We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Microsoft DPM 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 deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"Dell EMC Avamar is easy to work with and is user-friendly."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"I have found the product to be scalable."
"The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."
"This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"It is almost perfect for Microsoft products. It is not a very powerful tool, but it is okay for small sites and small businesses with Microsoft products. It is easy to use for backup and restore. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers such as Exchange and SharePoint servers."
"Its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"Some integrations are not in place, such as the email alerts, which are not compatible with Office 365 SMTP gateway."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"Setting up Avamar wasn't so easy, and we had a partner doing the installation for us. Though it was hard at first, it's getting better. The main difficulty was finding plugins for Oracle Database. It took some time to open a ticket with Dell, but everything was fine after that."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test."
"It would be better if it integrated seamlessly with open source and competitor products. In the next release, I would like to see some data governance frameworks. It should have support features for data integration and data replication like Veeam. Right now, we are also using Veeam for certain scenarios."
"The user interface can be improved quite a bit."
"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"The problem lies with the 2019 version, it's the file system they’re using."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. 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 Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". 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 Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Commvault Cloud. See our Dell Avamar vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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