We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker 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 software is quite complicated and useful for large corporations using different information systems."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Simple, stable and straightforward."
"The software’s best feature is data backup for any system."
"The best feature of Dell EMC NetWorker is its wide spectrum of available plugins for each and every software that you can back up, such as SAP HANA, Oracle, AXI-based machines, or Dell-based machines. Whatever you want to back up, you can do it with Dell EMC NetWorker. It is a very solid backup software. It is the oldest backup software from EMC, and it comes from Dell EMC's legacy."
"The solution is very stable, especially if you are using a RAC environment."
"Storage-wise, EMC is user-friendly."
"NetWorker is fast and reliable."
"I can confidently say that I have managed more than 30 or 50 appliances over different time periods, and yet I never had a single hardware failure."
"Compared to a homemade installation, this appliance is very stable."
"The solution is very stable...The solution is very scalable."
"The solution uses minimal resources."
"The solution has a very easy-to-navigate user interface."
"The policy-based backup feature is very helpful."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is information backup."
"We have good data backup coverage."
"The user interface is hard to use, it should be simplified. There are a lot of web-based management interfaces which they should consider."
"The software also isn't user-friendly like Convault or Rubrik. The solution errors and management aren't so good in comparison."
"I would like to see encryption included in the next release to encrypt the data that we are backing up."
"There are some limitations regarding scalability of the product."
"It would be beneficial to have a single user interface for all of the features."
"The data storage capabilities should be improved."
"The licensing rules are difficult to navigate and understand."
"The web console could be a lot better."
"I would like the ability to recover a single folder within the backup of a virtual machine."
"This solution has to have better integration with the cloud, as well as with other solutions such as Business Intelligence products."
"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 desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The only drawback for NetBackup, and of course for Veritas, is that they have stuck to the same environment and to the same UI - User Interface. This needs to be improved in future releases. It needs to be more dynamic."
"The monitoring could be a bit better."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and HPE StoreOnce. See our Dell NetWorker vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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