We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 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."The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"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."
"The tool is easy to use, stable, and performs well, but it depends on the environment where it is deployed. It is leaning more toward huge enterprises where it is positioned. It needs to be as easy as others but addresses more complex requirements."
"The solution uses minimal resources."
"Compared to a homemade installation, this appliance is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is that the backup and restoring process is very fast."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"It’s quite scalable."
"The product enables me to recover the information of the appliances in the organization."
"The documentation is okay. You are able to follow it and it is helpful."
"The interface is too complex."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"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."
"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."
"The monitoring could be a bit better."
"I would like to see support for databases such as MySQL and MongoDB."
"The price needs to be improved because it is really expensive."
"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."
"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."
"It would be a better solution if we were able to make more reports in regards to the backup system."
"They could simplify the process of installing, and provide more space for data during the process."
"The hybrid model is not that efficient if we want to off-site data; it takes a lot of time to upload the data on a regular basis."
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.4, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. See our Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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