We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 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."One notable feature is its robust backup support for Kubernetes and container environments. Additionally, PPDM stands out for its ease of deployment and management compared to other backup solutions. It is highly user-friendly, allowing users to quickly learn and implement backup and restore processes within a week. PPDM represents the next generation of backup software and is comparable to offerings from other vendors. Furthermore, PPDM prioritizes security with various access controls, such as user and database access controls. Its deployment tool is also known for its simplicity."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."
"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"Could be used for both of Physical and Virtual Environments."
"We are quite satisfied with the performance and reliability of the NetBackup product. When it comes to specific features, the most valuable is the Instant Recovery feature, which we call "short-term IR". Instant Recovery allows users to spin up backup images and bring back any VM instantly."
"The client side deduplication reduces the backup window."
"They are among the top in the world for backup and recovery."
"The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed."
"Specific features that I could not do without are SLPs for replication and duplication control and AIR which makes DR easy."
"The most valuable feature is that you don't need any special connectivity - you just need to give your seller name, and then it automatically discovers all your virtual machines, which is a great benefit, especially in a bigger environment."
"Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"PPDM requires further development. It is primarily integrated with DevOps systems."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"It would be helpful, in future releases, if the solution could add WORM (Write Once Read Many) support right within the product."
"You cannot tell what your costs are going to be by using the dashboard, which is something that should be improved."
"Veritas NetBackup is an expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."
"The product must enable data migration from on-premise to the cloud."
"Like the other enterprise solutions, Veritas NetBackup isn't easy to implement. It's a little bit hard compared to other solutions like Data Protector for HPE. You have to struggle to learn a lot of features that Veritas NetBackup offers to customers."
"In terms of improvement, it's very difficult to make it work with multiple business units. Its security model is too constricted."
"Setup implementation."
"We would like the Java console to be updated."
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 111 reviews. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Azure Backup, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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