We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Veritas NetBackup 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 product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"Dell PowerProtect is stable and scalable."
"It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"The solution's most valuable features are networker and continuous data protection."
"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."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."
"I am comfortable with using this product."
"The most valuable feature is its stability."
"If you are running on a legacy tape environment NetBackup is best."
"The VM portal and the CloudCatalyst are two of the solution's most valuable features."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature as it reduces the backup time and provides backup of a single copy of data"
"I can rely on this product if I need a restore."
"It is important, when we chose a solution, that the customer service/technical support team could help us when we needed it, but the support was good."
"The solution offers very good storage efficiency, so there's excellent compression and deduplication within the product that our clients really appreciate."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"The solution's implementation was very complicated and could be improved."
"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
"It would be helpful, in future releases, if the solution could add WORM (Write Once Read Many) support right within the product."
"We had some issues with the hardware backup appliance."
"The restore tool is not friendly to newcomers."
"What needs to be improved in Veritas NetBackup is its interface, e.g. they should make it more user friendly. Scalability for this product could still be improved, particularly its hardware appliance scalability."
"The product could improve the user-friendliness and comfort of its environment, especially for those unfamiliar with it."
"The virtual environment, cloud integration, copy data management features need improvement."
"The speed of restoring data could be improved."
"The ability to use different disk appliance brands as Pure Disk (not OST), such as EMC Data Domain ."
Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 13 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup Appliance, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec. See our Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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