2018-10-23T22:25:00Z

What is your primary use case for Dell EMC Avamar?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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AA
Real User
Top 10
2022-09-30T16:06:19Z
Sep 30, 2022

We're using it in our company. We primarily use the solution as a backup.

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Sebastien Chene - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-09-30T13:07:10Z
Sep 30, 2022

We use Dell Avamar for backing up a VMware environment.

Jerome Edwards - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-09-21T15:08:56Z
Sep 21, 2022

When Avamar started out, it used to be for a small to medium environment, but now it's done a lot of changes and it's a good backup solution, especially within your VMware environment.

Mohab Thair - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-08-17T14:59:53Z
Aug 17, 2022

We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application.

MS
MSP
2020-11-03T07:23:11Z
Nov 3, 2020

Most of our users work from home and we use Avamar to backup our users' data.

AA
Real User
2020-08-04T14:47:19Z
Aug 4, 2020

We use the solution to protect our end points

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JB
Real User
2020-08-04T00:27:52Z
Aug 4, 2020

Primary use case is for Enterprise Grade Backup and Recovery. It has a really great source-based dedupe technology that’s incremental forever. So it’s a really good backup solution for remote locations with limited bandwidth (WAN & LAN)

MA
Real User
2019-10-10T09:25:00Z
Oct 10, 2019

We primarily use the solution as a backup.

Maciej-Kieliszek - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 20
2019-10-03T07:51:00Z
Oct 3, 2019

We use the on site version.

SS
Real User
2019-09-12T09:06:00Z
Sep 12, 2019

We recently stopped using this solution but it was being used to back up our servers and client machines. We were using an on-premises deployment.

RC
Real User
2019-09-09T07:52:00Z
Sep 9, 2019

We use the solution to protect our virtual machine.

SJ
Real User
2019-08-29T09:32:00Z
Aug 29, 2019

Data backup is our primary usage of the solution.

MA
Real User
2019-08-18T07:52:00Z
Aug 18, 2019

We use this solution for tape backup and data domain. It is an on-premises deployment.

MS
MSP
Nov 4, 2020

@MuathAlhwetat Really!! Avamar taking backups on Tape ???

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AA
Real User
2019-02-19T14:43:00Z
Feb 19, 2019

Backup of virtual machines.

it_user762030 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-01-09T15:31:00Z
Jan 9, 2019

This product is very easy to use. The interface is easier to use than other backup solutions. The product is mature and can handle all of our data protection.

PL
Real User
2018-10-23T22:25:00Z
Oct 23, 2018

File level, backup and recovery of data stored on AIX, Linux, and Windows server to Data Domain storage.

Robert-Nilsson - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-03-10T11:26:10Z
Mar 10, 2022

Dell EMC Avamar is a backup solution. It has integration with the hardware that Dell has and you can backup many things, such as snapshots.

RC
Real User
2022-02-11T12:06:16Z
Feb 11, 2022

We use Dell EMC Avamar for backing up the data on the endpoint devices of the users.

Mansoor Ahmed Salim Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-01-16T13:14:25Z
Jan 16, 2022

My primary use case is backend storage for our VMs. We are fully virtualized, using VMware for our virtualization layer, and we use multiple VMs for our applications, so we have multiple workloads for the education school information systems. Then we have our ERP and HR systems, and our infrastructure monitoring the networking solutions, and so on. All these VMs are backed up using Avamar.

SN
Real User
2021-11-15T18:15:35Z
Nov 15, 2021

We use it for our desktops and laptops end-users. We have a network in place for server backup and archive.

Vivek Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2021-10-28T19:30:50Z
Oct 28, 2021

I'm using the solution for our entire daily data backup for laptops and desktops. We also use it for some of our virtual machines and some of our databases systems.

RS
Real User
2021-10-27T16:47:36Z
Oct 27, 2021

The solution can be used for the backing up of all environments, including those which are virtual and involve databases and applications.

AS
Real User
2021-10-08T23:18:57Z
Oct 8, 2021

It is our main backup system while we're in the middle of switching over to Cohesity.

AL
Real User
2021-08-13T16:14:21Z
Aug 13, 2021

We use Avamar for all of our backup and data management solutions in our co-location facility. I have two co-location facilities with one in Carrollton, Texas, and one in Austin. I have data domains, Avamar platforms, and Avamar software that we use across our enterprise. I manage a global technology team and a global infrastructure team. We use those platforms across all of our data centers, as well as on our sites where we have on-premises storage for either our Burrtec solutions or Isilon solutions that we have in territories, where we have to have data remain in the country due to the compliance requirements. We use it globally.

