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As of March 2025, the mindshare of Dell Avamar in the Backup and Recovery category stands at 3.5%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
5%
Retailer
4%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Educational Organization
4%
Energy/Utilities Company
4%
University
4%
Construction Company
3%
Insurance Company
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
3%
Media Company
2%
Non Profit
2%
Outsourcing Company
2%
Transportation Company
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
2%
Legal Firm
1%
Hospitality Company
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Mining And Metals Company
1%

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Rahul Sarangdhar - PeerSpot user
Senior Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Dell Avamar
Feb 7, 2023
Works excellently for on-prem backup but not the best for Azure backups

Pros

"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."

Cons

"Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better. "
Sebastien Chene - PeerSpot user
Senior Business Development Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Dell Avamar
Oct 15, 2022
Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh

Pros

"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."

Cons

"What would make Dell Avamar better is if it can do faster backups because right now, PowerProtect Data Manager is better in this area with its new UI and a new way to implement backups. Customers nowadays also expect more up-to-date solutions, and this is another area for improvement in Dell Avamar. It's not as up-to-date, so I'm counting on PowerProtect Data Manager, but customers who have Dell Avamar don't want to switch because you don't have as many backup problems in Dell Avamar compared to other solutions. What I'd like to see in the next release of Dell Avamar is an updated UI and a different way to manage backups because currently, backup management is a bit heavy for customers using Dell Avamar."
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Unix Architect at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees
Verified user of Dell Avamar
Jul 9, 2021
Unlimited scalability, very stable, and ties very well with VMware API

Pros

"Every product is good and bad, but its claim to fame is that it is scalable. We're doing more than 3,000 VMs. Every single night a complete image backup to disks and replication are easily done in under four hours."

Cons

"It is very scalable, and that's its claim to fame, but that also makes it hard to make changes. Anytime there is a large piece of software, changing that piece of software is harder. You've got a larger install base, so you can't just rapidly change. We also use another product called Veeam, and it has this new feature called Continuous Data Protection, which basically lets you get very close to the way the system was in time. We have a system or two up there on which we have set 10 minutes Continuous Data Protection. So, we can roll it back to whatever it was 10 minutes ago, 20 minutes ago, or 30 minutes ago. This feature doesn't exist in Avamar Data Domain. That's the one feature I'd like to see first."
Ayodeji  Oyewole - PeerSpot user
Managing Director at Atlantic factorial
Verified user of Dell Avamar
Dec 24, 2024
Reliable with good backups but has occasional failures

Pros

"The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality."

Cons

"There are instances where backups fail on certain applications, which is an area that could be improved."
Vivek Jaiswal - PeerSpot user
Manager IT at Shriram Pistons
Verified user of Dell Avamar
Mar 18, 2024
A backup solution for endpoints and virtual servers

Pros

"Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."

Cons

"The UI is quite old. We've been using this UI since last year, and they haven't changed it. It would be better to update the UI periodically and create attractive dashboards from an administrative point of view."
Christopher Fallon - PeerSpot user
Product Manager at Iomart
Verified user of Dell Avamar
Mar 31, 2023
It's good for traditional infrastructure, but it doesn't cover public cloud, Microsoft 365 or the public cloud

Pros

"Avamar has long been the best in its class, but that's changing as new solutions emerge. However, Dell has traditionally been a leader in deduplication and compression. Avamar enabled us to shift data from on-premise local appliances to data centers and multi-tenant infrastructure. That's a powerful feature. because customers can back up to the cloud without upgrading o high-capacity links or congesting their backups. "

Cons

"Avamar is still competitive because of the way we have deployed it, but we need to diversify and shift away from specific technologies. In addition to hypervisors, virtual machines, and bare metal servers, our customers need protection for Microsoft 365, SaaS, and the public cloud, so we need other technologies in the business to cater to those customers' needs. Those are the enhancements we would want from the Avamar platform, but that's not likely to happen. Dell has PowerProtect and Apex backup services. There are other Dell solutions that we'll use to fulfill our customers' requirements. "
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Administreator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Dell Avamar
Sep 23, 2024
Useful for backup but needs improvement in the area of the user interface provided

Pros

"It is a cost-effective solution."

Cons

"The tool's interface is very much in a spreadsheet format...reporting is an area with shortcomings requiring improvement."
Vaidyanathan Swaminathan - PeerSpot user
Co-Founder at Tech RIdge Solutions
Verified user of Dell Avamar
Mar 2, 2024
Provides in-line deduplication features and integrates well with other solutions

Pros

"It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."

Cons

"The recovery is a bit slow."
Hey, I use Dell Avamar here at Shriram Pistons. Want to hear about my experience?
Vivek Jaiswal - PeerSpot user