We performed a comparison between Oracle Data Guard and Veritas Backup Exec 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."The solution can scale as needed."
"It is a top-notch product, super stable, making it our go-to for internal operations."
"The most valuable features are the backup and restore. With this in place along with the clustering, the database is safe from hacking, hardware failure, power failures, and system crashes."
"Data Guard also improved because customers with an active Data Guard license want to reduce the I/O in a production environment. Some application complaints to it for Oracle reporting purposes. It has a production environment that needs to be enhanced."
"Technical support is very good. If at any time we write a ticket, we get the appropriate answer on time."
"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."
"One of the most valuable features is real-time replication. The version we're using is reliable and easy to deploy."
"We have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. Another area of improvement is support."
"The pricing of the solution is quite high. They should do what they can to bring it down so that it is more reasonable for customers like us."
"A significant improvement for Oracle Data Guard would be enabling the disaster recovery site to handle read and write operations, not just data storage."
"The database administration needs improvement. With Oracle, we have a lot of features for administrating data, but it might be too many. It needs to be simplified. It should be automated. Looking at Enterprise Manager, there are too many KPIs in place."
"The product could improve its pricing."
"The usage of block storage devices in the cloud or migration of a type of storage from one site to another site can be improved. Currently, we have to use multi-node to single node because of the lack of storage support on the Azure side. It did not really work. Our DBA had to spend a lot of time tweaking the Data Guard tools, or the underlying Oracle VMs, to make sure that Data Guard would run on top of different types of storage. So, if it can support transporting or getting from one type of storage to another type of storage in a different site or a different technology, it would be very helpful."
"Oracle could be improved by the ability to manage it on the cloud. This on-premises version is secure and reliable, but I'm sure that they will soon provide a cloud solution that will be even better. In one to two years, we will probably move to the cloud—we have already moved to the cloud with Microsoft Exchange, but our databases are still on-premises. I would prefer managing a cloud version of Oracle."
"For every standby server you have, you must pay a licensing fee, which is the main disadvantage."
"The solution lacked local support, which became an issue for us and our customers. They needed to have more presence on the ground."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"In terms of improvements, I think the pricing model could be improved. They charge you by port, for every port that you have even if you're not using all of them."
"Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process."
"The solution could improve and adapt to new applications in the market so we can integrate Veritas Backup Exec with them to facilitate backup processes within these applications."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
Oracle Data Guard is ranked 11th in Backup and Recovery with 31 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Oracle Data Guard is rated 8.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Oracle Data Guard writes "Ensures our databases stay in sync between the main and disaster recovery sites". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Oracle Data Guard is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Carbonite Server, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Oracle Data Guard vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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