There are better solutions out there.
April 30, 2020
There are better solutions out there.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Dell EMC Networker
Networker is being used in conjuncture with Dell DataDomain to facilitate the backup and restores of a large number of VMs as well as a number of Databases. We are using it as a department and not across the entire enterprise. It provides data recovery in the event of user or hardware error. That being said, it has been hard to work with, is not user friendly and tends to fail backups at a regular basis. We've been looking for an alternative.
- Works with other Dell EMC products.
- Works with VMware.
- UX is just horrible.
- Workflow is hard to easily understand.
- Does not feel seamless.
- The negatives are how much time we have to devote to the product.
- The plus is that when we needed to pull the backups out of Networker, we were able to.
We've been actively looking at other products such as Rubrik or Cohesity in order to get a better experience as well as lower our overall time invested in running backups. Dell EMC Networker fails to stand up to these products in most ways. In our evaluations it was both easier to understand the different systems as well as talk to the software/hardware via APIs.
Do you think Dell Networker delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with Dell Networker's feature set?
No
Did Dell Networker live up to sales and marketing promises?
No
Did implementation of Dell Networker go as expected?
No
Would you buy Dell Networker again?
No