We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and OpenText Data Protector 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."Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."
"It's a good solution."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"It's simple to configure."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It's user-friendly and not overly complicated to configure."
"Data Protector's GUI is the most useful feature."
"The initial setup was relatively easy."
"The feature that was most valuable was that we could restore one mailbox and we could do different backups for different databases."
"I like that it supports HPE UNIX servers since many backup solutions do not - this is the main reason why we chose this solution."
"The most valuable feature of Data Protector is its integration with VMware. A lot of software these days integrates with VMware, and you can run some of these things on virtual machines. You can even have your backup manager running on a virtual machine and use physical managers to move data around. Their VMware integration isn't too bad, but Commvault has that feature, and many other backup products do."
"What we find most valuable in Micro Focus Data Protector is that it provides Japanese data protection, for example, it protects information such as the full Japanese name, address, etc."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"This solution could improve by introducing daily verifications and another repository."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"Many of our users complain about the GUI. You still need to rely on the command line interface. Because it originated as a Unix system, Data Protector is still a command line-driven solution, which makes it seem rather dated compared to systems that are built around a GUI from day one. It doesn't affect the functionality, but some people don't find it user-friendly."
"The graphical interface needs to be improved."
"Other tools seem to be easier to use."
"The online backups of Office 365 have room for improvement. This is now available for the Exchange Online part of Office 365, but we're still waiting for SharePoint Online, Teams, etc. We know that it's coming, but it takes time."
"Virtualization."
"In general, you can say that Micro Focus Data Protector is behind in capabilities when compared with other backup solutions, such as Commvault, Symantec, NetBackup, but it is very strong for certain use cases such as array integration. We are using it in production even now. There should be some kind of cloud integration and archiving solutions. I think this is the area they need to focus on."
"OpenText Data Protector is more difficult to use and configure than OpenText VIM. The user-friendliness of OpenText Data Protector has to be increased, and the complexity of the tool needs to be reduced."
"It would be ideal if they could improve their level of support."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. 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 OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". 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 OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention. See our Dell Avamar vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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