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Dell Avamar vs IBM Spectrum Protect vs Veritas Alta SaaS Protection comparison

 

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Ayodeji  Oyewole - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good backups but has occasional failures
I use Dell Avamar primarily for backup and recovery The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality. It gives large enterprises the comfort of knowing their workloads are being backed up. There are instances where backups fail on certain applications, which is an area that could be…
Syed Habib - PeerSpot reviewer
Manageable and comprehensive and integrates robust backup features for core banking
It's adequate for my core banking, however, I am looking for another solution for all systems. It is not compatible with other operating systems like Windows or Linux, and lacks a consolidated dashboard from Browser Spectrum. This is why I am searching for another solution. The product also lacks any centralized graphical user interface (GUI), such as Jarek Pod, and I am limited to using a console-based text user interface, which my local partner handles completely.
Daniel Ogola - PeerSpot reviewer
The appliance is ready to integrate with the cloud in cases where the customers have a hybrid or cloud environment.
The go-between is a Veritas partner, so the customer support was not that good. The solution is fine except when there is a purchasing crisis where you have to remake the ecosystem. It causes a lot of issues. The support was a problem, but we're okay with it as long as we have someone to communicate with.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Dell Avamar has a push upgrade feature that lets you simultaneously push updates to thousands of clients. I also found the self-service part of Dell Avamar helpful."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"The source site replication feature is valuable."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"The technical support for Spectrum Protect is very mature. It is very committed to giving a top-notch support experience."
"The most valuable features of the product are data deduplication and disaster recovery."
"We have better, faster backup times, and it has improved efficiency in the backups."
"The scheduled backups ensure we meet the requirements for our business, and we keep backups of certain environments."
"Incremental forever: This feature helps us reduce backup time and backup storage space."
"The scalability of IBM Spectrum Protect is good."
"A robust tool which allows us to backup pretty much any environment, virtual or physical."
"Traditional storage works perfectly with it."
"he most valuable feature is that it's not so intrusive with computer resources."
"It's a good solution. It's pretty stable."
"It's very comprehensive. It's one of the first brands to appear in its field."
"The solution's hardware appliance is very scalable and very useful."
"Veritas is loaded with features because the appliance is ready to integrate with the cloud in cases where the customers have a hybrid or cloud environment."
"Some of the tool's best features include an enhanced dashboard and strong security features compared to native Veritas. Our environment is entirely automated."
"We're comfortable using this kind of technology. It's user-friendly."
"The solution is stable; I haven't experienced any bugs or glitches on it."
 

Cons

"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"Some integrations are not in place, such as the email alerts, which are not compatible with Office 365 SMTP gateway."
"Backup image browse times should be faster."
"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."
"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."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"They should introduce more features for virtualization platforms and backing up IBMs. Backup speeds should also be improved."
"RTO is a huge gap for us. If we had a disaster scenario and had to recover a bunch of stuff from tape, the RTO would be too long for us."
"The solution could be more user-friendly and provide better monitoring. The monitoring should be improved first since it is a higher priority."
"Most customers still struggle with the reporting piece, especially generating reports. I think it needs some improvements in this area."
"It lacks reporting and an efficient alert mechanism. The GUI could also be improved."
"When it comes to virtualization in IBM it's not perfect."
"It needs BMR (bare machine recovery) solutions for both Windows and Linux systems."
"It needs agents that take into account more databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)."
"They should review the cost aspect of the subscription for Veritas Alta SaaS Protection because customers are going for the cheaper storage, which doesn't give those features in terms of dedup ratios."
"The technical team wasn't very helpful."
"When you finish a project, the client should have the opportunity to browse the files rather than simply ending the contract. Also, it's not possible to recover earlier versions. It should be possible to have a database for recovering files after you finish a contract. There's no solution for this from Veritas."
"The backup reports and the dashboard need improvement."
"An area for improvement is the product's performance, especially how long it takes to do a job."
"The tool can be improved in terms of maintainability and flexibility, especially as companies grow larger. In these aspects, I feel Veeam is better for cloud and operational purposes."
"The implementation could be improved. The server setup is very easy, but some specific client implementation, for example, Oracle or SQL servers, are a little bit complicated. they should offer a bit more assistance with the setup for these particular items."
"The usability of the solution isn't the best."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."
"It was very expensive before, but after integrating it with Dell EMC Avamar Data Protection suite licensing, we are getting better discounts."
"It is easy to use."
"The cost is high."
"It's a very high-end solution and comparable to Rubrik and Cohesity."
"I rate the pricing a seven out of ten because it is expensive."
"Dell EMC needs to lower Avamar's price and add more features to stay competitive."
"Dell Avamar is a moderately priced solution."
"Technical support is pretty good. It is doing fine, but you pay for it."
"Licensing can be either complicated or simple depending on what type of licensing you wish to use and what works best for your environment."
"License-wise regarding IBM, it's licensed per terabyte. And that is after compression and deduplication."
"Regarding retro-compatibility of the product between versions, your data is always available and the ROI is unquestionable."
"There may be an advantage to going with IBM in terms of pricing. They have a pay-as-you-grow policy, so there is no need to take one license for the entire datacenter. You can start with small licenses and then grow, and pay, as you use more."
"Its licensing is complex, and its price is not really reasonable. It is on the expensive side. IBM, in general, is slightly expensive, but with IBM Spectrum for the virtual environment, they are looking into the aspect of helping customers with the cost and providing a cost-effective solution."
"We pay for a terabyte license to support our backend usage."
"Its licensing is complicated. It goes by CPUs, and it is pretty expensive as well."
"This solution is not cheap and not expensive but priced in the mid-range."
"The program is quite expensive."
"The tool is expensive compared to Veeam."
"I would rate this solution's pricing as five out of five."
"SaaS Backup isn't the most expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
8%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

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Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What's the difference between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC NetWorker?
From the very beginning, Dell EMC NetWorker considers users and those who might potentially become users. In terms of...
What do you like most about Dell Avamar?
Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup.
What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect?
One point for improvement for IBM Spectrum Protect is security, as IBM has not been investing as much as in the past....
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Alto SaaS Protection?
Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is slightly expensive, but they can do more on it. The exact figure for Veritas Alta Saa...
What needs improvement with Veritas Alto SaaS Protection?
For Veritas Alta SaaS Protection, the only challenge is downtime and the impact of time synchronization whereby diffe...
What is your primary use case for Veritas Alto SaaS Protection?
For the customers that I'm dealing with, they are using Veritas Alta SaaS Protection for long-term retention and offl...
 

Also Known As

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IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
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Sample Customers

Dodge County, St Laurence's College, FieldCore (a GE Company), Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Getronics, Lewisville Independent School District, EnvisionRxOptions, Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions
CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America, Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV, Arkansas Tech University, British Columbia Institute of Technology
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