We performed a comparison between Dell Data Protection Advisor and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is easy to use, flexible and has a lot of out-of-the-box functionality. You can configure the dashboards or you can use a script. However, to fully utilize its capabilities you will want to use a lot of scripts which you will need advanced training. The reports can be customized for many things, such as chargeback billing."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the compression and the duplication."
"The reporting feature and the Dell's continuous improvement of the solution are the most valuable features. The solution not only supports Dell Power Products but also other products."
"The deduplication is probably the most valuable feature of that requirement."
"It has a lot of stock reports. I believe over 300 canned reports, which for the most part meet a lot of generic needs."
"The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention."
"This is a stable solution."
"I can increase the tool's licensing as per my requirement with no conditions applied."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"The solution is stable."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"The functionality of the Data Protection Advisor is limited and is something that is lacking in this solution. Other solutions like CloudIQ and DDMC provide a much better outlook on how data protection should be done."
"The stability of the solution needs improvement for stand alone users."
"Customization of reports or creating new reports can be difficult. Users need to have a deep knowledge of SQL. 70-80% of customers can't seem to understand how to do it. They don't know how to address reporting. If Dell EMC could simplify it, it would benefit the end-user."
"It is difficult to manage the solution with the available tools. You need to know exactly what are you are doing."
"The solution requires more integration with our other solutions. I know that they have full integration with VMware because it is also from EMC. However, we have to have better integration with Microsoft and Nutanix as well."
"It's a bit difficult for first-time users."
"We have encountered issues where we were unable to pull data from the database server. It should also improve the backward compatibility."
"Dell Data Protection Advisor's feature for data domain protection needs enhancement."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"The one thing which could be improved, which we have informed Veritas about, is the ability to plug in to the cloud. Meaning, instead of using local storage if we're backing up a small user or end user, we want to be able to make it so they can direct the backups directly to the cloud. It can't be done at the moment. We can only back up to the storage then replicate to the cloud, but we cannot use the cloud as a source of storage."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
Dell Data Protection Advisor is ranked 52nd in Backup and Recovery with 10 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell Data Protection Advisor is rated 8.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell Data Protection Advisor writes "A Easy- to -Setup and Stable cloud-based Data management solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Dell Data Protection Advisor is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Dell NetWorker and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Dell Data Protection Advisor vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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