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Quest QoreStor vs Veritas NetBackup Appliance comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Quest QoreStor
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
96th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Data Replication (22nd), Disk Based Backup Systems (7th), Storage Software (7th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (47th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (37th), Copy Data Management (9th), File and Object Storage (54th)
Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (6th)
 

Featured Reviews

WS
Apr 14, 2021
Multi-thread backups and snapshotting have eliminated the scheduling issues we had to deal with around backups
I can only replicate into one cloud environment or what they call a Cloud Tier. This might be because of the level of my license, but I was hoping, for security of data, to be able to back up into multiple Cloud Tiers. The cloud provider I work with has facilities where I am, here in Boston, but they also have a facility in Dallas and pretty soon they're going to have a facility in London. But the current software that I have will only allow me to do one. It would be nice to have the security of knowing that, in a super-disastrous situation where we lost our data center and the cloud environment in the same facility, we would have data stored remotely in another facility across the country. It would cost me twice as much but it's not very expensive to put this relatively small amount of data into the cloud. If I had that option I would do it.
RifkanHasan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 31, 2024
A Flexible, scalable and high performance solution to protect data from edge to core to cloud
The appliance is mainly for our servers and file servers, and it’s very user-friendly and secure The Veritas NetBackup Appliance is convenient because it’s a portable device and doesn’t require a lot of additional hardware or licenses like VPN solutions. We haven’t activated all the features…

Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The dedupe and compression are pretty extreme. On disk, we're getting dedupe rates of up to 65 percent of data and compression of 34 percent. When you go to the cloud, it's more like 76 percent for dedupe and almost 50 percent for compression."
"QoreStor has helped us to reduce our backup storage requirements on-premises. We've been using the same devices for quite a while, and so it lets us keep using them as opposed to having to rip out all that hardware and create a new on-prem solution. The advantage here is even if we had to retire the hardware tomorrow, the QoreStor part doesn't change. We just have to have additional hardware and put the solution back on whatever hardware we pick and it'll do the same thing."
"It integrates with various backup software solutions, which makes it compatible with existing backup workflows and processes."
"Data deduplication and replication would be the top two features. The encryption and cloud tiering are also attractive for the future."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature. It saves us a lot of space. When we back up 100 terabytes of data, after dedupe, it only uses maybe five to six terabytes for the disk space in QoreStor."
"The features we use for the data deduplication are nice because we're able to back up a much larger amount of data, yet it doesn't necessarily take up that much data on the devices."
"We find the pricing is reasonable."
"It is very capable of scaling and very good for heterogeneous environments."
"The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds."
"NetBackup is easy to use and user-friendly."
"The standout feature is its connectivity and robust support. They are easily easy to get hold of, making it convenient for us."
"We rarely need their help. I would give their technical support an 8.5 out of ten. We are satisfied."
"There are a lot of new features that operate to protect the data from ransomware attacks. They launched the Veritas/Appliances to protect our data. Veritas has been doing its job well."
"The solution is useful for backups."
 

Cons

"In terms of improvement, we would like to have an Air Gap feature to prevent a virus from attaching to something. So that when we don't do a backup, we want the QoreStor to stay offline. It would be a nice feature to have."
"They need to increase their maximum capacity. Other than that, they're doing a pretty good job."
"The installation could use improvement. The initial installation was a little touchy and it's not really user-installable. You have to have a connection to support to install."
"The management interface is in need of improvement. The graphical user interface (GUI) for the web management tools appears clunky, and not super intuitive."
"The setup of the software is definitely not the easiest thing. I worked a lot with Quest engineers, especially in the early days when we were first testing it and trying it out. I actually had some of the developers working with us at one point because they were going through these point releases, and I was having trouble getting it to work in this S3-compatible situation. We got it all working eventually, but setup is definitely not the easiest thing in the world."
"The ransomware protection of QoreStor could use improvement."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration and security."
"The challenge arose due to a space issue. The issue was related to disk breaks, especially when power cuts occurred. One of the disks would break, leading to a loss of functionality."
"More licensing options could be introduced to the software. It is currently based on capacity only. Compared to competitors, it is difficult to position it economically everywhere. From the usability point of view, they are making many improvements on new interfaces, the SaaS offering, etc."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"The product must improve its recovery features."
"The NetBackup software is based on Red Hat Linux, but we should have multiple software options for that. We should have more OS options. Also, there are too many tools and intermediaries. Everything should be built into an all-in-one solution."
"The price could be a bit better."
"Technical support for this solution needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is per terabyte, and overall, the cost was reasonable when compared to some competitors."
"Its pricing model is very attractive. You have one price, and you get everything from QoreStor."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price, I rate the solution's pricing an eight."
"The licensing costs for this solution are very high."
"The price of this solution is very high compared to other solutions."
"The solution is not cheap"
"There is a license required for this solution."
"Appliances do not come cheaply."
"The licensing costs are approximately 150,00 Saudi Riyals."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Non Profit
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What else besides data replication does QoreStor offer?
Quest QoreStor can be used for multiple things besides data replication. For example, it can be trusted to make a backup of your data. You know that replication and backups are different, right? Re...
How does Quest QoreStore protect your data?
One of our favorite features of Quest QoreStore for data protection isn't the backup, actually, though we're using it actively (maybe just as much as data replication, to be honest). We absolutely ...
How does Quest QoreStore solve repetitive data replicas?
When I first found out about data replication and the many benefits it had, I couldn't help but wonder - what about the copies you don't need? Like it's unavoidable for some of the copies to get da...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
The pricing for the solution's software maintenance and licensing is high.
What needs improvement with Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
Our main challenge was deciding on the right capacity for expansion, but once we settled on two NAS servers with sixteen TB, things have been smooth. We haven’t faced major challenges, just the ini...
 

Also Known As

QoreStor
NetBackup Appliance
 

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Sample Customers

American Airlines, at&t, Bank of America. Barclays, ebay, Ford
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