The NGbackup

Reiner Jung via Bacula-users <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Jul 2026 13:40:46 +0300
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Heitor,

It looks as if the only real selling point of your solution is that it is=
 written in Rust. Apart from that, if you take a closer look at what you =
are trying to sell here, it is just marketing fluff.

Let=E2=80=99s take ransomware detection as an example. It is more than do=
ubtful that what you are selling now is any different from what you alrea=
dy tried to market some time ago as PodHeitor. It was ineffective and poi=
ntless then, and nothing here suggests that has changed.

Your claim of deduplication with a 60x factor is highly questionable. I h=
ave no idea how you arrive at such numbers =E2=80=93 presumably under ide=
alized lab conditions with a carefully selected configuration that has li=
ttle to do with reality.

You also write:

=E2=80=9C=46rom the mainframe to Microsoft 365 in one place =E2=80=94 21 =
database, virtualization and cloud plugins.=E2=80=9D

I assume you do not have a mainframe at home, and it does not appear on y=
our actual plugin list either. This makes your marketing statement mislea=
ding at best. As PodHeitor there was ever SAP HANA. You never can provide=
 this as you must be a partner and you are not.

Your so=E2=80=91called =E2=80=9Chigh availability=E2=80=9D is no such thi=
ng; at most it is a simple failover where you copy files somewhere else u=
sing SCP/S=46TP. Architecturally, this is just wrong and falls far short =
of what real HA means in enterprise backup. Is this really automatic fail=
ure=3F Ask you AI, it is not.

Your entire solution looks just as fragile as your previous offerings tha=
t you kept promoting with bpipe and similar tools.

There is also no transparent price list, just a vague promise to be 50% c=
heaper than Veeam. Where are your actual prices=3F On your own site, you =
instead advertise discounts of =E2=80=9C=E2=89=A5 50% off your current Ve=
eam / Commvault / NetBackup contract,=E2=80=9D which raises even more que=
stions about how realistic and sustainable your pricing is.

Based on the documents you have published in the past, it is doubtful tha=
t you even fully understood what your AI-generated material is saying.

Most of the features you list here are not innovations at all but a cheap=
 copy of what you have simply recompiled or repackaged from Bacula Commun=
ity, which already offers many plugins and advanced backup functions in o=
pen source form.

The more interesting question is how you and your development team intend=
 to further develop Bacula Core itself, or whether you are once again jus=
t waiting for the next community release so you can copy new features int=
o your product.

Innovation does not come from copy and paste. It comes from original desi=
gn, real-world testing, and delivering value beyond what the community ha=
s already built.


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<div id=3D=22CanaryBody=22 dir=3D=22auto=22> <div>Heitor,<br><div><br></d=
iv><div>It looks as if the only real selling point of your solution is th=
at it is written in Rust. Apart from that, if you take a closer look at w=
hat you are trying to sell here, it is just marketing fluff.</div><div><b=
r></div><div>Let=E2=80=99s take ransomware detection as an example. It is=
 more than doubtful that what you are selling now is any different from w=
hat you already tried to market some time ago as PodHeitor. It was ineffe=
ctive and pointless then, and nothing here suggests that has changed.</di=
v><div><br></div><div>Your claim of deduplication with a 60x factor is hi=
ghly questionable. I have no idea how you arrive at such numbers =E2=80=93=
 presumably under idealized lab conditions with a carefully selected conf=
iguration that has little to do with reality.</div><div><br></div><div>Yo=
u also write:</div><div><br></div><div>=E2=80=9C=46rom the mainframe to M=
icrosoft 365 in one place =E2=80=94 21 database, virtualization and cloud=
 plugins.=E2=80=9D</div><div><br></div><div>I assume you do not have a ma=
inframe at home, and it does not appear on your actual plugin list either=
. This makes your marketing statement misleading at best. As PodHeitor th=
ere was ever SAP HANA. You never can provide this as you must be a partne=
r and you are not.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Your so=E2=80=91called =
=E2=80=9Chigh availability=E2=80=9D is no such thing; at most it is a sim=
ple failover where you copy files somewhere else using SCP/S=46TP. Archit=
ecturally, this is just wrong and falls far short of what real HA means i=
n enterprise backup. Is this really automatic failure=3F Ask you AI, it i=
s not.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Your entire solution looks just as =
fragile as your previous offerings that you kept promoting with bpipe and=
 similar tools.</div><div><br></div><div>There is also no transparent pri=
ce list, just a vague promise to be 50% cheaper than Veeam. Where are you=
r actual prices=3F On your own site, you instead advertise discounts of =E2=
=80=9C=E2=89=A5 50% off your current Veeam / Commvault / NetBackup contra=
ct,=E2=80=9D which raises even more questions about how realistic and sus=
tainable your pricing is.</div><div><br></div><div>Based on the documents=
 you have published in the past, it is doubtful that you even fully under=
stood what your AI-generated material is saying.</div><div><br></div><div=
>Most of the features you list here are not innovations at all but a chea=
p copy of what you have simply recompiled or repackaged from Bacula Commu=
nity, which already offers many plugins and advanced backup functions in =
open source form.</div><div><br></div><div>The more interesting question =
is how you and your development team intend to further develop Bacula Cor=
e itself, or whether you are once again just waiting for the next communi=
ty release so you can copy new features into your product.</div><div><br>=
</div><div>Innovation does not come from copy and paste. It comes from or=
iginal design, real-world testing, and delivering value beyond what the c=
ommunity has already built.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div> </div> </=
div> <div id=3D=22CanaryDropbox=22> </div> </body></html>
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