We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) 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."The most valuable feature of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the speed and the compression of the backups. The compressed backed-up files do not take up as much storage. Additionally, the incremental backups can be done in one minute and be backed up on a disc very fast."
"The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows."
"The backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."
"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is live replication."
"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."
"Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."
"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."
"There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."
"IDPA's best feature is Turbo Boost Technology. The compression and duplication features are excellent, too."
"The most valuable feature is the deduplication rate."
"The product is integrated with Huawei software and its backup and recovery time is very fast."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"Instead of four or five tools, consisting of backup software, storage where the backup resides, and a separate system for reporting and central monitoring, they all now come in the virtual edition for IDP."
"The solution is strong."
"The solution's most valuable features are networker and continuous data protection."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"Its interface can be improved. I find it unintuitive."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"The solution can use a lot of bandwidth when the scheduling is not done, it should auto-schedule itself. For example, if there are 50 users connected in the network at 12 o'clock and the backup is not scheduled. At this time the network offices are going to have performance issues when it is doing a backup. Having a feature to auto-schedule a time when the network is not being used often would be beneficial."
"I had an issue with Arcserve UDP during the failover and the secondary machine didn't get back online, even though it ran automatically. I faced the issue during a crisis situation. However, I haven't faced such a problem again."
"Licensing can be quite difficult."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"We cannot add IDPA to DPC, and each IP has a DP Central, which cannot monitor other IDPAs."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."
"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 42 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 13 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) writes "The product comes bundled with a host of useful solutions that help one centralize their work". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Rubrik, whereas Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik and Commvault Cloud. See our Arcserve UDP vs. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) report.
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