We performed a comparison between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC Networker based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Dell EMC Avamar wins out in this comparison due to its robust performance as well as its impressive data reduction and deduplication abilities. In addition, Dell EMC Avamar received positive feedback in the ROI category.
"The solution is very stable."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"The source site replication feature is valuable."
"It is a very complete product."
"Avamar has long been the best in its class, but that's changing as new solutions emerge. However, Dell has traditionally been a leader in deduplication and compression. Avamar enabled us to shift data from on-premise local appliances to data centers and multi-tenant infrastructure. That's a powerful feature. because customers can back up to the cloud without upgrading o high-capacity links or congesting their backups."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"If it's set up the right way, it's a stable product."
"The solution is simple to understand."
"Simple, stable and straightforward."
"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 EMC NetWorker integrates well with our domain and the performance is quite good on-premise. We receive approximately 1 terabyte within one hour."
"It's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Dell NetWorker is its quick configuration and handling of large databases."
"The response time of the tech support is swift. The support is fantastic."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"It's an expensive solution."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"Interfaces need to be improved."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"While upgrading to a new version, we encounter challenges related to specific algorithms or code regulations."
"It's complex in nature."
"They need to be compatible with the cloud because EMC NetWorker cannot compete with other products at the moment. EMC focuses only on their own cloud and do not take into consideration other cloud vendors."
"I would like to see better support for the container systems, and we would like to see more support for image backups instead of pure file backups."
"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."
"The UI is not user-friendly."
"There should be total integration of the replication and cloud logistic back up on cloud."
"The end-user experience is not good."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell NetWorker report.
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