We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and OpenText Data Protector 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."Its deduplication technologies are the best in the market, currently."
"It's simple to configure."
"All the features in the system are highly valuable."
"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"The solution is very stable."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The initial setup process for the solution is easy."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"If you have an idea of what you are doing, it's very flexible and very stable."
"The feature that was most valuable was that we could restore one mailbox and we could do different backups for different databases."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It's user-friendly and not overly complicated to configure."
"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."
"It lacks support for certain plugins, like SAP HANA, for example."
"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."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"I have found the support from Dell EMC Avamar to be not as good as Veeam. The time it takes to receive support could be improved. However, once we have the support the agents are knowledgeable and helpful."
"What would make Dell Avamar better is if it can do faster backups because right now, PowerProtect Data Manager is better in this area with its new UI and a new way to implement backups. Customers nowadays also expect more up-to-date solutions, and this is another area for improvement in Dell Avamar. It's not as up-to-date, so I'm counting on PowerProtect Data Manager, but customers who have Dell Avamar don't want to switch because you don't have as many backup problems in Dell Avamar compared to other solutions. What I'd like to see in the next release of Dell Avamar is an updated UI and a different way to manage backups because currently, backup management is a bit heavy for customers using Dell Avamar."
"I want to see a more user-friendly and administrator-friendly Dell Avamar. The solution also needs a better UI and dashboard."
"It's not the best solution for big databases."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"We faced some certification issues after we upgraded to version 10.2."
"We're not satisfied with the robustness and stability of the software since Micro Focus took it in-house. The GUI is one thing they could improve. It's still a bit archaic. Data Protector needs a more functional, user-friendly GUI."
"The technical support is poor and should be improved."
"In general, you can say that Micro Focus Data Protector is behind in capabilities when compared with other backup solutions, such as Commvault, Symantec, NetBackup, but it is very strong for certain use cases such as array integration. We are using it in production even now. There should be some kind of cloud integration and archiving solutions. I think this is the area they need to focus on."
"The downside of the flexibility on offer is if you over-configure it, it may fail to function as some configurations may not match."
"They should design the solution so that it is much easier for deployment and make the UI easy to use."
"The Micro Focus Data Protector support is not as good as Veeam Backup & Replication's support."
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Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. 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 OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". 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 OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention. See our Dell Avamar vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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