We performed a comparison between Dell Data Protection Advisor and Dell NetWorker 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 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 initial setup is very straightforward. Deployment typically takes about one hour. You just need one person to handle the deployment process."
"The deduplication is probably the most valuable feature of that requirement."
"I can increase the tool's licensing as per my requirement with no conditions applied."
"The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the compression and the duplication."
"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 possibility of recovering up-to-the-moment data is very useful."
"Dell NetWorker's valuable feature is its ability to configure the network for immutability, specifically for backups."
"Dell's technical support are quite helpful with straightforward issues."
"The solution is very user-friendly. After setting up five machines for our customers we teach them how to set up the agent and start doing their backups. It is very easy for them once they see how to do it, they like to do it on their own."
"The solution is stable."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The software is quite complicated and useful for large corporations using different information systems."
"NetWorker's most valuable feature is recovery, including the policy-based backups that can be configured."
"Dell Data Protection Advisor's feature for data domain protection needs enhancement."
"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."
"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."
"They should empower their customers with the ability to upgrade this solution as long as it's in the same major release."
"We have encountered issues where we were unable to pull data from the database server. It should also improve the backward compatibility."
"There is a steep learning curve to use the interface and to create new reports, this could be made easier. If the solution could provide more drag and drop functionality to build more advanced reports that would be very helpful."
"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."
"There should be total integration of the replication and cloud logistic back up on cloud."
"It would be beneficial to have a single user interface for all of the features."
"We are able to do direct backups, but analyzing the logs is not straightforward."
"While upgrading to a new version, we encounter challenges related to specific algorithms or code regulations."
"Since the product is not on the front banner of Dell, the support may not be the best."
"We have faced problems with the initial configuration of the solution."
"he API side of the solution has certain shortcomings."
"I would like to see better support for the container systems, and we would like to see more support for image backups instead of pure file backups."
Dell Data Protection Advisor is ranked 52nd in Backup and Recovery with 10 reviews while Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews. Dell Data Protection Advisor is rated 8.0, while Dell NetWorker 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 Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". Dell Data Protection Advisor is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Cohesity DataProtect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas NetBackup. See our Dell Data Protection Advisor vs. Dell NetWorker report.
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