We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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."Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective."
"The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"We are talking about a complete end-to-end solution which comes with its own hardware storage to back up the data on tape-less."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"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."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"I can confidently say that I have managed more than 30 or 50 appliances over different time periods, and yet I never had a single hardware failure."
"The product enables me to recover the information of the appliances in the organization."
"The documentation is okay. You are able to follow it and it is helpful."
"There are a lot of new features that operate to protect the data from ransomware attacks. They launched the Veritas/Appliances to protect our data. Veritas has been doing its job well."
"It has been our go-to product for backup."
"Technical support has been great."
"The solution is very stable...The solution is very scalable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it can be used in many different kinds of systems."
"EMC has discontinued their Avamar hardware version. They only advertise the Avamar virtual edition."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"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."
"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."
"The product could offer more integration capabilities."
"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."
"The configuration can sometimes be tricky during implementation."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration and security."
"I would like to see a product that requires less expertise to manage it."
"The hybrid model is not that efficient if we want to off-site data; it takes a lot of time to upload the data on a regular basis."
"The upgrade process of the solution needs to be improved since it is extremely complicated, especially without the benefit of a support person who can guide one through it."
"The challenge arose due to a space issue. The issue was related to disk breaks, especially when power cuts occurred. One of the disks would break, leading to a loss of functionality."
"They need to make the licensing more clear. They should give all of the licensing details for the portals and be more clear. I have accidentally purchased the incorrect license because it's not clear."
"It's an expensive solution."
Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 47 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and HPE StoreOnce. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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