"What is most valuable to me are the search features, where you can search through large backup data sets and find what you're looking for. Our data sets are so big that we're over the petabyte mark. To find a specific file for a specific user out of 10,000 users is a challenge... If we can glean from them a general description of where it might be, the search feature comes in very handy to actually locate it and restore it for them."
"This is a very stable product."
"IntelliSnap for snapshot collection is one of the most efficient and easiest ways to back up large amounts of data."
"We can use it on-premises and in the cloud."
"It is easy to use and stable. It delivers what has been promised. When it says it can do something, it can actually do it, as opposed to some of its competitors."
"The backup and restore capabilities are key. The most useful things to us about Commvault, in general, is the breadth of the applications that it can protect as well as the features inside of it, like deduplication and encryption. When people get their data encrypted, Commvault has a way to tell if somebody is being attacked through a cybersecurity threat because their data changes. So, Commvault has what they call honeypot files out there to look to see if anybody is changing these files. Only Commvault knows which files those are, so nobody should be messing with those files. If it changes, then it will alert you to say, "Oh, I potentially have somebody messing with my files." It will alert you to something going on in your environment that probably shouldn't be happening. We deploy that with all our customers so they have this capability as well."
"The most valuable feature is Commvault's coverage. It has wide coverage to back up every data center environment. The product can back up OpenStack, OpenShift, and competitive solutions don't have this feature. Commvault can handle backing up any virtual workload or enterprise application."
"The solution is easy to use and the duplication is quite good."
"It's so easy to work with."
"The most valuable feature is the portability of large archived data. You're able to put things on large on-prem, low-cost storage and then augment that with even lower cost storage in the cloud."
"Commvault is complex even if the product has comprehensive solutions and covers pretty much every technology out there. There's no unified way to manage all of the products on one single console."
"The initial setup is rather complex, especially when switching versions."
"The deployment process should be simplified because it is not something that just anybody can do."
"Commvault is a rich system that might scare somebody the first time they see it because it feels so huge."
"Our customers complain that this is a difficult product to manage."
"Commvault could make the product more cost-effective on the public cloud side. We are using this solution to back up whatever is still on-prem. We are not using it to back up what is on the public cloud because we have a native backup solution for that, which is provided by the vendor. As our footprint gets bigger, we will continue to evaluate this, but the last time that we did a cost analysis, the cost was not comparable to the solution that public clouds are offering."
"The initial installation is straightforward and took approximately two days. However, the process could be more simple."
"I would like to have a manager-level dashboard to review the backups. This is not from an administrative perspective where you can see the details of the execution. Rather, it would only show the percentage of completeness for each one."
"The solution needs faster indexing."
"It's a good product, but it's becoming outdated and moving to their other primary architecture."
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Commvault Complete Data Protection is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery Software with 45 reviews while NetApp AltaVault is ranked 32nd in Backup and Recovery Software with 2 reviews. Commvault Complete Data Protection is rated 8.4, while NetApp AltaVault is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Commvault Complete Data Protection writes "Can easily restore data in a disaster recovery scenario". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp AltaVault writes "Fair pricing with good GUI and a straightforward setup". Commvault Complete Data Protection is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup, Azure Backup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas NetApp AltaVault is most compared with AWS Storage Gateway, Veeam Backup & Replication, Nasuni, Veritas NetBackup and Rubrik. See our Commvault Complete Data Protection vs. NetApp AltaVault report.
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