Dell NetWorker vs Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] comparison

"If it's set up the right way, it's a stable product."

"The software implementation takes about 30 minutes."

"The most valuable feature is NetWorker's integration with the data domain that transfers the data directly into the Dell appliance, so the data doesn't need to pass through the network. NetWorker acts like a pipe, allowing the data to flow directly from the database or the VMware environment to the data domain."

"The interface is user-friendly and can be used by the end-users."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to recover the data."

"Technical support is good."

"Stability and the ease of taking backups are the biggest benefits of Dell NetWorker."

"Simple, stable and straightforward."

"One of the features I find most valuable, is the good technical support."

"The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex."

"Its console UI should be better. It should also have more out-of-the-box reporting functionalities. It should also have easier cloud integration. They have got cloud boost and things like that, but if you want to directly back up to the cloud, I'm not too sure whether you can do it. For example, you can easily send data from Commvault to AWS, Azure, or a container, but it seems to be not so easy in NetWorker."

"It is not easy to understand and deploy. It is complex in nature. Simplicity is not there. When we deploy it, the customer always needs some training from us. To make it user friendly, there should be one agent that can be used to back up every product. Dell EMC NetWorker uses so many user agents. In PowerProtect Data Manager, you can just install its VM, import that VM into vCenter, and you can start to do backups directly from vCenter. However, in Dell EMC NetWorker, you always need one server, and from that server, you need to initiate all backups. You must know the interface and the CLI. It is not user friendly. It would be a great feature if we can deploy Dell EMC NetWorker on a virtual machine, like Avamar. The additional features that are required in Dell EMC NetWorker are already available in PowerProtect Data Manager and Avamar. Therefore, there is no need to enhance Dell EMC NetWorker. It would be better if they can just rename it to PowerProtect Data Manager or Avamar."

"The solution could be graphically better."

"NetWorker sometimes has issues with the backup not starting and with connecting to the Oracle servers."

"The security features need backup and encryption. It would be nice if they added this feature. I would also like to be able to decrypt when restoring the security features. Hackers can sense these vulnerabilities today, and we need to have our enterprise prepared."

"Management of the software is a little bit hazy and not easy."

"There should be total integration of the replication and cloud logistic back up on cloud."

"There should be more vendors incorporated into the solution."

"The interface and documentation need to improve."

"The product has to be more mature, like to be another six to eight months on the market. A lot of maturity needs to be incorporated."

"It's approximate, but I believe we pay around $20-30,000 a month in licensing."

"The price of the license could be cheaper and it would be a benefit if they came up with a new pricing model. The competitors here in Oman sell universal licensing where a number of virtual machines are hosted at the customer place which can be licensed, or you can license the CPU sockets in those servers. However, NetWorker offers only CPU sockets or overall storage capacity to backup, but there is no universal licensing where you can provide a number of VMs. They should offer more options to stay competitive with other solutions, such as Veeam."

"We do need to purchase a license, but sometimes, it comes as a part of the Dell Data Protection Suite (DPS). It has a capacity-based licensing."

"You have to buy the deduplication software separately from the license."

"The tool is pricey."

"The pricing of the solution is not the cheapest compared to other similar solutions. The Networker is available as a component of the Dell EMC Data Protection Suite package and it should have the ability to be purchased separately."

"If you purchase Avamar, NetWorker is free with Avamar, for one terabyte license capacity."

"Pricing is cheaper for this product, compared to its competitors."