We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and NetApp FAS Series 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."Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."
"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."
"So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"The solution scales well."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"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."
"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"The bare-metal restores could be improved."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
Dell Avamar is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 96 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.8, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. 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 NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". 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 NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem. See our Dell Avamar vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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