We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."
"Dell Avamar has a push upgrade feature that lets you simultaneously push updates to thousands of clients. I also found the self-service part of Dell Avamar helpful."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"It's a good solution."
"The most valuable feature is the virtual backup."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable features are scalability and integration."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"Compression of the backup Oracle by RMAN on NFS saves space 5:1."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"This solution provides us with easy management and great vendor support."
"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"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."
"I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms."
"Its ability to back up very large objects can be improved. In terms of new features, they can include the ability to use cloud services, like S3, more natively."
"The solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"Interfaces need to be improved."
"In my opinion, the user interface and the user friendliness could be improved. The specific thing I have in mind are the graphics, which are not quite user-friendly."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"We are not able to connect to the support of NetApp from Sudan. We have to go through many agents for support, which makes it difficult."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. 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 NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". 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 NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem. See our Dell Avamar vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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