We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Microsoft DPM 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."They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"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."
"So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"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."
"The data reduction feature and the ease of enabling a server in a DR location are the most valuable."
"The solution is very stable."
"This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"I like the core backup feature. I also like the file server backup feature. I find Microsoft DPM interesting because it has fantastic integration with Microsoft products. For example, in Exchange and SharePoint, DPM is excellent when it comes to backing up data. It also does a decent job with open-source products."
"The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"I want to see a more user-friendly and administrator-friendly Dell Avamar. The solution also needs a better UI and dashboard."
"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."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"Interfaces need to be improved."
"When you get down to doing certain things, such as somebody wants a particular file restored, the process by which you do that is stupid. You kind of have to know exactly where to look for in order to find it. Even on older backup products that I've used, I didn't have that kind of problem. If we were looking for a file with a particular kind of a name, the solution would find that file anywhere irrespective of where it resides within the backup system. So, we didn't have to know the name of the specific server, the specific timeframe, almost all the characters of the file name, and all kinds of data in order to find a file. In Avamar, we got to know these details. We've gone around and around with them on that, and their attitude seems to be that it is working just fine. There is nothing for them to improve. The organizational system of other products that I'm working with, such as Zerto and Cohesity, seems to be centered around the tasks that you would most commonly do and want to do, as opposed to we've laid it out in a really neat technical hierarchy."
"Additional Hyper-V knowledge would be great."
"The user interface can be improved quite a bit."
"The problem lies with the 2019 version, it's the file system they’re using."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. 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 Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". 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 Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Commvault Cloud. See our Dell Avamar vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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