Dell Avamar Reviews

The integration with host domains is very good.

The backup and recovery speed is very fast.

We have had issues with performing backups in our hybrid environment.

I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms.

I have been using Dell EMC Avamar for one year.

Stability seems good, where you can extend to the cloud from the computer.

I think that Avamar is a scalable solution. We have four people in the company who use it.

We are satisfied with technical support from Dell EMC. There is also support available in the community.

It will take a few hours to deploy, including the configuration.

This is a good product and I recommend it. Overall, I would say that Avamar is great for me.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

In Romania, more customers own their enterprise software. But the new wave wants to also try cloud data centers and cloud backup and so on.

Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage. It can be used instead of NetBackup or HP Data Protector backup.

Customers like it exactly like it is. They don't want new features from Avamar. Dell EMC is linked appropriately to VMware and they can implement some mechanisms from VMware more deeply than other vendors. This is one of the keys with Avamar.

The implementation is very simple. And, of course, EMC has a complex dashboard that can integrate all their backup solutions for the clients. They can use this software tool for backup and another one for disaster recovery and they don't need a complex dashboard.

Everything is pretty simple in this product.

It's based on HTML5 which allows for dashboards to have the maximum integration. It is up to date technology.

It also allows you to make a robot backup from a remote site to a central site with a very good compression

Its use case is for the VM machines because Avamar is not integrated with the backup and it's much more useful for the bare-metal VM server backup and recovery. It is integrated with the databases but it's not the best solution for big databases.

I have been using Dell EMC Avamar for more than 10 years.

Maintenance is needed everywhere and EMC is not so cheap for support. Our customers are very proficient and they need that support from the vendor. They also have an opportunity to buy our services because it's a little cheaper than the manufacturer.

The level of scalability depends. It's easy, but it depends if they are also a multiplier. If they have a lot of domains then it is the best in the market and the backup appliances are easy to expand. On the other hand, it needs a lot of money. If you have your own, not so expensive storage, you can backup on it and save some money.

Customer support begins with a phone call depending on the level of support. It is often 24 hours or the hourly rate. The support line is open but they ask if you bought the support or not.

Usually, they know the product the best and can solve the problem between two to four hours. If the problem is because of another software or hardware, it might take two days to solve.

Setup takes a maximum of one hour from documentation until it is finished. All software solutions need to be clearly documented. 

I think that after one hour we can start backup.

The initial licensing is usually for two or three years. After that they can buy a yearly license.

In Romania we have a lot of enterprises. That means more than 200 servers and maybe hundreds to thousands of clients. If they have a lot of VM machines it's one of the best solutions. If they have over 30 percent of their database on other applications is not recommended. It's working, but it's not recommended.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Dell EMC Avamar based on the environment. If they have a cloud implementation of virtual machines then I would rate it ten out of ten.

We use this solution for backups and restoring.

The solution can be deployed on cloud or on-premises.

It's simple to configure.

The bare-metal restores could be improved. The scalability could also be improved, but Avamar is going to be phased out soon.

I have used this solution for 10 years.

I would rate the stability as eight out of ten.

I would rate the scalability as six out of ten.

The technical support from India is pretty poor. When technical support is from China, it's alright.

Setup is complex.

I would rate this solution as five out of ten. I wouldn't recommend it to others.

We use the on site version.

I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end-users and integration with EMC products for businesses. Customers choose this EMC product because they also have this brand in their infrastructure.

I think the biggest advantage it offers is backup, for end-users as well as computers, not only servers and storage paths. The solution can also backup end users. One of the most important things is also deduplication.

The interface could be more helpful for people.

It works smoothly.

It's easy to scale.

I would give the technical support nine out of ten.

The initial setup is complex.

I'm not sure, but perhaps the pricing could be done better at the moment.

I can definitely recommend this product, but I don't have any other advice.

I would rate this product around eight out of ten.

Client side deduplication.

My Organisation provides Backup as services. DD Avamar used full for shared platform for customers.

From a technical point of view, all EMC products have to improve the troubleshoot feature like, log should be in human readable format.

Past 5 to 6 years.

Avamar deployment is not admin friendly and its required to use help from professiona; services.

Wrong integration always

Not yet.

3.5/5

3/5

Avamar is bit complex.

Through vendor team and try to just know how to fix the hardware and plug the networker cable. Rest of the things we have to do remotely .

For enterprise level backup solution – No .

I recommend EMC products due to their stability .

We use a basic called a DPS. Typically, we are using mostly networkers just to back up most of the workloads, like cellphone audio ware and the connection, et cetera.

The solution is very stable.

We've found the solution to be scalable.

The initial installation is pretty straightforward and quick to set up.

The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be.

There are certain bugs in terms of support. It's too slow. It needs to be more responsive.

We've found the product to be a little costly.

I've been likely using the solution for five years at this point. It's been a while.

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable in terms of performance overall.

We've found the solution scalable. If a company needs to expand the solution, it can do so with relative ease.

We are mostly using it for the server backups, not for the end-users.

We do plan to continue to use the solution.

The technical support isn't as good as it could be. They are rather slow to respond. They should work towards getting their support staff to be more responsive to clients when they have queries. We're not overly satisfied with the level of support provided to our organization.

We did not the initial setup to be overly complex. It's pretty straightforward and relatively easy to deploy. The deployment process itself is fast and only takes a few hours.

We only needed a product manager that handled the implementation and can handle any maintenance required.

We did not need the assistance of an integrator or consultant during our implementation process. We handled it ourselves in-house.

The solution is a bit expensive.

We are Avamar partners.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations.

The primary use case is backup, but in this case, my customers want to offload the Avamar server on tape.

I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data.

It's stable and scalable, and I have not had any problems with it.

The initial setup could be a bit simpler.

An offload to tape would be a great additional feature. The audit people ask for data to be put somewhere else in another location to have a gap between backup data and tape, but the Avamar solution only backs up on Avamar store.

I've been using it for about two and a half years.

It's very stable and is the most stable solution I've seen.

It's scalable, and I have not had any problems with it.

The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler.

The price is fair.

If the setup is done right, it can be great.

I would rate Dell EMC Avamar at eight on a scale from one to ten.