We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."This solution is really the best in the market! After evaluating other solutions, we automatically decided to use this one."
"It has the ability to support all kinds of backups. It can be used to back up databases, operating systems, virtual machines, Lotus Notes, and Exchange. It can also do remote image backups for remote sites. It integrates and works with Data Domain. It is an enterprise-class product that can be used for anything and everything across multiple sites and locations. It is also very scalable."
"The backup software has been much faster since we've deployed the solution."
"The software implementation takes about 30 minutes."
"The possibility of recovering up-to-the-moment data is very useful."
"The solution is stable."
"When you reach out to your maximum license availability, or you exceed your license limit, NetWorker never stops doing your backups."
"The initial setup is simple."
"We have never had any issues with Data Domain. It has been stable."
"Data Domain is an excellent repository that's compatible with a lot of different solutions. Even Veeam Backup recommends sending backup to Data Domain. Space optimization is great. Currently, it guarantees 50-to-1 compression of the application in the same device. In all these years, I never had a client who was unsatisfied with Data Domain. It is a solid appliance with VMware integration, instant access to restore and search, and analytics."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are ease of use and deduplication."
"Dell PowerProtect DD is a stable solution."
"The product provides good backup and compression services."
"When utilizing Dell PowerProtect DD for backup systems, Data Domain offers fast performance with low latency, providing high throughput for quicker backups compared to other vendors."
"The most valuable features of this product are its guaranteed reliability and its duplication capability."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"The user interface has to be improved"
"The licensing rules are difficult to navigate and understand."
"Its console UI should be better. It should also have more out-of-the-box reporting functionalities. It should also have easier cloud integration. They have got cloud boost and things like that, but if you want to directly back up to the cloud, I'm not too sure whether you can do it. For example, you can easily send data from Commvault to AWS, Azure, or a container, but it seems to be not so easy in NetWorker."
"Lacks a restore feature."
"Since the product is not on the front banner of Dell, the support may not be the best."
"I would like to see the user interface improved, more documentation, faster support, and it could be easier to configure."
"We would like support for tape space reclaim, using either the same or another pool."
"The Dell PowerProtect DD architecture offers several significant features. One is DD Boost, which is utilized at both the source and destination sites for application processing."
"First-time integrations are difficult in NetWorker. NetWorker software needs to be simplified. It's very complex."
"The pricing could be lower."
"They need to make migration easier."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"Dell PowerProtect DD does not have integration with the cloud and virtualization software."
"The pricing model needs to be improved."
"Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions."
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Dell NetWorker is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 65 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Commvault Cloud.
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