We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."
"It allows us to back up all the servers and centrally manage them."
"Easy restoration and the solution works quickly."
"It is easy to configure."
"The most valuable features are the replication to the cloud and the deduplication."
"The ability to switch between different hardware platforms and utilization tools are some of this solution's most valuable features."
"There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."
"Instead of four or five tools, consisting of backup software, storage where the backup resides, and a separate system for reporting and central monitoring, they all now come in the virtual edition for IDP."
"Dell PowerProtect is stable and scalable."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"The product is integrated with Huawei software and its backup and recovery time is very fast."
"The solution's most valuable features are networker and continuous data protection."
"The solution is strong."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"I don't know whether the tool has VMware integrations. It would be good to cover this area if it doesn't have those."
"Its interface can be improved. I find it unintuitive."
"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly. It can be difficult to assign destinations and choose which files and folders we need to back up. There are some aspects that are unclear."
"The speed of restores should be improved. We have found the speed of large restores rather slow."
"Licensing can be quite difficult."
"We cannot add IDPA to DPC, and each IP has a DP Central, which cannot monitor other IDPAs."
"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
"After resizing and compression, the system continuously runs out of space. Dell EMC doesn't do automatic cleanup or other things, so we constantly have to manually go in there or work with Dell support on this. The solution has not been working as advertised."
"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."
"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 42 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 13 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) writes "The product comes bundled with a host of useful solutions that help one centralize their work". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas NetBackup and Veritas Backup Exec, whereas Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik and Commvault Cloud. See our Arcserve UDP vs. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) report.
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