Item: Dell Networker
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Dell EMC was used as our primary backup system. It is now past warranty and is our secondary backup system. We have two to backup our local file shares, SQL, and other data on our network. A lot of this is becoming more scarce because of systems moving to the web.

Pros and Cons

Backs up data.
Hardware notifications.
Easy to use interface.

Support is not so easy to work with.
replacing drives can be difficult.
Our model doesn't support VMs.

Return on Investment

It has helped to quickly bring back deleted files.
Saved time from having to recreate files.
Machines have held up past their warranty.

Alternatives Considered

Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery and Unitrends MSP

EMC and Unitrends are equal at the file level and SQL backups. What makes Unitrends the better product is the ability to backup VMs as a whole. They both have the ability to email reports about failures and hardware issues. Unitrends has superior support and knowledge base and support is available 24/7.

Key Insights

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Dell Networker again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Dell EMC Networker works well for straightforward backups. We use it for SQL and data backups. We have been doing that with our VM and non-VM environments. Nowadays there are better solutions for VM environments that can back up the whole VM for faster recovery. If you want to just copy files and or SQL this will work just fine.

Dell EMC: Good but not the best

Overall Satisfaction with Dell EMC Networker