Dell Avamar vs SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor comparison

The compared Dell Technologies and SolarWinds solutions aren't in the same category. Dell Technologies is ranked #9 in BRS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 1.9% mindshare in the category. SolarWinds is ranked #6 in SM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 4.9% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

Dell Avamar

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Avamar

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (9th), Deduplication Software (5th)

SolarWinds Storage Resource...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Storage Management (6th)

Mindshare comparison

Dell Avamar and SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell Avamar is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 1.9%, down 3.5% compared to last year.
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor, on the other hand, focuses on Storage Management, holds 4.9% mindshare, up 2.6% since last year.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell Avamar	1.9%
Veeam Data Platform	7.0%
Commvault Cloud	4.0%
Other	87.1%

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Storage Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor	4.9%
NetApp OnCommand Insight	6.5%
Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM)	5.8%
Other	82.8%

Storage Management

Featured Reviews

SamuelThomas

Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

Have supported critical environments despite room for improvement in legacy backup options

It is very efficient in cyber resilience. Deduplication, automation, and everything is very efficient. It is multi-cloud enabled and has broad protections. The software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery options through its cyber resiliency features. Dell PowerProtect Manager provides insights in managing backup processes. Its encryption mechanisms are very efficient, helping to secure sensitive data. Its integration with Dell EMC Data Domain is very good. It is easy to integrate with Data Domain. Multi-cloud options are enabled, and backup in cloud options exist in Dell Avamar.

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AbdulKader Mohandes

Senior Systems Engineer at Al Jazeera Media Network

Custom alerts and rich performance metrics have improved server monitoring and storage planning

We use customizable alerts extensively with different services, because the exchange services are different from Active Directory or DNS or anything else. We have customizable alerts for each service. I do not use the historical data trends that predict future storage needs. Perhaps some of my colleagues use it, but I do not. I would like to see a focus on broadcast services in the future to make it better. Broadcast services, specifically TV broadcast services, would be valuable to us because we come from a broadcast technology background and would appreciate having some features related to that. I would rate this review as an eight out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups."

"The solution is very user-friendly."

"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."

"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."

"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."

"The setup is very easy."

"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."

"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."

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"The initial setup is very straightforward."

Cons

"There are instances where backups fail on certain applications, which is an area that could be improved."

"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."

"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."

"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."

"My only concern is that there is no tape backup."

"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."

"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."

"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."

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"The solution could always be more easily scalable."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I'm not sure, but perhaps the pricing could be done better at the moment."

"Dell Avamar is expensive."

"The current pricing is generally satisfactory."

"It was approximately $70-80,000 when it was under support, but right now EMC has not been supporting this product for two years."

"The solution is expensive."

"Its price should be reduced. It would be good if you could pay as per usage, and there is a subscription model like VMware. There should be some flexibility because sometimes, the customer only uses the backup for one month or three months. Currently, I have to pay whether I use it or not. Its licensing should be flexible and based on consumption."

"The cost of the solution is very expensive."

"Its licensing is weird. It is not just the licenses; we also purchase hardware. With most software products, such as Veeam, Commvault, and Data Protector, there is no hardware purchase at the same time. Because Avamar and Data Domain are tied together, they have an integrated pipe. You can separate them, but basically, they're designed to work as a couple. Because the Data Domain backend is designed to do dedupe and compression, we get 60:1. When you count it, you count it as a straight compression, but of course, that's with dedupe and some other stuff. You have to buy the hardware, the licensing, and the software at the same time. So, it's not just software."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Retailer

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	48

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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 both pricing and setup, this product offers an experience that is significantly...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC Avamar?

The cost is very significant, and it could be lower.

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What do you like most about Dell Avamar?

Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup.

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?

The number of similar alerts is the main area for improvement. Alert noise would be great to reduce.

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What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?

We are still working with SolarWinds and use the NPM product along with SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor.

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What advice do you have for others considering SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

Avamar

SolarWinds SRM

Overview

Dell Avamar data protection software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery operations that can scale from daily backup protection for endpoints to high-performance protection for large enterprises with diverse applications and workloads. With application consistent recovery, automation and fast backup and restores, Avamar can help you meet your SLAs and optimize your backup and recovery processes

If you are deploying all or part of your backup environment to the cloud, Avamar enables you to make the most of your cloud investment, enabling replication, disaster recovery and long-term retention for customers using AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.

Avamar is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite, which offers comprehensive data protection software applications and tools. Avamar is delivered as software and as a virtual edition.

Dell Technologies

The storage monitoring and capacity management software from SolarWinds gives you deep visibility into the performance of your multi-vendor storage arrays, and helps you closely watch the application stack for storage issues that affect application performance.

SolarWinds

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

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