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."Avamar has long been the best in its class, but that's changing as new solutions emerge. However, Dell has traditionally been a leader in deduplication and compression. Avamar enabled us to shift data from on-premise local appliances to data centers and multi-tenant infrastructure. That's a powerful feature. because customers can back up to the cloud without upgrading o high-capacity links or congesting their backups."
"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."
"The setup is very easy."
"So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"Avamar's source side deduplication is very strong, it can easily back up remote sites' data, and not much bandwidth is required on the Avamar side."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"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."
"It is very flexible. It integrates well with the public cloud and other components, so everything can be API driven. Therefore, it is very easy to automate it."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"Flexible and reliable storage solution with multiple features such as cloning, replication, and deduplication. Data migration can be done without any performance implications on the production systems."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The management of this solution is a little bit difficult for IT administrators. They have to be trained before going through the system."
"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."
"Desktop-laptop backups and backup over the WAN needs lot of improvisation. For DTLT there must be a provision to push agents from the management console."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"The bare-metal restores could be improved."
"It's an expensive solution."
"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."
"It would be helpful if there was cloud support."
"Interfacing with the cloud environment could be better. I want to be able to move some cloud volume and integrate it seamlessly with my home on-premise storage. Sometimes I have issues with port permissions. NetApp probably needs to improve more on the integration side from on-premise to the cloud."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 97 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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