We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veritas Backup Exec 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."All the features in the system are highly valuable."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"I have found the product to be scalable."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"The solution is very stable."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"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."
"Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"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."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
Dell Avamar is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. 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 Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". 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 Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect and Commvault Cloud. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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