We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and OpenText Data Protector 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 compression aspect of the solution is great."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"We have never had any issues with Data Domain. It has been stable."
"The backup is very secure. The deduplication using EMC is very good. We are able to make systems and handle random cloning. EMC is a very stable solution for making backups."
"Dell PowerProtect DD’s most valuable feature is data deduplication."
"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"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."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"I like that it supports HPE UNIX servers since many backup solutions do not - this is the main reason why we chose this solution."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"It is a traditional backup model. If you talk about file server and the official Windows database, it's a stable product."
"The most valuable feature of Data Protector is its integration with VMware. A lot of software these days integrates with VMware, and you can run some of these things on virtual machines. You can even have your backup manager running on a virtual machine and use physical managers to move data around. Their VMware integration isn't too bad, but Commvault has that feature, and many other backup products do."
"It is very easy to use and the interaction with various systems is very handy."
"The normal file system backup is easy to manage, and our success rate is quite high."
"The solution is easy to use."
"First-time integrations are difficult in NetWorker. NetWorker software needs to be simplified. It's very complex."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"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."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"EMC is very expensive for small customers."
"The downside of PowerProtect's flexibility is that you have so many options. It can be a little confusing. It's like having a car with too many buttons on the dash. You can do so much with it, but it takes some time to learn what everything does."
"We would like to see the price of this solution brought down to be comparable with similar products currently on the market."
"The price could be improved."
"The GUI could be updated. The GUI hasn't changed since version 6. It's on version 10 now. The reporting could also be better. Also, while Data Protector is excellent for backing up physical hardware, it needs more features for backing up VM images because many environments use hypervisor."
"Micro Focus are improving Data Protector with every new version and since we began undergoing training with the latest version we have not faced any real challenges yet. However, their support does need to be improved, in my opinion. In certain critical cases that we've had, they did not provide a satisfactory level of support."
"Virtualization."
"They should design the solution so that it is much easier for deployment and make the UI easy to use."
"The scheduler setup could be better. We are facing some issues scheduling the job based on our requirements."
"It has a lot of undeveloped functions like window searching and patent searching, and within the main backup processes like VMware and Microsoft Exchange. It's completely not user-friendly, and it has no built-in antivirus software. In my opinion, Micro Focus Data Protector is not an enterprise level solution."
"In terms of what can be improved, I would say integrations with MongoDB. We use MongoDB and we need to go to scripts to do backups. We need more integrations."
"It can occasionally be inaccurate in its backup/recovery time estimates."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 65 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. 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 OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Rubrik, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, Symantec Data Loss Prevention and Rubrik.
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