We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) 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."The most important feature is the level of data compression provided by Dell EMC. It's a leader in data compression and deduplication, and the level of compression isn't available with any other vendors in the market."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Deployment takes about two weeks."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"We have never had any issues with Data Domain. It has been stable."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are its deduplication feature and its DD Boost protocol for fast transfer, which is amazing."
"It is secure, reliable, and has officer support."
"I find the data to be most valuable."
"It is very fast as compared to the other competitors. Its simplicity and bit rate are also valuable. It takes less time if we compare it with the old solution that we have."
"We were able to witness the benefits of using the solution within weeks of using it."
"The solution is easy to learn."
"Its ability to cover a large spectrum of products and operating systems is invaluable. We evaluated other products but always found certain limitations like some products had only intel-based virtualization, while others had power servers."
"The solution has been very good over the years at fine-tuning various aspects of the product so that it is continuously made better."
"Veritas NetBackup Automatic Image Replication and CloudCatalyst features allow me to replicate deduped backup images from one site to a remote site, as well as duplicating deduped images to the Cloud (i.e. AWS S3, etc.)"
"This is a product that has been on the market for a while and they have mastered the backup process, especially when backing up to tape, for most environments."
"The backup and restore features work very well."
"DLO: Client for laptops."
"Installation and deployment for this product need improvement. These processes need to made easier. Currently, it's not an easy installation for customers. This product needs to be installed by professionals."
"Dell PowerProtect DD should come out with its own system so we do not have to use Data Domain. For example, something similar to what Symantec has done."
"Dell EMC Data Domain needs to have better compatibility between NetWorker and the hardware. NetWorker is not as good as the other products which are currently on the market like Backup Exec."
"Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions."
"The software from Dell that can be used to operate Data Domain needs to have enhancements made to the user interface. It is too complex."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
"They still have hardware different from the software."
"The solution's technical support process should be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better way to protect against ransomware attacks and a better way of logging issues where you don't have to enable the verbose logging to capture the problems."
"The speed of restoring data could be improved."
"What needs to be improved in Veritas NetBackup is its interface, e.g. they should make it more user friendly. Scalability for this product could still be improved, particularly its hardware appliance scalability."
"They need to improve their support. In the beginning, their engineers had trouble understanding the issue we were presenting. It took a lot of conversations for them to start troubleshooting the problem."
"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 pricing could be improved, and the interface could be more intuitive."
"Licensing costs are quite high."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 63 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Rubrik, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec.
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