We performed a comparison between Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Rubrik based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Rubrik’s users report that, in addition to being a powerful solution, it is simple to deploy and work with and therefore it comes out on top in this comparison. According to reviewers, PowerProtect’s deployment process can be difficult.
"Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"The most valuable feature is the inline data deduplication."
"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"The most important feature is the level of data compression provided by Dell EMC. It's a leader in data compression and deduplication, and the level of compression isn't available with any other vendors in the market."
"Stable and scalable suite of solutions with deduplication, apart from data protection, storage, and backup."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Deployment takes about two weeks."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the integrated deduplication function."
"I like the different features. We work closely with Dell on different products and features, which is why we use them all."
"Cut backup remediation to nearly nothing."
"They have a great PowerShell module and easy mediums to speak to the people who create and enhance them."
"I don't know if it is the best or the worst but it's very easy to install and very easy to balance. Sometimes that it's a problem because the installer of these data gets extremely scared because it's so easy. The product is easy to install, easy to balance, and easy to work with. Another really good point is the instant recovery."
"The Auto-Snapshot SLA feature and recovery time are amazing. It took seven seconds to have a server back up and running in production from a total failure."
"Product support team is excellent, with issues typically being resolved on the same day."
"Rubrik has brought all of our backups under a single pane of glass and made recovery extremely simple."
"The live mounting and compatibility of different operating systems is great."
"Rubrik is a very scalable and high-performing backup restore solution."
"It can probably have integration with other OEMs. It should also have more features for ransomware protection."
"DD doesn't have Intel's air gap technology."
"The price of the product is high."
"EMC is very expensive for small customers."
"It helps if you have in-depth knowledge in order to use it correctly."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"I would like to see integration with public cloud."
"We would like to see the price of this solution brought down to be comparable with similar products currently on the market."
"The integrated reporting is not really that nicely built. The reporting functionality could definitely be a little bit more customizable from an administration perspective, with an easier to understand interface."
"Needs integration with video CD (coming in the next release) and a multi-tenant GUI."
"I would like for unmanaged backups to be able to be saved in a separate policy."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I need to create reports to know whether something is available or not, how much frontend data is being protected, etc. Rubrik gives a lot of things in the report, which can be confusing. It isn't very easy to get reports. It shows all the backup, index, replication, and everything else in one report. So, I have to export, filter, and then do the calculations."
"Setup is immediate but pricing is not cheap."
"The functionality is missing, but they are very receptive to our thoughts and ideas."
"It is already very well furnished, but live mounts for Nutanix AHV would be amazing."
"I have a personal want which might not necessarily make sense with Rubrik as a company or Rubrik as a software, but it'd be really nice if they could also handle things like item-level backups and restores of Active Directory objects and DNS and DCP objects."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 63 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. 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 Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas NetBackup Appliance, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Azure Backup.
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The biggest difference is Rubrik has native software and hardware on one platform. Data Domain is only a disk target and a very good one but you still need backup software such as Networker, Veritas, Commvault, etc. That software requires both a master and media server which drives a lot of complexity. Rubrik is hyperconverged data management, there is not software licensing, end of year true-ups or additional infrastructure. Policy-based backup and restore functions with cloud archiving integration. It’s also really fast! Finally, if you’re running Nutanix and its native hypervisor AHV then Rubrik can protect that hypervisor and VMware.
I agree with the other answers - With Data Domain, you still require a software solution to go with the back-end storage. I.e., Avamar, Networker, etc.
Rubrik is a Software Defined Solution or can be deployed with its own set of hardware\storage.