Ramprasad Yalavarthi - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager System Engineer / Lead Solution Architect at DXC Technology
Real User
Top 10
Good SMTP archiving, great at integrating with other solutions, and compatible with other storage types
Pros and Cons
  • "The integration capabilities are second to none."
  • "The file-level archiving is very important in Enterprise Vault 12 and this doesn't really exist in early versions."

What is our primary use case?

We have deployed Enterprise Vault's latest version on our on-premises servers. We use it to migrate the existing data from another version to the newest version.

What is most valuable?

The features that we really like are SMTP archiving, and classification. The solution performs indexing very well.

In version 12, we can search for a text on the image. This is one of the new features on Enterprise Vault 12. It's great that we can search for text, for the purposes of image archiving.

The integration capabilities are second to none.

The solution has great compatibility with many different types of storage.

What needs improvement?

In version 11, there aren't many features about SMTP archiving or giving it support. 

There was one earlier version, Enterprise Vault 10, that was 32-bit indexing. Enterprise Vault from 11 onwards is 64-bit indexing.

The file-level archiving is very important in Enterprise Vault 12 and this doesn't really exist in early versions.

In the future, it would be ideal if it could be integrated with the cloud at high availability. Enterprise Vault is an Active/Passive node. It doesn't provide high availability with Active/Active. In future versions, if Active/Active could be achieved, we could consider it capable of high availability and load balancing as well.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this for more than 10 years, for different clients within my company.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is great. In terms of server hardware, performance, and the load, it's quite reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability depends on a few different factors, such as the data, and it's requirements. We need to figure out if the customer wants the data to be stored for five years or ten years and we need to figure out how much storage will be needed now and into the future. It's possible to scale, however.

We have about 5,000-10,000 users within our organization. They would all need to have their mailboxes archived, for example.

How are customer service and support?

Our organization provides technical support for Enterprise Vault. We have the ability to work on any Enterprise Vault issues from level One to Four. In a worst-case scenario, we may need to go into SQL scripts to gather more information.

How was the initial setup?

We have complex environments, where the clients have the data of more than 100 terabytes. We deployed successfully, and we migrated data successfully. That said, due to the fact that our environment is complex, the initial implementation wasn't necessarily straightforward.

The maintenance requirements depend upon the features of Enterprise Vault. If it is using for end-user mailbox archiving, yes, we may have some issues from the end-users, and if it is only for a general archiving data, the maintenance is less.

What about the implementation team?

I handled the implementation myself, from scratch. I did the designing, development, deployment to the servers, configuration, and migration. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The main cost for the Enterprise Vault is a mailbox cost. For example, we need to know how many mailboxes we need to get archived as there is a charge per mailbox.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We have so many products, including Commvault and other products. That said, we identified Enterprise Vault as the best option for integrating with different products and different features. For example, it's integrated with the other email servers like Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Exchange. It's integrated with other backup servers such as NetBackup and MCT Backup. It's integrated with SQL. So we can't find any other product that has this level of integration capabilities and features.

What other advice do I have?

We're Veritas customers. We don't have a special relationship with the company.

The solution has been deployed on on-premise and virtual servers as well, both on physical as well as virtual servers. I've been working with a variety of different deployment models. I've worked with the solution from version 9 all the way through to 12.

I'd advise those considering using the solution to look at their requirements in terms of scaling, data compatibility, and data integration. These all need to be considered before choosing a product.

Overall, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. If it offered high availability, I would rank it higher.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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System admin at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
An excellent product for archiving and securing emails
Pros and Cons
  • "Enterprise is a user-friendly product."
  • "The stability could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

The product is very useful for archiving emails. I didn't use the file archive solution much, but it's a very useful tool for emails because it keeps all the emails on each site and Exchange's usage. If one has a large environment for Exchange, they can keep their emails on Enterprise Vault because it is singularly used for emails.

What is most valuable?

Enterprise is a user-friendly product. It's a bit of a hard product on the technical side rather than the end user side, but if they understand how it works, it's a very easy solution.

What needs improvement?

The stability could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I worked with Enterprise Vault for almost six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Enterprise Vault's stability a six or seven out of ten because it's not an "install and forget" product. We have to do the maintenance daily.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Enterprise Vault is scalable. The previous company I worked at that used Enterprise Vault was small, and we were Veritas partners.

How are customer service and support?

