We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"It works quickly and is very stable."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"One of the features I find most valuable, is the good technical support."
"The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"It is very scalable, and that's its claim to fame, but that also makes it hard to make changes. Anytime there is a large piece of software, changing that piece of software is harder. You've got a larger install base, so you can't just rapidly change. We also use another product called Veeam, and it has this new feature called Continuous Data Protection, which basically lets you get very close to the way the system was in time. We have a system or two up there on which we have set 10 minutes Continuous Data Protection. So, we can roll it back to whatever it was 10 minutes ago, 20 minutes ago, or 30 minutes ago. This feature doesn't exist in Avamar Data Domain. That's the one feature I'd like to see first."
"It's an expensive solution."
"I have found the support from Dell EMC Avamar to be not as good as Veeam. The time it takes to receive support could be improved. However, once we have the support the agents are knowledgeable and helpful."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"The interface and documentation need to improve."
"The product has to be more mature, like to be another six to eight months on the market. A lot of maturity needs to be incorporated."
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Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] is rated 7.6. 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 ProtectPoint [EOL] writes "Speedy and easy setup but it needs to mature ". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] is most compared with .
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