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."Dell Avamar has a push upgrade feature that lets you simultaneously push updates to thousands of clients. I also found the self-service part of Dell Avamar helpful."
"The solution scales well."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."
"The most valuable feature is the virtual backup."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"The data reduction feature and the ease of enabling a server in a DR location are the most valuable."
"The SnapMirror is a good tool because, as long as you're going NetApp to NetApp, it's ultimately the fastest way to move data. We replicate everything to another site for disaster recovery."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"Ability to use mirroring and SnapVault have made backup no longer necessary."
"Fast Snapshots"
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"The management of this solution is a little bit difficult for IT administrators. They have to be trained before going through the system."
"Backup image browse times should be faster."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"We no longer have OEM support in South Africa which is not helpful, it can be difficult. They should add an office back to the country because it was better."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"The product must support more drives."
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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