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.
"The backup is very secure. The deduplication using EMC is very good. We are able to make systems and handle random cloning. EMC is a very stable solution for making backups."
"The most valuable feature is the inline data deduplication."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"The solution is very stable."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"The product, a disk backup solution, improves our data application tasks. We used tape libraries with Dev drives in legacy architectures, resulting in slow backups compared to modern drives like NVMe and SSDs. By transitioning to NVMe and SSDs, backups have become much faster. The tool's backup restoration is faster compared to other tools."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"Management is so simple that anyone can check the backups and do restores when necessary."
"The web interface is user-friendly, clean, and it provides a good summary of what you're protecting at a glance."
"The product's most valuable feature is the immutability of a backup."
"Rubrik is a very scalable and high-performing backup restore solution."
"The Live Mount feature is excellent; it's useful for the backup administrator and end user."
"A reduced infrastructure complexity and fast to rack and go."
"Instant recovery is a good feature."
"This is a centralized tool where we are able to schedule backups and perform monitoring."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"The software from Dell that can be used to operate Data Domain needs to have enhancements made to the user interface. It is too complex."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"The pricing could be lower."
"Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions."
"They need to make migration easier."
"Its management can be improved."
"They need to find a solution for SMBs. It is currently only suitable for enterprises or big customers. They need to find a solution that suits SMBs."
"The reporting, in particular the customization of reports, needs to be improved."
"The solution could improve by having fewer VM Stuns."
"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."
"It needs to keep innovating to stay relevant in the data management field."
"Better integration for complex NAS structures having to mount at root adds time and workload to the process of NDMP."
"The interface is still slightly clunky and has room for improvement. They do work with us whenever we mention anything that needs to be done or anything that we want. We find that bringing up the management interface is a little slow and not as intuitive as we would like, but it's been getting better as it evolves."
"Rubrik could improve in customization options for dashboards."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 65 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 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 "Automates the backup and recovery process, reducing manual human errors and global search allows for granular recoveries". 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.