Great tool as a supplement to your existing backup solution
January 30, 2021

Great tool as a supplement to your existing backup solution

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Dell EMC Networker

Dell EMC Networker is a data protection suite that gives us peace of mind over our more important data and its backups. We are using it at the Data Center to give us another layer or level of backup prowess as well as a means to hold onto critical data. The business problems that are solved by its use are having corrupted, failed, or missing backup data.
  • Gives us deep, granular control over our backups data.
  • Automates a lot of the hard work for us, saving much time.
  • Gives both physical and virtual environments a safe place for data to rest.
  • Dell software in general feels a bit data and can be cumbersome.
  • Upgrades, patches, and bug fixes are behind when an important security issue is found.
  • We sometimes have trouble getting answers from support.
  • Having two backup systems does create more operational time needed to manage
  • License cost per server is fairly high for products in this range
  • ROI is high whenever you are saved time and money with a needed backup

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

Yes

Are you happy with Dell Networker's feature set?

Yes

Did Dell Networker live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Dell Networker go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Dell Networker again?

Yes

Snort, Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000), Dell EMC Avamar, Dell EMC PowerFlex (formerly VxFlex or VxRack), Cisco DNA Analytics and Assurance
If asked, I would tell a colleague that this is really a supplement to their fully fleshed out backup system. We use comm vault for the heavy lifting, and Networker for the critical data and systems. This allows us to have separate backups and less of a single point of failure.

Dell Networker Feature Ratings

Universal recovery
8
Instant recovery
8
Recovery verification
10
Business application protection
7
Multiple backup destinations
5
Incremental backup identification
7
Backup to the cloud
3
Deduplication and file compression
4
Snapshots
4
Flexible deployment
2
Management dashboard
8
Platform support
9
Retention options
10
Encryption
7