We performed a comparison between DD Boost and NetApp AltaVault 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."The initial setup of DD Boost involves a simple procedure."
"Scalable and stable solution for backup purposes, with good encryption and huge data conversion features."
"The solution can scale."
"Overall, scalability is great."
"It's stable and reliable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is deduplication."
"This product's unique protocol make it superior to competing products and alternate solutions."
"The solution is very good because it is easy to use and it speeds up the backup and lowers the requirement for the storage rate. It is capable of encryption, compression, and deduplication and it is fast for sending all of the data over the network because it sends only the change blocks from the client to the DD server."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is easy to use and integrate with whichever operating systems you use, providing you with a complete view, especially when you plan to migrate to some other operating system."
"You can store backups for a while."
"Most importantly is having that island into that datacenter, and being able to address things in the same console. Thus, it is irrelevant where it's stored."
"Its initial setup is easy."
"The flexibility. Being able to virtualize it, port it wherever I like, test my backups, test my DR capabilities whenever I like without impacting anybody."
"Being able to move data seamlessly from one-premise to the cloud (Azure). It works great. The backup solution is perfect for us."
"The deduplication engine. Right now, we're at about 10.5 to 11 times deduplication of our backup data."
"The solution is very easy to use and it offers great support."
"The solution could improve by adding more flexibility for the customers here in Thailand. Some of the small capacity models of the solution are not needed by our customers. There should be a more flexible version of the solution."
"Though the customer uses the product, they don't receive active support from DD Boost even though they pay for it."
"The solution needs to be more user-friendly for the end-users."
"It should be expanded to include other databases and software. It should also be made easier to restore."
"This product is expensive compared to other storage so the price can be improved."
"The product has low capacity."
"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."
"The main issue I've identified is that when backing up a final backup from the branch server, we don't have deduplication functionality."
"I really want to partner it with the SnapCenter. We haven't implemented that yet. We're upgrading all of our stuff to the ONTAP 9, which you had to have."
"It would be nice if the solution was more complete. Many customers are looking for a single solution or silo that they can manage everything from. It would be nice, instead of having different products, if everything a client needed was in one solution."
"NetApp's own competing products complicate things."
"What could be helpful is different user base authentication so then maybe we could allow different customers to point to a single appliance and they only see the backups and things that they have."
"There are some bits it could do better. With tighter integration maybe with Veeam, or something like that, it'd be really good."
"It's a good product, but it's becoming outdated and moving to their other primary architecture."
"I would like to see more web support."
"The initial setup phase of the tool was difficult."
DD Boost is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 30 reviews while NetApp AltaVault is ranked 12th in Deduplication Software with 17 reviews. DD Boost is rated 8.8, while NetApp AltaVault is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of DD Boost writes "Easy to set up with good replication capabilities and decent useability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp AltaVault writes "Though the solution's configuration phase can be difficult, the tool offers stability and scalability". DD Boost is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Dell Avamar and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, whereas NetApp AltaVault is most compared with Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerVault, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our DD Boost vs. NetApp AltaVault report.
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