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."Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"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."
"We've found the product to be stable."
"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"The product is good for backups."
"The best feature is its ONTAP product line for Ransomware protection. It also has features for file storage and block storage. The solution is stable. We've had no issues with it. The tool is scalable and meets our requirements. The technical support and the supporting partner are great. The initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to maintain the product. The feature set is excellent. I recommend the solution."
"The storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"The solution is easy to use."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"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 product could offer more integration capabilities."
"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."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"Setting up Avamar wasn't so easy, and we had a partner doing the installation for us. Though it was hard at first, it's getting better. The main difficulty was finding plugins for Oracle Database. It took some time to open a ticket with Dell, but everything was fine after that."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"Needs more SAN support."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
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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