We performed a comparison between DD Boost and Dell Avamar based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Data Domain Boost has a unique protocol. I don't think with other vendors you get the same efficiency. I work with some the other products, but this solution has amazing efficiency in comparison."
"Very stable solution."
"Scalable and stable solution for backup purposes, with good encryption and huge data conversion features."
"The time taken for backup is very fast."
"The most valuable features are the performance and the duplication."
"The functionality is very good. DD Boost and DD entry replication are used in almost all backup concepts. Those are the most used features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is deduplication."
"The solution is very good because it is easy to use and it speeds up the backup and lowers the requirement for the storage rate. It is capable of encryption, compression, and deduplication and it is fast for sending all of the data over the network because it sends only the change blocks from the client to the DD server."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."
"It's stable and offers good performance."
"The fast backup and recovery and the Full Backup features are valuable."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"The source site replication feature is valuable."
"When my company faced a problem with the product, it took some time to get proper support."
"The experience of restoring VMware or Veeam Backup is difficult, when the backup you are using is a solution for backup, which is already having a deduplication. When you try to restore from Data Domain, it doesn't work perfectly, because Data Domain is already having a deduplication as well."
"It would be nice if they could have the same tool set right from the smallest to the biggest modules, but being specific frame dependent."
"The solution needs to be more user-friendly for the end-users."
"The main issue I've identified is that when backing up a final backup from the branch server, we don't have deduplication functionality."
"The solution needs a better gateway between the on-premises and cloud deployment models. We have to work around it or find a third party to assist."
"The solution doesn't scale. If you hit your capacity, you need to buy a new device."
"DD Boost's technical support could be better."
"I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms."
"The solution could improve by having better integration and more flexibility."
"If you need to pull data out of it to offload to tapes, that's messy. You have a mechanism for it, but it is painful."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"EMC has discontinued their Avamar hardware version. They only advertise the Avamar virtual edition."
"Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
DD Boost is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 32 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews. DD Boost is rated 8.6, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of DD Boost writes "Enhancing backup and recovery operations and accelerating backup and restore processes while seamlessly integrating with various backup software applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". DD Boost is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Quantum DXi Series, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell Data Protection Advisor. See our DD Boost vs. Dell Avamar report.
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