We performed a comparison between NetApp FAS Series and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"The solution is stable."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"The product should include an audit log feature."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"There is no NetApp infrastructure set up here in Greece."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"Whenever a job fails, it would be a great improvement to be able to resume the job from that feature. Suppose a job was started this morning and that it is going on while there are interruptions like network issues, server restart issues, server connectivity issues, services stopping, etc. For some reason, let's assume that the job failed or that it was mistakenly canceled by another person. It will be a great improvement if that failed job can be continued."
"It is currently missing the dynamic backup feature for virtual machines, which is available in NetWorker. I can create politics in NetWorker to add virtual machines with specific tags, but I cannot do this in Backup Exec, which is a minus point for me. Currently, a user has to send a request to the Backup administrator to add a machine to the backup, but I should be able to create rules to automatically add a new machine to the backup. This kind of functionality is very important in current times, especially when we are using cloud solutions. I should be able to create more than one stream in a policy and specify how many streams I want to run in parallel in one policy. Currently, I have to manually create more policies to backup more than one virtual machine at the same time. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"In terms of improvements, I think the pricing model could be improved. They charge you by port, for every port that you have even if you're not using all of them."
"The solution lacked local support, which became an issue for us and our customers. They needed to have more presence on the ground."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery.
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