We performed a comparison between Dell Data Protection Advisor and Veeam Backup & Replication 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 generates very detailed reports, which makes things easier when it comes to IT auditing."
"This is a stable solution."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the compression and the duplication."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. Deployment typically takes about one hour. You just need one person to handle the deployment process."
"The solution is easy to use, flexible and has a lot of out-of-the-box functionality. You can configure the dashboards or you can use a script. However, to fully utilize its capabilities you will want to use a lot of scripts which you will need advanced training. The reports can be customized for many things, such as chargeback billing."
"It has a lot of stock reports. I believe over 300 canned reports, which for the most part meet a lot of generic needs."
"The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention."
"The reporting feature and the Dell's continuous improvement of the solution are the most valuable features. The solution not only supports Dell Power Products but also other products."
"Very user-friendly and easily recoverable."
"They provide good technical support and we are satisfied with the support we have received."
"This is easy to use with a simple restore feature."
"It is a good solution for backups and reporting."
"In Veeam backup, the most valuable feature for me is the recovery. It allows me to recover almost immediately while I continue fixing the problem of the affected machine."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to restore the VMs into a test environment."
"The setup was straightforward Veeam Backup Replication. NetBackup is a larger solution and takes more time to implement but Veeam Backup Replication takes approximately 40 days."
"It's not complex to replicate and back up the system."
"They should empower their customers with the ability to upgrade this solution as long as it's in the same major release."
"We have encountered issues where we were unable to pull data from the database server. It should also improve the backward compatibility."
"It is difficult to manage the solution with the available tools. You need to know exactly what are you are doing."
"Dell Data Protection Advisor's feature for data domain protection needs enhancement."
"The functionality of the Data Protection Advisor is limited and is something that is lacking in this solution. Other solutions like CloudIQ and DDMC provide a much better outlook on how data protection should be done."
"The solution requires more integration with our other solutions. I know that they have full integration with VMware because it is also from EMC. However, we have to have better integration with Microsoft and Nutanix as well."
"There is a steep learning curve to use the interface and to create new reports, this could be made easier. If the solution could provide more drag and drop functionality to build more advanced reports that would be very helpful."
"It's a bit difficult for first-time users."
"We would like to have the ability to perform more things on the web interface. The heavy client is still needed to perform advanced tasks."
"The replicating from Veeam Backup Replication to Azure cloud could be improved."
"If you upgrade too quickly, you may have issues."
"The documentation and communication could be better in Veeam Backup Replication."
"I don't see much room for improvement except that the price could be better."
"When in a domain, the virus can easily attack the Veeam server, something which happened to us."
"Occasionally, in the course of upgrading one's virtualization platform, the backup can be ruined."
"The integration with other solutions should be improved."
Dell Data Protection Advisor is ranked 53rd in Backup and Recovery with 10 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Dell Data Protection Advisor is rated 8.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell Data Protection Advisor writes "A Easy- to -Setup and Stable cloud-based Data management solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Dell Data Protection Advisor is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Cohesity DataProtect, Dell NetWorker and Rubrik, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our Dell Data Protection Advisor vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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