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."I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"Every product is good and bad, but its claim to fame is that it is scalable. We're doing more than 3,000 VMs. Every single night a complete image backup to disks and replication are easily done in under four hours."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"The setup is very easy."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is the snapshot and the FlexClone for Oracle and Microsoft SQL environments. Additionally, the integration can be done with most all on-premise and cloud providers."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"Its ability to back up very large objects can be improved. In terms of new features, they can include the ability to use cloud services, like S3, more natively."
"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"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 reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"The configuration and expansion aspects of the solution need improvement. They're complicated and don't really integrate well."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"They should add new features to the product."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
Dell Avamar is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 96 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.8, 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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