So how long does it take to get the restore started? Cemaphore systems has been doing better than this for a long time.

Who the hell uses Express?

Just wondering.

I used Netvault for about 3 years up to some 2 years ago. Version 7.1-7.3 if I recall correctly, on FreeBSD, various Windows servers, Linux, Solarisx86 and SolarisSPARC, all clients with the encryption plugin. It had many many issues. Plugins that worked on some platforms but not on others. Backups that didn't work for mysterious reasons. Installs that failed for equally mysterious reasons. Inadequate support. Reporting was a pain, and the stability of the product left much to be desired. You think it might have been me being totally inept at using the software but...there were others like me. The common opinion was that BakBone typically used us as bughunters.....

To up the joy they used normal server-based licensing for normal functions but client side modules like the encryption module required a specific client-bound license. Based on a machine_id which was based on a combination of host-id, ip address, mac address and some other stuff. Meaning that every time you changed an IP address of a host you'd have to change the license key. Rather....unpleasant as you'd have to wait for the BakBone license guys to give it to you.

Maybe that has changed these days but for some reason I'd only believe this 30 second restore when I see it, not when I read it. Especially the client-side licensing was a pain and as this feature requires a specific client-side plugin.....

Geez - this isn't anything new. FilesX was doing it long enough to be bought by IBM!!!