We performed a comparison between DD Boost and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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."Operationally, we are satisfied as there have been no issues or closures to report."
"The solution is quite scalable. An organization shouldn't have any problem expanding if they use this solution."
"The solution can scale."
"It's stable and reliable."
"I like the tool set, it's easy to work on and the support is brilliant."
"DD Boost has improved our data backup and recovery process. Its data deduplication feature is amazing. The product comes with cloud features. It helps to save time."
"We can retain the data for a pretty long time."
"DD Boost's best features are deduplication and compression."
"The reporting is very good compared to other tools."
"The policy-based backup feature is very helpful."
"The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds."
"The solution is very stable...The solution is very scalable."
"The intelligent policies feature is used in order to protect the VMware infrastructure. One of the things that makes a big difference for our company is the usage of these intelligence policies. The system automatically provides extra protection for any VMware server application or service. From a backup administrator's point of view, this is what we call peace of mind. It reduces the workload and therefore reduces resources needed from the company."
"They are a large company with good best practices, and they give good support."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is information backup."
"The documentation is okay. You are able to follow it and it is helpful."
"If you are using it with Recovery Manager, there are certain limitations. If those limitations are addressed, productivity will improve."
"The solution needs a better gateway between the on-premises and cloud deployment models. We have to work around it or find a third party to assist."
"It should be expanded to include other databases and software. It should also be made easier to restore."
"DD Boost's technical support could be better."
"The solution needs to be more user-friendly for the end-users."
"The main issue I've identified is that when backing up a final backup from the branch server, we don't have deduplication functionality."
"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."
"I'd like the be able to deploy the solution on SAN backups."
"The scalability isn't great. Every time you want to add storage, you can't just add a little bit, you need to add a lot."
"It could be better integrated with other platforms."
"The monitoring could be a bit better."
"It is not easy because I have worked a lot on the tool, and in case it gets corrupted at any point, it is not easy to restore the data without losing information is not easy."
"The technical support services could be better."
"The desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve by having a site recovery feature."
"Depending on the setup structure, it can be complex to implement."
DD Boost is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 31 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 46 reviews. DD Boost is rated 8.6, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". DD Boost is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Quantum DXi Series, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our DD Boost vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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