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NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Veritas NetBackup Appliance comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP delivers cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved performance, reducing storage, maintenance, and power expenses.
Sentiment score
3.6
Veritas NetBackup Appliance enhances deduplication, reduces costs, improves efficiency, ensures ransomware protection, and is ideal for complex enterprises.
The immutability feature ensures customers do not incur costs in case of ransomware, allowing for a safe restore, which means they are avoiding ransom payments, and that is a big win for the customer.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Veritas NetBackup Appliance has helped reduce costs by 30% and has improved operational efficiency.
Deputy Vice President - IT at TransUnion
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP customer service is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with room for improvement in initial support.
Sentiment score
5.7
Veritas NetBackup Appliance service shows mixed reviews; users report satisfactory support but highlight issues with response time and competence.
Their support is good, with technical teams available 24/7.
Senior Manager at Cloud4C Services
Veritas has a very good support infrastructure with trained engineers.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
I contacted their support once, and the process was slow, which discouraged further contact.
Oracle Technology Manager at MOPCO
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers scalable growth, dynamic expansion, and flexibility, though large environments face data size limitations.
Sentiment score
7.0
Veritas NetBackup Appliance is highly scalable for large environments, praised for flexibility but may require extra hardware and costs.
It wouldn't help with outages either; the scaling is manual, and there are no processes we've used to automate that for unexpected scenarios.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I would rate the scalability of the product as a nine out of ten.
ICT Director at SSA
The ability to scale and expand with Veritas NetBackup Appliance is good, and I give it a high rating.
Storage & Backup Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers high stability and reliability, with users valuing performance and responsive support despite occasional minor issues.
Sentiment score
8.1
Veritas NetBackup Appliance is generally stable and reliable, receiving high ratings despite occasional issues and version upgrade challenges.
I am satisfied with its performance and would rate it ten out of ten for stability.
Oracle Technology Manager at MOPCO
They do lab tests before releasing any patch, so currently, the product is stable.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
 

Room For Improvement

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP users seek improved scalability, integration, ease of use, and features like security, monitoring, and cloud compatibility.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance needs improved usability, interface design, integration, support, scalability, and competitive pricing, targeting non-experts and enhanced reporting.
My opinion is that support is generally very good. There are instances where they take longer to respond or resolve issues, especially when customers have urgent needs, but ultimately, resolution is achieved.
Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited
It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
A mixed licensing model would be more helpful, such as terabytes plus virtual machines, terabytes plus instances, or number of instances.
Enterprise Architect at vertowave
The only room for improvement is that the cost per terabyte is extremely high.
ICT Director at SSA
I believe they can do more to give customers more insight into their data, allowing them to see it and understand what they can do, such as archiving old data.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users enjoy NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP for its features despite higher costs, with discounts available for extended commitments.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance is often seen as costly, with high licensing fees and significant maintenance expenses compared to competitors.
It's more costly than Commvault, which offers similar features at 70% of the price.
Oracle Technology Manager at MOPCO
It is a high price because the maintenance has a large cost, especially if the appliance is hardware rather than a virtual appliance.
Storage & Backup Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The price is slightly expensive for small and medium enterprises.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
 

Valuable Features

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers reliable, flexible data protection, seamless integration, and optimized storage across diverse cloud environments.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance is praised for its efficient, scalable integration, reducing costs while supporting diverse environments and enhancing usability.
The granular ability to divide up the performance and the amount of storage you want is really fantastic.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The encryption feature in Veritas NetBackup Appliance helps protect sensitive information, as there is encryption at rest and encryption in transit from commands sent from server to client.
Storage & Backup Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The biggest advantage is that I do not need to manage backups on traditional tapes, which helps maintain total business continuity.
Deputy Vice President - IT at TransUnion
The Oracle Agent and Oracle RAC support are valuable features; they are crucial for taking backups and cloning applications.
Oracle Technology Manager at MOPCO
 

Categories and Ranking

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Storage (3rd), Cloud Backup (29th), Public Cloud Storage Services (13th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)
Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (16th), Deduplication Software (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Veritas NetBackup Appliance aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is designed for Cloud Software Defined Storage and holds a mindshare of 26.3%, down 28.7% compared to last year.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 5.5% mindshare, up 4.3% since last year.
Cloud Software Defined Storage Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP26.3%
Portworx Enterprise27.0%
IBM Spectrum Scale26.8%
Other19.900000000000006%
Cloud Software Defined Storage
Deduplication Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veritas NetBackup Appliance5.5%
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain24.7%
HPE StoreOnce18.5%
Other51.3%
Deduplication Software
 

Featured Reviews

Punit Waghela - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited
Offers advanced features with notable emphasis on innovation
The best features of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP include deduplication, compaction, and autonomous ransomware technology that native cloud storage solutions in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud do not support. Moreover, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP allows the use of multiple protocols including NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI, whereas native options may only support NFS and iSCSI. Customers already using on-premises NetApp storage such as FAS, AFF, or ASA can experience the same functionality on the cloud with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, which adds significant value. For data protection, customers can take advantage of the Snapshot technology available with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. This technology facilitates data recovery by allowing snapshots to be stored either on the same storage or on a disaster recovery (DR) storage. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP helps us to take snapshots and store them on the same storage, with options for migration or replication of those snapshots to different storage, including on-premises DR storage or other cloud storage, providing excellent disaster recovery capabilities.
SG
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Backup management excels with user-friendly interface and effective deduplication, offering robust data protection
Leveraging AI in Veritas NetBackup Appliance is one of the road maps now that they have done a collaboration with Cohesity, which is a feature I'm looking forward to. Using AI is one improvement I recommend for the Veritas NetBackup Appliance. They have implemented some aspects of AI for features such as malware detection and anomaly detection. I believe they can do more to give customers more insight into their data, allowing them to see it and understand what they can do, such as archiving old data. They can do more by utilizing the data effectively to provide insights to customers about their space usage, future projections, and options for managing old data.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Performing Arts
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise53
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise27
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?
So a lot of these licenses are at the rate that is required for capacity. So they're they're able to reduce the license consumption and also the consumption of the underlying cloud storage.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is actually quite reasonable in price compared to other native cloud storage options. For example, a customer using 100 TB of AWS storage would not benefit from deduplica...
What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?
It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
Customers say that the price for Veritas NetBackup Appliance is high. It is a high price because the maintenance has a large cost, especially if the appliance is hardware rather than a virtual appl...
What needs improvement with Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
I have not used this functionality for potential areas of improvement in Veritas NetBackup Appliance. I would add some function to better integrate Veritas NetBackup Appliance with Cohesity solutio...
What is your primary use case for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
I use Veritas NetBackup Appliance for the backup of virtual environments.
 

Also Known As

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO
NetBackup Appliance
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

1. Accenture 2. Acer 3. Adidas 4. Aetna 5. AIG 6. Apple 7. Bank of America 8. Barclays 9. Bayer 10. Berkshire Hathaway 11. BNP Paribas 12. Cisco 13. Coca-Cola 14. Comcast 15.ConocoPhillips 16. CVS Health 17. Dell 18. Deutsche Bank 19. eBay 20. Eli Lilly 21. FedEx 22. Ford 23. Freescale Semiconductor 24. General Electric 25. Google 26. Honeywell 27. IBM 28. Intel 29. Intuit 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kellogg's 32. KeyCorp 33. Liberty Mutual 34. L'Oréal 35. Mastercard
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