We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar 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 product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."
"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."
"It's a good solution."
"So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"IDPA's best feature is Turbo Boost Technology. The compression and duplication features are excellent, too."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."
"The most valuable feature is the deduplication rate."
"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."
"It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."
"In my opinion, the user interface and the user friendliness could be improved. The specific thing I have in mind are the graphics, which are not quite user-friendly."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 12 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". 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 Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud and Veritas NetBackup. See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) report.
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