We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM Spectrum Protect 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."This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"Dell PowerProtect DD is a stable solution."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"It's very easy to use the domain once it's been set up. The interface is also user-friendly."
"We are very satisfied with this solution. It's easy to use and efficient."
"Dell PowerProtect DD’s most valuable feature is data deduplication."
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"Because of the flexible parameters, everything can be fine-tuned to the customers’ needs in their environment."
"Space efficient data reduction, using progressive incremental forever in combination with deduplication and compression."
"It covers all the different operating systems. If you need backup, it can pretty much do everything."
"The solution is very stable. It is one of the most important features that we look for in a product before putting it into the market and when establishing a strategy with our customers."
"by backing up only the changed data, we average around 75TB per night. If we had to do full backups, even occasionally, we would not be able to complete the backup within 12 hours, or we would have to make a large investment to fit a full backup within the 12 hour window."
"We have a very good team of administrators who know the product perfectly and are able to manage it on a day-to-day basis."
"Its incremental forever approach is valuable, so we don't have to load tapes to do a restore."
"It scales from very small to very large. It is easily the most scalable product out there."
"The product lacks some security features that would make it more stand-alone and integrated."
"The pricing model needs to be improved."
"They're scalable."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The price could be improved."
"The price could be a little cheaper than it is now."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"We are not able to deal directly with the OEM we have to go to their partners in Nigeria."
"No one can fix every solution for backup and restore."
"They need to reduce the complexity and make the learning curve easier."
"The installation process could be simplified."
"I would like a little more ease with the virtual platforms, because it is a huge thing that is coming up."
"Our new leadership has pushed us to go more toward the cloud, so we are definitely going to leverage anything we can in that direction."
"It does not do too well in our virtual environment."
"I would like to advance reporting and analytics for the platform to see how much data is coming into the platform. how much data is expiring everyday, and what tape savings we are getting through reclamation."
"We cannot take VMware backups for our banking data center environment."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 25 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 18 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Offers 99.999% uptime, has useful deduplication features, and offers great compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Works with a multitude of platforms and databases, not limited to Windows or Linux and enterprise-class, reliable, and fast". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and HPE StoreOnce.
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In my opinion DD have better compression/dedup and also good aggregated replication speed, however it lack all functionality which is provided SP! Also as a hardware based solution we struggle with scaling up DD ! Comparison is not entirely possible since these are completely different purpose and usage ! In the environment we use DD as a disc storage for staging SP made backups!
IBM Spectrum Protect is a "Backup and Recovery" product, while Dell EMC Data Domain is the backup *storage* appliance. They have their respective market.
Though I must say that DD is the leader, while SP is a struggling product.. i.e there is no comparision.
DD is deduplication target while IBM Spectrum protect is brand new name for and old and creepy TSM
The biggest difference is that you will not create complementary backup solution with DD only, you need some kind of backup software to do it for you.
TSM (or IBM Spectrum protect) can write backups to DD.
I would say to you that the two solutions are complementary, work harmoniously without any problem.
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EMC Data Domain has an ecosystem for data management supporting several protocols and day structures. Best deduplication rate I have ever seen, full integration with RMAN for Oracle and VTL architecture and integration. The holistic view of data management and easy to deploy plus apply SLA and retention policies.
Also, it’s fast very fast! The platform is expensive and maintenance is not cheap so a client needs to prepare for this both capitally and operationally. The Platform can support other software not just their own Networker software, so very flexible.
IBM has lost market share in this space and as per clients feedback and Gartner, IBM is NOT a leader or visionary in this space.m
I would look at the way they dedup. DataDomain uses variable-length deduplication so they are very effective. I do not know anything about the IBM product, but we have dealt with IBM and in my opinion, the difference that is going to make the biggest impact is the way they sell TCO. EMC almost negatively impacts themselves by giving a more realistic and often more expensive quote, where IBM gives a seemingly cheaper solution, but later on, it works out more.
EMC Data Domain has an ecosystem for data management supporting several protocols and day structures. Best deduplication rate I have ever seen, full integration with RMAN for Oracle and VTL architecture and integration. The holistic view of data management and easy to deploy plus apply SLA and retention policies.
Also, it’s fast very fast! The platform is expensive and maintenance is not cheap so a client needs to prepare for this both capitally and operationally. The Platform can support other software not just their own Networker software, so very flexible.
IBM has lost market share in this space and as per clients feedback and Gartner, IBM is NOT a leader or visionary in this space in my opinion. EMC DD has also evolved to challenge the HCI players with their own IDPA (Integrated Data Protection Appliance).
All clients should look for:
- simplicity
- public cloud integration
- S3 and other relevant protocol integrations
- Native ransomware protection
- Ease of operations
- Cost reduction
- Hyper Visor agnostic approach plus containerization integration
I don't have experience with IBM Spectrum Protect, but I do have experience with Data Domain.
I would recommend it. It's very stable, has high performance, and the highest deduplication engine.