We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker and IDERA SQL Safe Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."It is scalable software. All you need to increase is its RAM and CPU. It's pretty easy."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution has minimized the recovery time objective, and the recovery point objective, the RTO and RPO. Most customers are looking for to minimize downtime. The solution has helped ensure this."
"Dell NetWorker's user interface is quite simple and very interactive."
"Anybody could drive the GUI."
"The backup software has been much faster since we've deployed the solution."
"The possibility of recovering up-to-the-moment data is very useful."
"The standout feature of Dell NetWorker is its expertise in handling our VMware environment."
"It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."
"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."
"The configuration is too complex."
"Reporting templates could be easier to understand and more comprehensive."
"Reporting and support for this product need to be improved. There are multiple bugs that need to be fixed."
"The implementation process could be improved."
"When you're working with VMware, you need to use vProxy machines. You have to install the vProxy for every host in the VMware environment."
"It would be beneficial to have a single user interface for all of the features."
"The interface could have a different appearance."
"The price could be cheaper."
"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."
"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."
"I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."
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Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 74th in Backup and Recovery. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0. 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 IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, whereas IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with Rubrik and IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact.
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