We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The possibility of recovering up-to-the-moment data is very useful."
"Good scalability and virtual environment protection."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Simple, stable and straightforward."
"Dell's technical support are quite helpful with straightforward issues."
"The solution is very user-friendly. After setting up five machines for our customers we teach them how to set up the agent and start doing their backups. It is very easy for them once they see how to do it, they like to do it on their own."
"The GUI is the best feature. It's very good and easy to use."
"It can support many different versions, both newer and older."
"IDPA's best feature is Turbo Boost Technology. The compression and duplication features are excellent, too."
"The product is integrated with Huawei software and its backup and recovery time is very fast."
"We don't need to manage different devices."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"Instead of four or five tools, consisting of backup software, storage where the backup resides, and a separate system for reporting and central monitoring, they all now come in the virtual edition for IDP."
"The solution is strong."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"Dell NetWorker could improve the GUI to include rack recovery."
"Its console UI should be better. It should also have more out-of-the-box reporting functionalities. It should also have easier cloud integration. They have got cloud boost and things like that, but if you want to directly back up to the cloud, I'm not too sure whether you can do it. For example, you can easily send data from Commvault to AWS, Azure, or a container, but it seems to be not so easy in NetWorker."
"The interface could have a different appearance."
"NetWorker sometimes has issues with the backup not starting and with connecting to the Oracle servers."
"NetWorker's major problem is its legacy software."
"They need more support for image backups."
"Could have a better recovery system."
"The process of upgrading versions should be improved because as it is now, you have to completely uninstall the old version first, and then install the new version."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."
"After resizing and compression, the system continuously runs out of space. Dell EMC doesn't do automatic cleanup or other things, so we constantly have to manually go in there or work with Dell support on this. The solution has not been working as advertised."
"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
"The solution's implementation was very complicated and could be improved."
"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 13 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) writes "The product comes bundled with a host of useful solutions that help one centralize their work". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup. See our Dell NetWorker vs. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) report.
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