We performed a comparison between Barracuda Intronis Backup and Dell Avamar 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."The backup feature is most valuable. That's why we took it."
"The performance is good and the interface is user-friendly."
"The cloud side of it is nice. Everything happens behind the scenes without you realizing it, which is nice. It doesn't interrupt usage. There is also the freedom and ease of use of the cloud portal, which you can use to manage your backup. One of the strong points of Barracuda is that you can go from zero to having your first backup running within 10 minutes. If you have access to admin accounts and everything else, it can happen in 10 minutes. The ability to go in and just restore a particular file without having to do a full restore is also very useful. You can just go in and pick the files that you need to restore, and the same is with email. You can just go in, find an email, and restore that email without having to do a full backup of all the data or a full restore of the data. I feel very safe because it is not just about the backup; it is about the protection of the data from outside threats. They have a lot of areas of ATP, that is, advanced threat protection. You don't see that much on the backup side. You see it more on the email side. In the email protection, you know it is there at the back. It moves the quarantine emails that come through into a sandbox area, and then you can choose in the sandbox. You can open up an email in the sandbox to make sure that if there is a virus, it can't harm you. You can also plan how often your backups run, such as every six hours or four hours. It is the same with email. They also have a great PhishLine package, which is phishing attack training. You can have the strongest and the best backup and security that you can, but the end user is always the weakest link. They send almost like testing emails to end users to help them identify and understand phishing emails and prevent user or phishing attacks. It is a very good package."
"The superior support from Barracuda in setting up, using, and helping with issues for the product."
"Of all the backup products we have used, this by far is the simplest to install and use."
"The main feature we like about Barracuda is that we can map devices directly to the cloud. It operates as a security device to run a backup of the cloud in case one of our physical machines goes down."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication that analyzes data to identify duplicate patterns and granular restore."
"It is very stable, and I'm very happy with this solution."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"When we manage the box physically, we don't have as much control as we do when we manage from the cloud. The best management is from the cloud."
"We cannot backup Sun Micro systems. They are not currently supported."
"The solution is pretty expensive. This is the usual customer complaint."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications."
"The backup feature could be a bit simpler to utilize. They should make the process of backing up individual files simpler."
"Their technical support is not very good. You never know what they are doing and what is the issue. Customers need to know what is happening. This is our main concern and the only thing that can be improved in this solution. I would like to have more visibility about what is going on when something happens. I need to know what was done to solve the issue."
"This solution could be improved with offering lower prices at scale."
"The web interface needs to contain a more up-to-date view of the hardware."
"Avamar is still competitive because of the way we have deployed it, but we need to diversify and shift away from specific technologies. In addition to hypervisors, virtual machines, and bare metal servers, our customers need protection for Microsoft 365, SaaS, and the public cloud, so we need other technologies in the business to cater to those customers' needs. Those are the enhancements we would want from the Avamar platform, but that's not likely to happen. Dell has PowerProtect and Apex backup services. There are other Dell solutions that we'll use to fulfill our customers' requirements."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"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 licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"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."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"It lacks support for certain plugins, like SAP HANA, for example."
"Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better."
Barracuda Intronis Backup is ranked 10th in Deduplication Software with 24 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews. Barracuda Intronis Backup is rated 8.4, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Barracuda Intronis Backup writes "Finding data to restore is much easier than rummaging through tapes to find backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Barracuda Intronis Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas 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). See our Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. Dell Avamar report.
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