We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veritas NetBackup Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."
"Scheduling is valuable. It does a good job of backing up, and it does a good job of restoring. Nobody has got a problem with that. The agents are well supported."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"It's stable and offers good performance."
"So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is the duplication encryption standard feature."
"The solution has a very easy-to-navigate user interface."
"I have no stability issues to report...The initial setup is quite simple."
"The tool is easy to use, stable, and performs well, but it depends on the environment where it is deployed. It is leaning more toward huge enterprises where it is positioned. It needs to be as easy as others but addresses more complex requirements."
"The solution is useful for backups."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"There are a lot of new features that operate to protect the data from ransomware attacks. They launched the Veritas/Appliances to protect our data. Veritas has been doing its job well."
"We have good data backup coverage."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"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."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"When you get down to doing certain things, such as somebody wants a particular file restored, the process by which you do that is stupid. You kind of have to know exactly where to look for in order to find it. Even on older backup products that I've used, I didn't have that kind of problem. If we were looking for a file with a particular kind of a name, the solution would find that file anywhere irrespective of where it resides within the backup system. So, we didn't have to know the name of the specific server, the specific timeframe, almost all the characters of the file name, and all kinds of data in order to find a file. In Avamar, we got to know these details. We've gone around and around with them on that, and their attitude seems to be that it is working just fine. There is nothing for them to improve. The organizational system of other products that I'm working with, such as Zerto and Cohesity, seems to be centered around the tasks that you would most commonly do and want to do, as opposed to we've laid it out in a really neat technical hierarchy."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"I would like the ability to recover a single folder within the backup of a virtual machine."
"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."
"It would be a better solution if we were able to make more reports in regards to the backup system."
"I would like to see support for databases such as MySQL and MongoDB."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance needs to improve its security. It needs to ensure that it is 100 percent protected against cyberattacks."
"More licensing options could be introduced to the software. It is currently based on capacity only. Compared to competitors, it is difficult to position it economically everywhere. From the usability point of view, they are making many improvements on new interfaces, the SaaS offering, etc."
"The scalability isn't great. Every time you want to add storage, you can't just add a little bit, you need to add a lot."
"The technical support services could be better."
Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 47 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), 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 Avamar vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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