The downside to Dell EMC Avamar
December 04, 2019

The downside to Dell EMC Avamar

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Dell EMC Avamar

Dell EMC Avamar is being used at 3 of the locations that I support. We used it to do system and file-level backup, database backups, as well as replication. This system works very well at backing up these items. The restore process is rather lengthy depending on what you are attempting to restore. The UI is not as user-friendly as would be expected.

Pros

  • System-level backups.
  • File-level backups.
  • Replication.

Cons

  • Time to recover is lengthy.
  • The user interface is not user-friendly.
  • It has has a positive impact by retaining long term backups.
  • It has a negative impact if a mission-critical system goes down and take a while to restore.
  • Veeam Backup & Replication
The upside to Avamar versus Veeam is that Avamar has a machine tied to the software. Veeam is good software but it is only as good as the back-end storage.
Their support is very helpful and knowledgeable. The reason for the lower rating is because the time to respond is not the greatest.

Do you think Dell Avamar delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Dell Avamar's feature set?

No

Did Dell Avamar live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Dell Avamar go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Dell Avamar again?

No

This system is very well suited for an environment that needs a dependable backup solution that doesn't require a quick restore. If you have this system as your only DR solution and you need to be up and running in a matter of minutes this is not the right for you.

Dell Avamar Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
6.0
Universal recovery
7
Instant recovery
3
Recovery verification
7
Business application protection
8
Multiple backup destinations
8
Incremental backup identification
6
Backup to the cloud
Not Rated
Deduplication and file compression
5
Snapshots
3
Flexible deployment
Not Rated
Management dashboard
3
Platform support
8
Retention options
8
Encryption
Not Rated

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