We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."One of the things that I do like about it is that it has a very good deduplication feature."
"This product is extremely user-friendly and it is capable of performing large-scale archive/backup (five+ years worth). It is easy to store, maintain, and check backups."
"The ability to switch between different hardware platforms and utilization tools are some of this solution's most valuable features."
"We are satisfied with Arcserve UDP. The most important feature that we use and why we choose this product is the RHA feature."
"I like the tool's speed."
"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."
"I would recommend it if there is a general case."
"There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."
"The product provides good backup and compression services."
"Dell PowerProtect DD is a stable solution."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"The most important feature is the level of data compression provided by Dell EMC. It's a leader in data compression and deduplication, and the level of compression isn't available with any other vendors in the market."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are ease of use and deduplication."
"Dell PowerProtect DD’s most valuable feature is data deduplication."
"This solution has a feature called Domain Boost, which allows for source deduplication and compression."
"The only problem with the solution is that when I change the drive capacity, it has to do a full backup. It's a problem when I have five servers to backup. When I only want to change the size of the drive, I have to do a full backup that can take one week."
"I don't know whether the tool has VMware integrations. It would be good to cover this area if it doesn't have those."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"The technical support of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"The problem is just reliability. If the promises in the marketing material were realized in real life, it would be the perfect solution, but it's just the reliability issues."
"The usage of this solution is a bit difficult to develop processes, and it takes a long time to market permits."
"They still have hardware different from the software."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"The pricing could be lower."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"We are not able to deal directly with the OEM we have to go to their partners in Nigeria."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"First-time integrations are difficult in NetWorker. NetWorker software needs to be simplified. It's very complex."
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Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 41 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas Backup Exec, Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication.
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