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."Avamar's source side deduplication is very strong, it can easily back up remote sites' data, and not much bandwidth is required on the Avamar side."
"It's stable and offers good performance."
"Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"We have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"We sell Avamar with Data Domain. Data Domain and Avamar work really well together and their compression ratios are very high compared to Veeam, Commvault, and all the other backup software on the market."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"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."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"The UI is quite old. We've been using this UI since last year, and they haven't changed it. It would be better to update the UI periodically and create attractive dashboards from an administrative point of view."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"The UI is not easy to use. There are other products such as Veeam that are easy to use for the end-user which is why they are moving away from Avamar or Networker."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"It is currently missing the dynamic backup feature for virtual machines, which is available in NetWorker. I can create politics in NetWorker to add virtual machines with specific tags, but I cannot do this in Backup Exec, which is a minus point for me. Currently, a user has to send a request to the Backup administrator to add a machine to the backup, but I should be able to create rules to automatically add a new machine to the backup. This kind of functionality is very important in current times, especially when we are using cloud solutions. I should be able to create more than one stream in a policy and specify how many streams I want to run in parallel in one policy. Currently, I have to manually create more policies to backup more than one virtual machine at the same time. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO)."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"The solution lacked local support, which became an issue for us and our customers. They needed to have more presence on the ground."
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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