We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker 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."The feature that offers the greatest benefits in ensuring data integrity is its backup capability."
"The GUI is the best feature. It's very good and easy to use."
"Dell NetWorker's user interface is quite simple and very interactive."
"The possibility of recovering up-to-the-moment data is very useful."
"When you reach out to your maximum license availability, or you exceed your license limit, NetWorker never stops doing your backups."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The most valuable feature of Dell NetWorker is its quick configuration and handling of large databases."
"The initial setup is very easy. It's incredibly fast."
"We can add multiple appliances to the product."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is information backup."
"If you use the NetBackup Appliance you do not need to have separate media servers and hardware. You can configure the same storage as a media server and master server as well as a storage port. This helps to reduce the hardware costs of the media server."
"The policy-based backup feature is very helpful."
"The solution is very scalable."
"The solution is very stable...The solution is very scalable."
"We have good data backup coverage."
"NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is the duplication encryption standard feature."
"The data storage capabilities should be improved."
"Lacks a restore feature."
"There are some limitations regarding scalability of the product."
"Reporting and support for this product need to be improved. There are multiple bugs that need to be fixed."
"There should be more vendors incorporated into the solution."
"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."
"I would like to see encryption included in the next release to encrypt the data that we are backing up."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"In terms of implementing the solution, it's quite technical. You need to be knowledgable in order to pull off a successful deployment."
"The technical support services could be better."
"The scalability could be improved."
"It's an expensive solution."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
"The NetBackup software is based on Red Hat Linux, but we should have multiple software options for that. We should have more OS options. Also, there are too many tools and intermediaries. Everything should be built into an all-in-one solution."
"The challenge arose due to a space issue. The issue was related to disk breaks, especially when power cuts occurred. One of the disks would break, leading to a loss of functionality."
"The installation is cumbersome."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 47 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and HPE StoreOnce. See our Dell NetWorker vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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