We performed a comparison between NetApp FAS Series and Veritas NetBackup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."It's a stable product. No issues there."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"Compression of the backup Oracle by RMAN on NFS saves space 5:1."
"It is very flexible. It integrates well with the public cloud and other components, so everything can be API driven. Therefore, it is very easy to automate it."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"Ability to use mirroring and SnapVault have made backup no longer necessary."
"I have found it to be the simplest solution to the market. It gives us a complete end to end solution. We are using this solution, Veritas Appliance and another one for access archiving. It is convenient to have all the support from one vendor."
"The most valuable feature is its stability."
"Veritas NetBackup is very user-friendly and has some good quick recovery features."
"We are quite satisfied with the performance and reliability of the NetBackup product. When it comes to specific features, the most valuable is the Instant Recovery feature, which we call "short-term IR". Instant Recovery allows users to spin up backup images and bring back any VM instantly."
"It is pretty stable. We have one dedicated technician that is taking care of all the data protect. Typically, we have an issue once a month, if that. Or once every two months."
"Includes snapshots and multiple database agents."
"The Replication Director, Auto Image Replication, Accelerator, Oracle Intelligent Policy, synthetic and VADP backups are the most valuable features."
"We were able to witness the benefits of using the solution within weeks of using it."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"There is no NetApp infrastructure set up here in Greece."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"The biggest issue we face is parts delivery. There's no local warehouse in Myanmar, so if a customer encounters a technical problem like an IMEI issue, they have to wait a long time for replacement parts."
"It's not a cheap system. It is very expensive. The pricing has been ridiculous every time that we had to renew the support."
"Planning for the implementation takes a lot of time."
"The solution could improve by having a feature to backup iSeries workloads."
"NetBackup is expensive and should be cheaper. That is why we are moving on to another solution."
"There is room for improvement in the implementation of Power servers."
"It gets a lot of new features, but improvements in basic functionality are often sacrificed for a shiny new bullet point to put on sales presentations."
"The ability to use different disk appliance brands as Pure Disk (not OST), such as EMC Data Domain ."
"The product could improve the user-friendliness and comfort of its environment, especially for those unfamiliar with it."
"Extra features come with additional costs."
NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec.
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