We performed a comparison between DD Boost and Dell Avamar based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The functionality is very good. DD Boost and DD entry replication are used in almost all backup concepts. Those are the most used features."
"It's a stable solution."
"There are no limitations when it comes to the scalability feature of the product. You can scale up or scale down however much you want."
"The initial setup of DD Boost involves a simple procedure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is deduplication."
"The solution is quite scalable. An organization shouldn't have any problem expanding if they use this solution."
"The time taken for backup is very fast."
"We can retain the data for a pretty long time."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"The solution scales well."
"It works quickly and is very stable."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"Scheduling is valuable. It does a good job of backing up, and it does a good job of restoring. Nobody has got a problem with that. The agents are well supported."
"It's stable and offers good performance."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Dell Avamar has a push upgrade feature that lets you simultaneously push updates to thousands of clients. I also found the self-service part of Dell Avamar helpful."
"Technical support is okay but could be improved. I've sent a lot of complaints their way and I feel like they might be able to respond a bit better."
"The solution needs to be more user-friendly for the end-users."
"Integration could be better."
"DD Boost needs to improve its interface. It should be easier to use."
"The solution could be faster."
"The multi-tier functionality can be improved, but it is quite good. They could improve replication and perhaps support additional sharing network protocols. I would also like to see better implementation of NFS Version 3, but it is already implemented and quite usable as it is."
"My customer was interested in ransomware protection. Currently, Dell offers the Cyber Vault solution, which is separate from Data Domain. Ideally, ransomware protection would be integrated directly within DD Boost, without requiring an additional out-of-the-box solution. This feature is currently available with HPE's Zerto and Huawei's Ocean Protect with third-party products like PradoNet. While Cyber Vault exists as a separate solution from Data Domain, having some standard protection for immutable backups into DD Boost would be a valuable addition and make it more competitive with other vendors."
"It should be expanded to include other databases and software. It should also be made easier to restore."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"Dell EMC Avamar is a very complex product. It took a lot of time for the IT admins to get trained on how to use it. It is not very user-friendly, and we won't be using Avamar anymore. It needs a lot of improvement in terms of how the backups have been configured, and the reporting is too complex."
"The screen design is a bit back-dated."
"If you need to pull data out of it to offload to tapes, that's messy. You have a mechanism for it, but it is painful."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"It lacks support for certain plugins, like SAP HANA, for example."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
DD Boost is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 31 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews. DD Boost is rated 8.6, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of DD Boost writes "Enhancing backup and recovery operations and accelerating backup and restore processes while seamlessly integrating with various backup software applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". DD Boost is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Quantum DXi Series, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell Data Protection Advisor. See our DD Boost vs. Dell Avamar report.
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