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Metalogix Archive Manager

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What is Metalogix Archive Manager?

Quest Software now offers an enterprise information archiving (EIA) solution via their acquisition of the Metalogix solution suite in 2018. Metalogix Archive Manager, available in two editions (Archive Manager for Exchange, and Archive Manager for Files), support email archiving, and allows users to automatically archive, manage and secure an organization’s files, controlling how long messages are archived in accordance with industry, government and internal regulations.

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Metalogix Archive Manager is Awesome

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Richard GrayView profile
IT Manager in Information Technology at Mondiale Freight Services Ltd (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Email archiving and retrieval - leaves a stub in the users mailbox so they can still see and retrieve emails directly from their mail client.
  • Very little admin or maintenance required from IT.
  • PST Scavenging - MAM has a tool that will hun the network for rogue PSTs, and import same into MAM so the PST can be deleted.
  • The Metalogix team are one of the best support teams we've ever dealt with.
  • Prompt, knowledgeable and friendly.

Cons

  • Nothing comes to mind.

Return on Investment

  • MAM has enable us to tier our email storage intelligently between high speed SAN, Low Cost NAs and Amazon cloud.

Alternatives Considered

GFI

A great cost-effective archiving solution.

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Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Archive Manager is very reliable and only requires attention when updates are needed.
  • I am able to have different retention policies based on various criteria. Our Police department has different requirements and our Parks department so I am able to give them different policies. This saves a lot of storage an money as having to save all data the same length of time would be very expensive.
  • Archive Manager is very versatile. There are versions for Exchange, file storage, O365 and SharePoint.

Cons

  • Archive Manager has a very steep learning curve. In some areas it seems unnecessarily complicated. You can either spend a great deal of time reading the never ending documentation or pay for their installation services.
  • Metalogix was recently acquired by Quest. Since this transition, their support had greatly gone downhill. The last couple of times I have opened a ticket I have been asked for a service tag. Metalogix products do not have service tags and the front level techs seem to be unaware of this.

Return on Investment

  • Archive Manager has saved me from having to buy more expensive storage. I am able to save archived files to much less expensive hardware.
  • Exchange server performance is improved since messages are replaced by shortcuts resulting in much smaller databases.

Alternatives Considered

Veritas Enterprise Vault, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive and Barracuda Cloud Archive (formerly Sonian)

Other Software Used

HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches, Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection, LastPass for Business