We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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."It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"Dell PowerProtect is stable and scalable."
"The solution is strong."
"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."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"IDPA's best feature is Turbo Boost Technology. The compression and duplication features are excellent, too."
"They are a large company with good best practices, and they give good support."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds."
"We find the pricing is reasonable."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas NetBackup Appliance is duplication and covers many applications."
"It is very capable of scaling and very good for heterogeneous environments."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."
"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"After resizing and compression, the system continuously runs out of space. Dell EMC doesn't do automatic cleanup or other things, so we constantly have to manually go in there or work with Dell support on this. The solution has not been working as advertised."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."
"The product must improve its recovery features."
"More licensing options could be introduced to the software. It is currently based on capacity only. Compared to competitors, it is difficult to position it economically everywhere. From the usability point of view, they are making many improvements on new interfaces, the SaaS offering, etc."
"It's an expensive solution."
"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."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance can improve by having a more direct connection to the cloud. It should have the technology to be able to directly communicate with the cloud."
"It's hard to get to the backups. There are too many tabs."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve by having a site recovery feature."
Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 12 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 47 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik and Zerto, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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