Dell Avamar vs Veritas System Recovery comparison

The compared Dell Technologies and Veritas solutions aren't in the same category. Dell Technologies is ranked #7 in BRS , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 3.1% mindshare in the category. Veritas is ranked #28 in DRS , with an average rating of 7.3, and holds a 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 70% of Veritas users who would recommend it.

Dell Avamar

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87% willing to recommend

Veritas System Recovery

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70% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Avamar

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (7th), Deduplication Software (5th)

Veritas System Recovery

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (28th)

Mindshare comparison

Dell Avamar and Veritas System Recovery aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell Avamar is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 3.1%, down 3.6% compared to last year.
Veritas System Recovery, on the other hand, focuses on Disaster Recovery (DR) Software, holds 0.6% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Ayodeji Oyewole

Managing Director at Atlantic factorial

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…

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Sareesh V

Sr.System Administrator at Suwaidi

The solution can be used for DR testing and allows running an infinite number of full backups

When we consider the backup model of other products like Veeam, their incremental backup just adds to their first full backup. With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements. With my cloud version of Veritas System Recovery, I can have a full backup every month, which is not possible with any other vendors. Other vendors will claim that the original copy is strong enough, but the customers have to ensure that bugs won't cause any problems in the future. However, with Veritas System Recovery, you can run a full backup this month and again run a full backup on the first or thirtieth day of the next month.

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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

"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."

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

"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."

"The installation process is pretty straightforward."

"It is very easy when you want to restore back to the original state."

"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."

"It works quickly and is very stable."

"It is a very complete product."

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"You can back up the whole image."

"The solution has helped reduce my company's cost by around 50 to 60 percent."

"It has a user-friendly interface."

"The solution captures the system state, so when we restore the system, it will be restored to the state it was in at the time of the backup."

"The tool helps automate system recovery. The solution is most useful in scenarios involving restoration to a different environment. For instance, when migrating from a physical server to a virtual one, the tool facilitates conversion."

"With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements."

"The installation was straightforward."

"Offers good recovery quickly."

Cons

"There also needs to be single sign-on support."

"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."

"EMC has discontinued their Avamar hardware version. They only advertise the Avamar virtual edition."

"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."

"The tool's interface is very much in a spreadsheet format...reporting is an area with shortcomings requiring improvement."

"What would make Dell Avamar better is if it can do faster backups because right now, PowerProtect Data Manager is better in this area with its new UI and a new way to implement backups. Customers nowadays also expect more up-to-date solutions, and this is another area for improvement in Dell Avamar. It's not as up-to-date, so I'm counting on PowerProtect Data Manager, but customers who have Dell Avamar don't want to switch because you don't have as many backup problems in Dell Avamar compared to other solutions. What I'd like to see in the next release of Dell Avamar is an updated UI and a different way to manage backups because currently, backup management is a bit heavy for customers using Dell Avamar."

"When you get down to doing certain things, such as somebody wants a particular file restored, the process by which you do that is stupid. You kind of have to know exactly where to look for in order to find it. Even on older backup products that I've used, I didn't have that kind of problem. If we were looking for a file with a particular kind of a name, the solution would find that file anywhere irrespective of where it resides within the backup system. So, we didn't have to know the name of the specific server, the specific timeframe, almost all the characters of the file name, and all kinds of data in order to find a file. In Avamar, we got to know these details. We've gone around and around with them on that, and their attitude seems to be that it is working just fine. There is nothing for them to improve. The organizational system of other products that I'm working with, such as Zerto and Cohesity, seems to be centered around the tasks that you would most commonly do and want to do, as opposed to we've laid it out in a really neat technical hierarchy."

"The screen design is a bit back-dated."

More Dell Avamar cons

"Lacks the ability to protect the database snapshot."

"The tool's deployment could be easier. The deployment itself isn't the issue; rather, the problem lies in configuring policies and testing everything before it's ready. We invest a significant amount of time in preparing for various scenarios. However, we often encounter situations where changes have occurred since our initial preparations. This can render the automation less valuable."

"We faced issues with recovery and restoration."

"Veritas System Recovery Manager offers some manager solutions, but there is room for improvement."

"The pricing could be cheaper."

"It needs an easier interface."

"The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"Veritas System Recovery’s pricing and local support need some improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is very expensive. It's a trust based licensing. So that's an ethical challenge."

"The solution is costly."

"It was very expensive before, but after integrating it with Dell EMC Avamar Data Protection suite licensing, we are getting better discounts."

"The solution is expensive."

"The solution is not expensive for the value one gets."

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

"This solution is less expensive than Veeam for us, although it depends on the customer because we get a great discount."

"Dell EMC needs to lower Avamar's price and add more features to stay competitive."

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"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There is no need to pay any additional fees apart from the licensing costs attached to the solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

11%

Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Energy/Utilities Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

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 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 do you like most about Veritas System Recovery?

The tool helps automate system recovery. The solution is most useful in scenarios involving restoration to a different environment. For instance, when migrating from a physical server to a virtual ...

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What needs improvement with Veritas System Recovery?

The tool's deployment could be easier. The deployment itself isn't the issue; rather, the problem lies in configuring policies and testing everything before it's ready. We invest a significant amou...

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What is your primary use case for Veritas System Recovery?

I use the solution for daily backup and the restoration of backup files.

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Avamar

Veritas System Recovery 18, System Recovery 18, System Recovery

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

Veritas System Recovery 18 delivers superior backup and disaster recovery for servers, desktops, and laptops with a single unified solution that enables businesses to recover from downtime or disasters in minutes. With patented Restore Anyware technology, IT administrators can rapidly restore exactly what they need, when and where they need it - including entire physical and virtual machines to bare metal or dissimilar hardware as well as files, folders, and granular application objects. Unlike other technologies, Veritas System Recovery also provides cross-platform Physical to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V), and Virtual to-Physical (V2P) recoveries, making it the perfect complement to physical and virtual environments.

Veritas

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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