We performed a comparison between Commvault and Dell PowerProtect DD based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable and received similar user ratings in all categories.
"There are many valuable features of Commvault HyperScale X giving many possibilities to complete jobs."
"The most valuable feature is Commvault's coverage. It has wide coverage to back up every data center environment. The product can back up OpenStack, OpenShift, and competitive solutions don't have this feature. Commvault can handle backing up any virtual workload or enterprise application."
"We recommend this product for people who are running the Oracle Virtualization Manager."
"The most valuable features of Commvault Hyperscale X are the full responsibilities inclined in conversion with high responsibility rates."
"One valuable feature is unlimited backup. You can back up existing users and folders."
"It runs all the tests and emails us the reports. We take daily, weekly, and monthly snapshots, and I integrate the storage snapshot scripts with the Commvault workflow. The Commvault workflow runs all the scripts and sends us the reports. It also features cloud-side reports and workflows. Commvault has many tools for backing up, restoring, and archiving things, but we use another service for our archives."
"I can collect the target data, then we connect it to Commvault. There is not another system that can connect to our target database or target storage. This is very important for us, because there is the threat of malware right now. This can protect not only the product, but also the backup data from outside threats."
"The most valuable feature is the deduplication ratio. It saves most of our space and reduces the network traffic."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"The deduplication feature is the most valuable part of the solution."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"Dell PowerProtect DD is a stable solution."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"I find the data to be most valuable."
"It is stable. I would rate the stability of the solution a nine out of ten."
"Commvault Complete Data Protection would benefit from improving their training resources."
"I would like them to keep working on the new web interface to migrate out of the old interface because the old interface is a bit complex. It was driving customers away because of the complexity. If they migrate everything (100 percent of the features), this would make the product be perfect."
"The initial setup is rather complex, especially when switching versions."
"They don't market their products well. They don't do a lot of marketing to enable them to move forward."
"The customer support is not good."
"This product is overly complex to operate and run."
"The new HTML5-based management portals are very nice, but do not yet have all of the features of the Java-based client."
"The Java interface is not great. The Command Center interface is far better and it looks nicer, but it doesn't have all the powerful features available in the CommServe/Java console. The place to improve the product is on the management interface level."
"Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is expensive. Also, it has a sort of a big physical footprint that data domains have, and that's part of the problem."
"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."
"DD Boost."
"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."
"Its management can be improved."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The pricing should be adjusted. Customers continuously talk about the price. They know it is a good solution and they really need the type of storage the solution offers, but it costs somewhere around $100,000 and up. It's not cheap, but it's very important for data vendors."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
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Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 104 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and AvePoint Cloud Backup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Dell NetWorker.
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