We performed a comparison between DD Boost and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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."The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The time taken for backup is very fast."
"DD Boost has improved our data backup and recovery process. Its data deduplication feature is amazing. The product comes with cloud features. It helps to save time."
"The most valuable feature is the support for plug-ins."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is deduplication."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it can support both the CIFS and NFS protocols simultaneously."
"DD Boost can stack backups on the servers, optimizing backup storage utilization. All resources are utilized efficiently. Without such optimization, backup processes can lead to bottlenecks or excessive resource utilization, impacting server services."
"Data Domain is valuable, especially to restore data. For normal data, the restore from Data Domain is very efficient and fast."
"The solution uses minimal resources."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is information backup."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"I personally find Veritas NetBackup Applicance hassle-free."
"The most valuable feature is that the backup and restoring process is very fast."
"Compared to a homemade installation, this appliance is very stable."
"The intelligent policies feature is used in order to protect the VMware infrastructure. One of the things that makes a big difference for our company is the usage of these intelligence policies. The system automatically provides extra protection for any VMware server application or service. From a backup administrator's point of view, this is what we call peace of mind. It reduces the workload and therefore reduces resources needed from the company."
"My customer was interested in ransomware protection. Currently, Dell offers the Cyber Vault solution, which is separate from Data Domain. Ideally, ransomware protection would be integrated directly within DD Boost, without requiring an additional out-of-the-box solution. This feature is currently available with HPE's Zerto and Huawei's Ocean Protect with third-party products like PradoNet. While Cyber Vault exists as a separate solution from Data Domain, having some standard protection for immutable backups into DD Boost would be a valuable addition and make it more competitive with other vendors."
"The main issue I've identified is that when backing up a final backup from the branch server, we don't have deduplication functionality."
"There are some limitations where you cannot use it as a shared server or as a file server, it is limited for the only backup."
"DD Boost's technical support could be better."
"Technical support is okay but could be improved. I've sent a lot of complaints their way and I feel like they might be able to respond a bit better."
"It would be good if the product could be useful not just for general backup. Its pricing is also expensive, and it can be a difficult application, particularly when you need to write a script for anything you would like to do."
"DD Boost could improve the solution by offering additional customizations that build upon existing features such as deduplication ratios. The primary objective of the solution is to create backups of existing data and push that data out to clients' backup systems. If they can make the process faster and introduce more enhancements, it would greatly benefit the backup environment."
"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 could improve by providing more integration and security."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"I would like the ability to recover a single folder within the backup of a virtual machine."
"The scalability isn't great. Every time you want to add storage, you can't just add a little bit, you need to add a lot."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
"The desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace."
"The NetBackup software is based on Red Hat Linux, but we should have multiple software options for that. We should have more OS options. Also, there are too many tools and intermediaries. Everything should be built into an all-in-one solution."
"The product should provide more AI and ML features."
DD Boost is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 32 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 47 reviews. DD Boost is rated 8.6, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". DD Boost is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Quantum DXi Series, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our DD Boost vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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