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.
"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."
"The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."
"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."
"The setup is very easy."
"All the features in the system are highly valuable."
"I found the most valuable features of Dell Avamar are the user-friendly interface and ease to use. Our clients have administrated this software and there is no additional training required."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"It is scalable software. All you need to increase is its RAM and CPU. It's pretty easy."
"The solution offers compatibility with many types of database systems. It is one of the largest backup solutions. Additionally, it gives important information about data domain systems with deduplication."
"It is an extremely stable product."
"It is the best umbrella, serving the best applications."
"If it's set up the right way, it's a stable product."
"The backup software has been much faster since we've deployed the solution."
"The support for legacy products is very good."
"The configuration and expansion aspects of the solution need improvement. They're complicated and don't really integrate well."
"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."
"Some integrations are not in place, such as the email alerts, which are not compatible with Office 365 SMTP gateway."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"If you need to pull data out of it to offload to tapes, that's messy. You have a mechanism for it, but it is painful."
"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."
"Dell EMC Avamar is a very complex product. It took a lot of time for the IT admins to get trained on how to use it. It is not very user-friendly, and we won't be using Avamar anymore. It needs a lot of improvement in terms of how the backups have been configured, and the reporting is too complex."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"I would like to see encryption included in the next release to encrypt the data that we are backing up."
"The UI needs some enhancement to be more user-friendly."
"The price could be cheaper."
"The process of upgrading versions should be improved because as it is now, you have to completely uninstall the old version first, and then install the new version."
"NetWorker's major problem is its legacy software."
"The management of Dell Networker is quite cumbersome."
"While upgrading to a new version, we encounter challenges related to specific algorithms or code regulations."
"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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