We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"One notable feature is its robust backup support for Kubernetes and container environments. Additionally, PPDM stands out for its ease of deployment and management compared to other backup solutions. It is highly user-friendly, allowing users to quickly learn and implement backup and restore processes within a week. PPDM represents the next generation of backup software and is comparable to offerings from other vendors. Furthermore, PPDM prioritizes security with various access controls, such as user and database access controls. Its deployment tool is also known for its simplicity."
"Live Mount is where we do the majority of our big recoveries, unless it is a file recovery. A file recovery takes a few minutes to restore to where the file in the event a file was accidentally deleted by a user, etc. There has been at least a 90 percent reduction in recovery time based on our previous solution, from the need to recover something to when it's actually recovered went from hours to minutes."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The live mounting and compatibility of different operating systems is great."
"Rubrik is a very scalable and high-performing backup restore solution."
"In the event of any issues or questions, the support is top-notch. We rarely need to use support, but when they are needed, they are always quick to respond and very knowledgeable."
"The most valuable feature has been the Live Mount feature."
"Adaptative backup and SLAs simply allow you to tell a machine to backup without taking care of the backup window."
"The tech support is extremely helpful."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"PPDM requires further development. It is primarily integrated with DevOps systems."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
"The interface is too complex."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"I would like for unmanaged backups to be able to be saved in a separate policy."
"They support Hyper-V and it works with our CloudOut, the cloud DR, but they seem to add features for VMware first and Hyper-V gets added second or sometimes several releases after the VMware feature comes out."
"The dashboard and user interface could be improved to make them more user-friendly."
"Rubrik can only leverage cloud storage for archiving and has no cloud failover."
"Global management of multiple systems is lacking, as is reporting across multiple installed units."
"Rubrik could improve in customization options for dashboards."
"I would like to see Rubrik better integrate with Microsoft Active Directory. Instead of just backing up a full domain controller, I would like the solution to have Active Directory object knowledge so we can restore specific objects in Active Directory versus restoring the whole domain controller."
"The price of Rubrik is too high, especially when you are considering a change in the total backup solution."
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.8, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Commvault Cloud, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs. Rubrik report.
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