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."It's a good solution."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"I found the most valuable features of Dell Avamar are the user-friendly interface and ease to use. Our clients have administrated this software and there is no additional training required."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"The most valuable feature of Avamar would have to be the way it works over needing very little bandwidth to move data across a WAN or LAN."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"It works quickly and is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"The strong point is that our clients like this are RadLV (Radiology Low-Value). They also use SnapMirror and MetroCluster."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"The solution is very stable and reliable"
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"Flexible and reliable storage solution with multiple features such as cloning, replication, and deduplication. Data migration can be done without any performance implications on the production systems."
"The management of this solution is a little bit difficult for IT administrators. They have to be trained before going through the system."
"Avamar is dependent on the hardware. It can't be implemented with ordinary storage. It can only be implemented with an EMC product. We want to have a backup solution that allows us to use independent storage and other hardware. It would be good if they can simplify its technology and make it possible to implement it with another storage. This is probably not possible because Avamar is an EMC product, and EMC would like to sell its own products."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"Its licensing cost can 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."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"Needs more SAN support."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"The biggest issue we face is parts delivery. There's no local warehouse in Myanmar, so if a customer encounters a technical problem like an IMEI issue, they have to wait a long time for replacement parts."
"NetApp FAS Series should improve its price, which is expensive."
Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, 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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