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."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's initial setup is straightforward."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"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."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"We were able to witness the benefits of using the solution within weeks of using it."
"It is easy to use, and you can run it with all kinds of client software environments. It works well with the most popular software, file systems, and operating systems. It is very useful to us."
"Disaster recovery primarily involves backup usage. We employ it for both backup and recovery purposes. The backup and recovery processes have been executed multiple times, even restoring data from backups created three to four years ago."
"The solution has been very good over the years at fine-tuning various aspects of the product so that it is continuously made better."
"The solution is stable."
"The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed."
"The most valuable feature is replication because, using NetBackup replication, we can have disaster recovery of the data we have."
"The tool's information transfer and patching up is easy. The solution offers protection from ransomware which is also a valuable feature."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"The interface is too complex."
"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."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"We are facing a challenge regarding the support for Docker and Kubernetes features. We hope for the possibility of directly backing up Kubernetes and Docker images without the necessity of taking full virtual machine backups."
"The deployment time is longer than it is with other products."
"The reporting of the backups could be better."
"NetBackup's reporting features are a little poor."
"The security and performance could improve with Veritas NetBackup. The security could be improved by protecting the data from attackers."
"Once the protection plan is created, we cannot pause or resume via the web administration page."
"The HTML interface is a web application that does not offer all the features."
"The virtual environment, cloud integration, copy data management features need improvement."
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 110 reviews. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.4, 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, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell NetWorker and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veritas NetBackup Appliance and IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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