We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Dell Data Protection Advisor 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."For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"The solution is very stable."
"We have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"The most valuable features are image backups and file backups."
"It generates very detailed reports, which makes things easier when it comes to IT auditing."
"It has a lot of stock reports. I believe over 300 canned reports, which for the most part meet a lot of generic needs."
"I can increase the tool's licensing as per my requirement with no conditions applied."
"The deduplication is probably the most valuable feature of that requirement."
"The reporting feature and the Dell's continuous improvement of the solution are the most valuable features. The solution not only supports Dell Power Products but also other products."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the compression and the duplication."
"The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention."
"This is a stable solution."
"The solution, in the future, should offer support for mobile."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"EMC has discontinued their Avamar hardware version. They only advertise the Avamar virtual edition."
"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"It's a bit difficult for first-time users."
"The functionality of the Data Protection Advisor is limited and is something that is lacking in this solution. Other solutions like CloudIQ and DDMC provide a much better outlook on how data protection should be done."
"It is difficult to manage the solution with the available tools. You need to know exactly what are you are doing."
"We have encountered issues where we were unable to pull data from the database server. It should also improve the backward compatibility."
"Dell Data Protection Advisor's feature for data domain protection needs enhancement."
"They should empower their customers with the ability to upgrade this solution as long as it's in the same major release."
"There is a steep learning curve to use the interface and to create new reports, this could be made easier. If the solution could provide more drag and drop functionality to build more advanced reports that would be very helpful."
"Customization of reports or creating new reports can be difficult. Users need to have a deep knowledge of SQL. 70-80% of customers can't seem to understand how to do it. They don't know how to address reporting. If Dell EMC could simplify it, it would benefit the end-user."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Dell Data Protection Advisor is ranked 53rd in Backup and Recovery with 10 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell Data Protection Advisor 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 Dell Data Protection Advisor writes "A Easy- to -Setup and Stable cloud-based Data management solution". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Zerto, whereas Dell Data Protection Advisor is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik, Cohesity DataProtect and Dell NetWorker. See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell Data Protection Advisor report.
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