We performed a comparison between NetApp FAS Series and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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 very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"It is a scalable solution."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"NAS stability"
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"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."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"The documentation is okay. You are able to follow it and it is helpful."
"The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds."
"The policy-based backup feature is very helpful."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"We can add multiple appliances to the product."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance is a total backup solution. We don't have to buy other applications to do it."
"NetBackup is based on really good architectural hardware, and Veritas has the best backup and replication technology in the world."
"I think this kind of infrastructure is mostly obsolete. To keep up with developments in this space, you need to move all these features to an All-Flash solution."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"The product must support more drives."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
"It is not easy because I have worked a lot on the tool, and in case it gets corrupted at any point, it is not easy to restore the data without losing information is not easy."
"This solution has to have better integration with the cloud, as well as with other solutions such as Business Intelligence products."
"They need to make the licensing more clear. They should give all of the licensing details for the portals and be more clear. I have accidentally purchased the incorrect license because it's not clear."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance can improve by having a more direct connection to the cloud. It should have the technology to be able to directly communicate with the cloud."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"The response from the support team has not always been quick, so sometimes there is a risk."
"The hybrid model is not that efficient if we want to off-site data; it takes a lot of time to upload the data on a regular basis."
NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 46 reviews. NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem, 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 NetApp FAS Series vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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