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."IDPA's best feature is Turbo Boost Technology. The compression and duplication features are excellent, too."
"We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."
"The solution is strong."
"The product is integrated with Huawei software and its backup and recovery time is very fast."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"The reporting is very good compared to other tools."
"They are a large company with good best practices, and they give good support."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"It has been our go-to product for backup."
"We rarely need their help. I would give their technical support an 8.5 out of ten. We are satisfied."
"I think the solution is very intuitive, effective, and easy to use."
"The documentation is okay. You are able to follow it and it is helpful."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"We cannot add IDPA to DPC, and each IP has a DP Central, which cannot monitor other IDPAs."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."
"The solution's implementation was very complicated and could be improved."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."
"Feature-wise, it is quite good, but it is very costly. Its price has gone up quite significantly over the years, and that makes people like us look at alternatives."
"NetBackup Appliance's pricing is reasonable, but it could be lower."
"It's an expensive solution."
"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."
"The installation is cumbersome."
"The challenge arose due to a space issue. The issue was related to disk breaks, especially when power cuts occurred. One of the disks would break, leading to a loss of functionality."
"They need to make the licensing more clear. They should give all of the licensing details for the portals and be more clear. I have accidentally purchased the incorrect license because it's not clear."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve by having a site recovery feature."
Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 13 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 Dell NetWorker, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and Commvault Cloud. See our Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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