I have seen all of these products in production. If you are working with a VMware environment and want solid backups/replications and restores then nothing in my opinion beats Veeam. It's very easy to use and works very well with plain disk-based backup targets. Its built-in de-duplication works very well. If you are looking for even better performance and de-duplication then I would recommend Veeam with a Data Domain backup target. Data Domain uses a protocol called DD-Boost. Not many vendors support DD-Boost, however, Veeam does. I am getting very good backup-to-storage ratios with this combination. For example, I am using 15.5 TB of physical disk space to hold 106TB of backup data. I have been pleased and impressed with this combination.
We performed a comparison between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC Networker based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Ease of Deployment: Reviewers of both solutions agree that the initial setup of each can be complex, particularly for inexperienced users.
Features: Users of both products are happy with their performance, stability, and scalability. Dell EMC Avamar users say it is a powerful and fast...
I have seen all of these products in production. If you are working with a VMware environment and want solid backups/replications and restores then nothing in my opinion beats Veeam. It's very easy to use and works very well with plain disk-based backup targets. Its built-in de-duplication works very well. If you are looking for even better performance and de-duplication then I would recommend Veeam with a Data Domain backup target. Data Domain uses a protocol called DD-Boost. Not many vendors support DD-Boost, however, Veeam does. I am getting very good backup-to-storage ratios with this combination. For example, I am using 15.5 TB of physical disk space to hold 106TB of backup data. I have been pleased and impressed with this combination.