We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Dell Avamar 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 feature of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the speed and the compression of the backups. The compressed backed-up files do not take up as much storage. Additionally, the incremental backups can be done in one minute and be backed up on a disc very fast."
"The backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."
"This product is extremely user-friendly and it is capable of performing large-scale archive/backup (five+ years worth). It is easy to store, maintain, and check backups."
"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."
"The product provides instant and virtual standbys."
"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."
"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."
"Client deduplication."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the virtual backup."
"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."
"Backups are very slow and time consuming."
"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."
"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."
"The tool doesn't provide cloud integration in India."
"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly. It can be difficult to assign destinations and choose which files and folders we need to back up. There are some aspects that are unclear."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"The solution should improve its tape-connectivity features."
"Interfaces need to be improved."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"The solution could improve by having better integration and more flexibility."
"When you get down to doing certain things, such as somebody wants a particular file restored, the process by which you do that is stupid. You kind of have to know exactly where to look for in order to find it. Even on older backup products that I've used, I didn't have that kind of problem. If we were looking for a file with a particular kind of a name, the solution would find that file anywhere irrespective of where it resides within the backup system. So, we didn't have to know the name of the specific server, the specific timeframe, almost all the characters of the file name, and all kinds of data in order to find a file. In Avamar, we got to know these details. We've gone around and around with them on that, and their attitude seems to be that it is working just fine. There is nothing for them to improve. The organizational system of other products that I'm working with, such as Zerto and Cohesity, seems to be centered around the tasks that you would most commonly do and want to do, as opposed to we've laid it out in a really neat technical hierarchy."
"Avamar is dependent on the hardware. It can't be implemented with ordinary storage. It can only be implemented with an EMC product. We want to have a backup solution that allows us to use independent storage and other hardware. It would be good if they can simplify its technology and make it possible to implement it with another storage. This is probably not possible because Avamar is an EMC product, and EMC would like to sell its own products."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 41 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Rubrik, whereas 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). See our Arcserve UDP vs. Dell Avamar report.
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