Networker review - easy to manage, does what it says
December 10, 2015

Networker review - easy to manage, does what it says

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with Networker

Networker is used to back up VM, SQL, Exchange and other applications.
It's a single application to manage all different backup datasets
  • One application to do all
  • Multiple device integration and support, like DD, Tape, AFTD etc
  • Easy-to-manage portal (Networker Management Console)
  • Set-it, forget-it setup
  • Price sometimes tends to be higher for mid-size companies
  • Support sometimes a little delayed
  • DR recovery can be a little lengthy & time consuming
  • Good customer service
  • Lengthy process, but 100% doable
Avamar is better but expensive
Veeam, most suited for VM backup, doesn't work too well with the rest of backups\applications
Best suited for VM (Image based backup), Exchange, SQL
Not too good with Oracle DB backup
DR recovery process is not too straight forward, makes it tough to run DR recovery test

Dell Networker Feature Ratings

Universal recovery
7
Instant recovery
8
Recovery verification
8
Business application protection
9
Multiple backup destinations
9
Incremental backup identification
9
Backup to the cloud
7
Deduplication and file compression
9
Snapshots
9