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."It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."
"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"Dell Avamar has a push upgrade feature that lets you simultaneously push updates to thousands of clients. I also found the self-service part of Dell Avamar helpful."
"It's a good solution."
"We have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"One nice feature with Backup Exec is mainly that disaster can happen to any server and the disk image can be destroyed very easily. It's also easy to fully email the backup image and restore the server."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"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."
"I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms."
"The solution should improve its tape-connectivity features."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"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 pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"Currently, the solution does not have the capability to restore a single mailbox, so you lose a lot of time having to restore for example ten mailboxes just to recover one."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"If you keep it for too long and the catalog gets really big, the application tends to move slowly."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, 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, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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