RO
Real User
2021-07-02T21:31:27Z
Jul 2, 2021

It is a backup solution. So, we do daily backups of around 3,000 VMware guests. That is normally just an image backup where it goes to the VMware API, backs up the image file, and then puts it on the backend to Avamar into Data Domain. It has a specialized storage system that does dedupe and compression, so we can get more on a single disk array. We have more than one site. We have a primary site and a secondary site. At the Data Domain level, we replicate site to site every backup every day so that we have the availability in our secondary site for every VM. The replication is done with the architecture of the Data Domain itself. We have the rapid recovery solution that allows you to stand up any box at either location and have it come up online within just a minute or two. That's done via NFS. It becomes a data store into VMware, and then you vMotion it out. So, it has got rapid recovery at both locations as well. We are using its newest version. We keep it up to date.

PP
MSP
2021-06-06T02:58:21Z
Jun 6, 2021

We use it as a backup and restore solution for our customers. For replication, we use the Data Domain application. We replicate from our primary site to the DR site.

RV
Real User
2021-04-05T10:05:22Z
Apr 5, 2021

We use a basic called a DPS. Typically, we are using mostly networkers just to back up most of the workloads, like cellphone audio ware and the connection, et cetera.

MM
Real User
2021-04-01T23:32:51Z
Apr 1, 2021

Our company is Dell EMCs largest partner in Egypt and the Middle East. We have a titanium partnership with them and I'm the senior infrastructure solutions specialist.

AK
Real User
2021-03-07T16:38:16Z
Mar 7, 2021

We are using Dell EMC Avamar for backing up our virtual environment.

reviewer1315983 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2021-01-25T13:49:22Z
Jan 25, 2021

We use this product for Windows and Linux servers, and we have both file and database backups stored on them. We use them at smaller sites, which are small offices that are located around the world.

OM
Real User
2020-12-18T18:25:00Z
Dec 18, 2020

The primary use case of this solution was for projects to backup customer laptops for the application capabilities.

SA
Real User
2020-12-10T05:07:39Z
Dec 10, 2020

In a data center, the entire workloads are virtualized, and they are backing up the content, and sometimes because of bandwidth, operations need to be backed up quickly. In that kind of scenario, this source site replication is very supportive. Avamar evaluates the data that's already backed up, and only the chain blocks can be transferred via the network. There won't be any heavy network traffic, and the time it takes to backup is quick and within the window. On the client-side, we can also backup clients with Avamar. These days with the pandemic, most of them work from home, and we're using less network bandwidth to backup end user transfers.

SL
Reseller
2020-12-06T06:43:00Z
Dec 6, 2020

We are system integrators who are selling backup solutions, and Dell EMC Avamar is one of the products that we implement for our clients. I had come across it for backing up laptops and VMware but previously, I have had clients using it to backup system machines like AIX, Solaris, and others. Slowly, people are moving away from those.

AA
Consultant
2020-10-19T09:33:36Z
Oct 19, 2020

We are system integrators. We resell, we deploy, and we support our clients.

CD
Real User
2020-10-01T09:58:03Z
Oct 1, 2020

It was initially used for remote office, branch office backups, but eventually, it started to be used for small and large data centers.

DW
Real User
2020-09-27T04:10:17Z
Sep 27, 2020

We primarily use the solution for virtual infrastructure.

RW
Real User
2020-09-22T07:16:11Z
Sep 22, 2020

We deal with data that has compliance requirements for long-term retention, which is like 10 years plus the life of the client. As long as they're in our program, we have to keep anything related to them for that time period, which can run up to 30 years. We deal with all things related to that. I'm a storage management specialist and we are customers of Dell.

RN
Real User
2020-08-09T07:19:59Z
Aug 9, 2020

I recently stopped using this product because my work moved away from operations and I'm now a patents director, so I generally do the designing. My client was looking for backups and for an application along with a desktop backup. We are partners with Dell and I'm the deputy general manager of the company.

HZ
Real User
2020-08-04T07:26:00Z
Aug 4, 2020

As solution providers, we provide solutions to meet the objectives and goals of customers. We provide a general global architecture and the right solution that will solve a customer's problem and meet the goal at the fixed cost. If the customer doesn't mention a specific provider, then to meet the goal, we use the provider that we have to.

AZ
Real User
2020-06-15T07:33:00Z
Jun 15, 2020

In Romania, more customers own their enterprise software. But the new wave wants to also try cloud data centers and cloud backup and so on.

HS
Real User
Top 10
2020-06-14T08:03:00Z
Jun 14, 2020

Our company has more than 5,000 employees, and we use the Avamar solution for the protection of our rear environment, we are protecting 1,500+ VMs using this solution.

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