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."The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."
"We have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup."
"Dell EMC Avamar is easy to work with and is user-friendly."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"It works quickly and is very stable."
"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."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"Client deduplication."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"It is a good backup tool."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"It is very scalable, and that's its claim to fame, but that also makes it hard to make changes. Anytime there is a large piece of software, changing that piece of software is harder. You've got a larger install base, so you can't just rapidly change. We also use another product called Veeam, and it has this new feature called Continuous Data Protection, which basically lets you get very close to the way the system was in time. We have a system or two up there on which we have set 10 minutes Continuous Data Protection. So, we can roll it back to whatever it was 10 minutes ago, 20 minutes ago, or 30 minutes ago. This feature doesn't exist in Avamar Data Domain. That's the one feature I'd like to see first."
"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."
"The configuration and expansion aspects of the solution need improvement. They're complicated and don't really integrate well."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
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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