Dell Data Protection

What do you like best?

Networker will shine when you have huge databases. (Oracle, SQL, Exchange...). When combined with DataDomain, you will be able to run database backups every few minutes for your mission critical databases.

The ease of granular restores is another great point. Restoring a record to the Active Directory, or a table to SQL Database or an email from a mailbox.

What do you dislike?

one of the biggest headaches of Networker, is its sensitivity for changes in the environment. If you add a node to a cluster, or change an irrelevant configuration to a database server could cause you backups to fail.

the administrator needs to check the jobs on a daily basis. for some backups, several time everyday.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

you can combine Avamar and Networker in the same environment and use DPC to manage both. Always use Avamar for your VMware and DTLT Backups and Networker for all other backups.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

faster and better backups for oracle and file servers especially if paired with DataDomain, and the data is hosted on a DellEMC storage with snapshot capability