We performed a comparison between Veritas NetBackup and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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."It is essential. We can't do without it."
"The most valuable features are the VMware VADP backups and the support for data domains."
"The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed."
"The solution is stable."
"It saves time for the backup needs of our organization."
"I like that it's enterprise-capable. It can handle multiple operating systems. It can handle multiple database types. It can handle a lot of different backup use cases. It's flexible."
"If you are running on a legacy tape environment NetBackup is best."
"The client side deduplication reduces the backup window."
"The intelligent policies feature is used in order to protect the VMware infrastructure. One of the things that makes a big difference for our company is the usage of these intelligence policies. The system automatically provides extra protection for any VMware server application or service. From a backup administrator's point of view, this is what we call peace of mind. It reduces the workload and therefore reduces resources needed from the company."
"We rarely need their help. I would give their technical support an 8.5 out of ten. We are satisfied."
"We can add multiple appliances to the product."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"Compared to a homemade installation, this appliance is very stable."
"The solution is very stable...The solution is very scalable."
"Installing this solution is very simple and takes perhaps five or ten minutes."
"We have good data backup coverage."
"The solution costs too much."
"They need to improve their support. In the beginning, their engineers had trouble understanding the issue we were presenting. It took a lot of conversations for them to start troubleshooting the problem."
"When the customer is using SaaS applications like Office 365, the integration falls short and needs to be improved."
"System administrators would be more efficient in NetBackup if the number of tools and command lines was reduced."
"You cannot tell what your costs are going to be by using the dashboard, which is something that should be improved."
"The restore tool is not friendly to newcomers."
"We have issues reaching them during some hours, and we need to escalate through several levels to get a resolution. Sometimes tickets stay open for days."
"Veritas could simplify the firmware recovery in terms of the deployed. The process shouldn't be dependent on the agents. It should be completely agentless."
"The only drawback for NetBackup, and of course for Veritas, is that they have stuck to the same environment and to the same UI - User Interface. This needs to be improved in future releases. It needs to be more dynamic."
"The desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace."
"It's an expensive solution."
"I would like the ability to recover a single folder within the backup of a virtual machine."
"The product must improve its recovery features."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"The upgrade process of the solution needs to be improved since it is extremely complicated, especially without the benefit of a support person who can guide one through it."
"They could simplify the process of installing, and provide more space for data during the process."
Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 47 reviews. Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Veritas NetBackup vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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