We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and IDERA SQL Safe Backup 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."We don't need to manage different devices."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"The most valuable feature is the deduplication rate."
"Instead of four or five tools, consisting of backup software, storage where the backup resides, and a separate system for reporting and central monitoring, they all now come in the virtual edition for IDP."
"We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."
"The solution is strong."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"The product is integrated with Huawei software and its backup and recovery time is very fast."
"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."
"It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."
"We cannot add IDPA to DPC, and each IP has a DP Central, which cannot monitor other IDPAs."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
"I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."
"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."
"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."
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Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 12 reviews while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 77th in Backup and Recovery. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) writes "The product comes bundled with a host of useful solutions that help one centralize their work". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik and Commvault Cloud, whereas IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with Rubrik and IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact. See our Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs. IDERA SQL Safe Backup report.
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