We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup 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 solution is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"It's very competitive in terms of the price and technology. Also, the development team continuously makes updates. The data reduction feature is very useful."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the integrated deduplication function."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"The stability is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of Altaro VM Backup is its ability to backup and restore various types of data, including Active Directory, application servers, and SQL Server databases."
"The ability to test the backups without having to manually mount the VHDs after restore allows us to check the integrity of the backups."
"We use the latest feature in Altaro called CDP (Continuous Data Protection) to back up our VMs as often as every five minutes. It allows us to make sure no data is accidentally deleted or overwritten."
"The ease of use of the solution is its most valuable feature. The interface is also excellent."
"Reverse Delta is Altaro proprietary backup deduplication technology. With Reverse Delta, the latest version of a file is always made available in its entirety, not as a delta file."
"This solution is stable."
"VM backup and the item level recovery are the most valuable features."
"The initial setup was simple and easy. Anyone without prior experience can install, configure, and use it."
"We are not able to deal directly with the OEM we have to go to their partners in Nigeria."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"We would like to see the price of this solution brought down to be comparable with similar products currently on the market."
"They still have hardware different from the software."
"The pricing model needs to be improved."
"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."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"They're scalable."
"Improvement areas for Altaro VM Backup include enhancing backup and deduplication solutions for continuous operation and offering an all-in-one solution for hardware backup."
"Backup speed and comparisons between versions used to be slow on big VMs but that was improved greatly later on."
"Migrating the physical through a backup and restore to a virtual environment would be very helpful."
"To improve Altaro, I would like to see the ability to choose more than one backup location at a time."
"The application could include a feature to install a set size of data, such as the ability to store a single application with all its registry information for easy transfer."
"Stability."
"If you look into the performance of a virtual machine and you look to the performance of the physical machine, the correlation between these is totally unclear."
"The scalability of the solution is limited."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is ranked 54th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is rated 8.6. 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 Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup writes "Offers a comprehensive feature set offered at a competitive price". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, NAKIVO Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec.
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