed into SQL Server. This can be useful if you want to minimize machine resource usage during a short backup window.
  • Compress logical operations such as bcp, DTS, SSIS/ETL.
  • Optionally compress using the industry-standard ZIP format. This means restore-only operations do not need to be licensed.

What else is useful to consider?

SQL Backup Pro is powerful in situations where an end-to-end solution is important, offering ease of use, powerful job management, network resilience and self-healing log shipping. These features are coupled with intuitive job monitoring, scheduling and reporting, making SQL Backup Pro a complete package for DBAs who want ongoing, easy supervision and administration of backup activities.

HyperBac for SQL Server is powerful for situations where DBAs want to manage their backups with existing native SQL Server maintenance plans, and who simply wish to add backup compression to their SQL Server environment. Deployments to large numbers of servers is easy, because HyperBac for SQL Server requires no modification to SQL Server itself. Additionally, in environments using DTS and ETL, HyperBac for SQL Server can extend the speed and storage benefits of compression to these processes.

Both HyperBac for SQL Server and SQL Backup Pro are award-winning third-party backup tools for SQL Server, with established reputations in the SQL Server industry for stability, ease-of-use and innovation. Using both tools in combination in an environment with varying requirements is a compelling option for database administration professionals who value flexibility.

How to benefit now from the complementary approaches that HyperBac for SQL Server and Red Gate SQL Backup offer?

Information for HyperBac for SQL Server and Red Gate SQL Backup Pro is available on different websites in the short term, but you can purchase both tools easily, using a single point of contact. Please email us or call us on +44 (0)1223 437 907.

Any questions?

Finding the best solution for you is important. Red Gate's sales team is here to guide you through this choice. Red Gate's acquisition of HyperBac Technologies means we're in a great position to help you get the best out of compressed backups, whatever your environment.

For any questions, please email us or call us on +44 (0)1223 437 907.

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