When customers had a problem we couldn't solve, we opened vendor tickets. I spoke to Veritas engineers. Customers did not communicate with them because they didn't want to, because some users do not speak English, for example. In those cases, I needed to do the translation. Veritas gives support for 100 users to 10,000 users.

How was the initial setup?

Enterprise is a very easy product to set up, but I find it easy because I've used it for almost six years as a consultant and handled many installations and technical problems.

We can use this product if we use an Exchange server or a Domino server. But we cannot have mail archives without another server, such as Zimbra or any other email solution. We can only use it for journal archives.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Enterprise Vault is a little bit expensive. Normally, our customers renew their licenses yearly.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Veritas Enterprise Vault an eight out of ten.

If you want to manage your emails and analyze them, it's a good product. It is good for analyzing because you can use the GTPR solution and track who wrote emails to whom, seeing if anyone is sending secret information through email. You can also track communication between all-time users. If someone sent a mail five years ago and needs to find it, you 100% find it with Enterprise Vault. It's a good product.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Unemployed at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Affordable and reliable with a helpful search feature
Pros and Cons
  • "The stability is excellent."
  • "Dealing with personal information, such as documents that contain a personal number, personal ID or something like that should be improved. Sometimes it works poorly in that regard."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for email and file archiving. We also use it for the classification of international regulations.

What is most valuable?

The search feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution.

The solution is pretty scalable.

The stability is good.

The product is quite affordable.

What needs improvement?

Dealing with personal information, such as documents that contain a personal number, personal ID or something like that should be improved. Sometimes it works poorly in that regard. It depends on the accuracy of the picture, PDF file, or format. Maybe with other OCR tools, the results will be better.

While a lot of this depends on Microsoft, I'd like to see more integration. I'd like more of the product as a feature instead of a second product. In the future, we'd like to have the same structure of folders that we have in Microsoft 365. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for around three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is excellent. I'd rate it five out of five. There were no bugs or glitches and it didn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I found the solution to be scalable. Expanding it wasn't a problem.

We had about 6,000 people on it in the organization. Our entire company was on it. 

How are customer service and support?

I never personally reached out to technical support and therefore would d not be able to speak on how helpful they would be if you had any issues. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup offers a moderate amount of difficulty. It's not overly complex. I'd rate it a four out of five in terms of ease of deployment. The deployment itself takes about two weeks. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price for Enterprise Vault is around €100 per user. That is for one license for one year and includes support. I would rate the solution a four out of five in terms of affordability.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product nine out of ten. I've been pretty satisfied with its capabilities overall. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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​It allows us to keep more of our emails for a longer amount of time because when it archives our old emails, it deletes them and places a small short cut in its place.

Valuable Features

Email archiving is the most valuable because it frees up space in our Exchange servers dramatically. The choice of more than 31,000 customers worldwide, Veritas archiving solutions are used by small to medium-sized businesses (SMB) and the largest enterprises, across key vertical and horizontal industries.

Improvements to My Organization

It allows us to keep more of our emails for a longer amount of time because when it archives our old emails, it deletes them and places a small short cut in its place. This also frees up much needed space on our hard drives within our Exchange servers.

Room for Improvement

I believe it needs better reporting features as well as better way of managing SQL databases and their maintenance.

Use of Solution

We have been using this solution for over 10 years now.

Deployment Issues

No we have not.

Stability Issues

No we have not.

Scalability Issues

No we have not.

Customer Service and Technical Support

9/10

Initial Setup

This initial setup was straightforward.

Implementation Team

We currently have in-house technicians that are Symantec Master certified that implemented Enterprise Vault.

ROI

We currently have and still have a very high investment gains when compared to our investment cost.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

The pricing and licensing of this product is very competitive based on Gartner position of Enterprise Vault.

Other Solutions Considered

There was no other solution available at the time.

Other Advice

The expertise of the tech support team at Veritas as well as the Gartner position of Veritas Enterprise Vault and the ease of installation makes implementing and using this product a breeze.


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Reseller
Easy to use, scales well, and has good performance
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are ease of use and performance. However, the performance can depend on the workload being used."
  • "The integration needs to improve."

What is our primary use case?

We are using the solution for email and file archiving, and compliance.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are ease of use and performance. However, the performance can depend on the workload being used.

What needs improvement?

The integration needs to improve.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for approximately two years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In my experience, the solution has been scalable.

How was the initial setup?

We have engineers that deal with the technical side of this solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is a license required for this solution and it is typically is paid annually.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Veritas Enterprise Vault a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
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