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 product provides instant and virtual standbys."
"The product's deployment process was straightforward."
"One of the things that I do like about it is that it has a very good deduplication feature."
"The most valuable features are the replication to the cloud and the deduplication."
"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."
"It is very stable."
"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The standard backup and restore feature is most used."
"The solution is strong."
"The solution's most valuable features are networker and continuous data protection."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"IDPA's best feature is Turbo Boost Technology. The compression and duplication features are excellent, too."
"Dell PowerProtect is stable and scalable."
"We don't need to manage different devices."
"I think that the price could still be a bit cheaper and I do not like that they have been purchased by Arcserve."
"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"Licensing can be quite difficult."
"Based on my experience, whenever we need support, there are difficulties with communication when trying to resolve the issue."
"I don't know whether the tool has VMware integrations. It would be good to cover this area if it doesn't have those."
"One of the biggest drawbacks of Arcserve UDP is that it does not have a single console, making it an area that needs to be considered for improvement."
"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."
"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
"The solution's implementation was very complicated and could be improved."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"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."
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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