We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and OpenText Data Protector 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."We have never had any issues with Data Domain. It has been stable."
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"The product provides good backup and compression services."
"Dell PowerProtect DD’s most valuable feature is data deduplication."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"The tool's performance is very good. DD Boost can improve its performance and backup."
"The most valuable features of this product are its guaranteed reliability and its duplication capability."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."
"Data Protector is very good at automation. From the time of the backup, verification, and copy to tape, it is very good. I don't need to touch it, it will do it by itself."
"Regarding scalability, it's unlimited with Data Protector. You can link multiple installations and let them work together. They can share backup devices. You have many possibilities with Data Protector. It's very proficient."
"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to back up our SQL server."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The tool's most valuable aspect is its ease of management. It was not complex. In terms of features, I can mention a couple of things. For example, if you need to restore a VM, you can do it with multiple streams in OpenText Data Protector, which is an advantage over Commvault, from what I've noticed, having worked with multiple tools. Another thing is the Oracle backups; configuring Oracle backups is much easier in OpenText Data Protector."
"The usage of this solution is a bit difficult to develop processes, and it takes a long time to market permits."
"The price of the product is high."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"The pricing could be better, but it's still not too expensive."
"When you use Data Domain, you have to have at least 20% free space so it can work properly. Sometimes we struggle with that, because we wanted to use all the free space, but then Data Domain becomes really slow. I understand that 20% is needed to process all the data, and doing the duplication and compression and all that, but it would be a big improvement if they did not require that 20%, because it is just too much to have available."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"Its management can be improved."
"The price could be a little cheaper than it is now."
"We have so many specific technological cracks in Micro Focus, but we are not getting the features, facilities, or coordination between the global delivery centers and the R&D team that we need to express our ideas."
"OpenText Data Protector is more difficult to use and configure than OpenText VIM. The user-friendliness of OpenText Data Protector has to be increased, and the complexity of the tool needs to be reduced."
"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."
"The new backup systems are using new mechanisms for the recovery phases; for example, VM, recovery and testing the backup before recovering it. These features are not available in Data Protector."
"It's very expensive compared to Veeam and other similar solutions."
"VM backups needs to be improved. They need to make it similar to the way Veeam and Commvault are doing the virtual backups."
"Microfocus needs to build a partnership with other vendors in addition to HPE as far as cloud consolidation of backups."
"Virtualization."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 63 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. 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 OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Rubrik, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Zerto.
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