We performed a comparison between BackupAssist and Dell NetWorker based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."I get my reports. It is generally very reliable. Unless there is a major change, it doesn't stop backing up. I've got my server room set up with everything connected to the same power, and I never have power issues or failures of backups because a sub-site has gone off."
"The most valuable features of BackupAssist are ease of use, configure is simple, and more importantly, ease of recovery. If you needed to do a complete system recovery or another recovery it is straightforward."
"We can configure the notifications themselves so that the right people get the notifications. This is very helpful. It allows key stakeholders to know if backups have happened and to remind each other to check the backups if something is not right."
"I have found that the backups are usually very successful."
"The software implementation takes about 30 minutes."
"The solution is stable."
"There are no problems in terms of stability."
"The backup capabilities and the automatization of the backup - along with the potential to make the back up on a virtual machine - are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"It is an extremely stable product."
"This solution is really the best in the market! After evaluating other solutions, we automatically decided to use this one."
"The solution is very stable, especially if you are using a RAC environment."
"The feature that offers the greatest benefits in ensuring data integrity is its backup capability."
"In the future I would like to see more support for Linux."
"It stopped doing my backups after I did the last update on it."
"The solution needs a dashboard or some form of central control from which you can manage all backups."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"The interface could have a different appearance."
"In the next release, I would like to see better pricing and more integration with the other products in Dell EMC."
"NetWorker sometimes has issues with the backup not starting and with connecting to the Oracle servers."
"The deduplication needs improvement and it could use better integration."
"The front end of the solution could improve. The user-friendliness is lacking."
"The user interface is hard to use, it should be simplified. There are a lot of web-based management interfaces which they should consider."
"The price could be cheaper."
"The licensing rules are difficult to navigate and understand."
BackupAssist is ranked 26th in Backup and Recovery with 5 reviews while Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews. BackupAssist is rated 8.8, while Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of BackupAssist writes "Provides ransomware protection, does good reporting, and is close to perfect for our use case". 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". BackupAssist is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud.
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