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 Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are image backups and file backups."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"The solution scales well."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance is a total backup solution. We don't have to buy other applications to do it."
"The solution is very scalable."
"Compared to a homemade installation, this appliance is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is that the backup and restoring process is very fast."
"It has been our go-to product for backup."
"Technical support has been great."
"If you use the NetBackup Appliance you do not need to have separate media servers and hardware. You can configure the same storage as a media server and master server as well as a storage port. This helps to reduce the hardware costs of the media server."
"It’s quite scalable."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"The solution could be a bit easier to use in the sense that they need to make it simpler to backup products and restore items."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"Dell EMC Avamar is a very complex product. It took a lot of time for the IT admins to get trained on how to use it. It is not very user-friendly, and we won't be using Avamar anymore. It needs a lot of improvement in terms of how the backups have been configured, and the reporting is too complex."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"The configuration can sometimes be tricky during implementation."
"This solution has to have better integration with the cloud, as well as with other solutions such as Business Intelligence products."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"The installation is cumbersome."
"They could improve the interface a bit."
"With technical support, it feels like they aren't well trained and it takes forever to get answers out of them."
"The product should provide more AI and ML features."
"They could simplify the process of installing, and provide more space for data during the process."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery 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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