We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar 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."I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"The solution is very scalable."
"The initial setup gets easier the more you do it."
"We find the pricing is reasonable."
"They are a large company with good best practices, and they give good support."
"The standout feature is its connectivity and robust support. They are easily easy to get hold of, making it convenient for us."
"Installing this solution is very simple and takes perhaps five or ten minutes."
"The solution is useful for backups."
"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."
"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."
"When you get down to doing certain things, such as somebody wants a particular file restored, the process by which you do that is stupid. You kind of have to know exactly where to look for in order to find it. Even on older backup products that I've used, I didn't have that kind of problem. If we were looking for a file with a particular kind of a name, the solution would find that file anywhere irrespective of where it resides within the backup system. So, we didn't have to know the name of the specific server, the specific timeframe, almost all the characters of the file name, and all kinds of data in order to find a file. In Avamar, we got to know these details. We've gone around and around with them on that, and their attitude seems to be that it is working just fine. There is nothing for them to improve. The organizational system of other products that I'm working with, such as Zerto and Cohesity, seems to be centered around the tasks that you would most commonly do and want to do, as opposed to we've laid it out in a really neat technical hierarchy."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"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."
"I have found the support from Dell EMC Avamar to be not as good as Veeam. The time it takes to receive support could be improved. However, once we have the support the agents are knowledgeable and helpful."
"The upgrade process of the solution needs to be improved since it is extremely complicated, especially without the benefit of a support person who can guide one through it."
"They could simplify the process of installing, and provide more space for data during the process."
"The NetBackup software is based on Red Hat Linux, but we should have multiple software options for that. We should have more OS options. Also, there are too many tools and intermediaries. Everything should be built into an all-in-one solution."
"The response from the support team has not always been quick, so sometimes there is a risk."
"The installation is cumbersome."
"The desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
"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."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". 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 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 Avamar vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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