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."The solution is quite scalable. An organization shouldn't have any problem expanding if they use this solution."
"The most valuable feature is the support for plug-ins."
"The initial setup of DD Boost involves a simple procedure."
"The backup aspect of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it can support both the CIFS and NFS protocols simultaneously."
"It's a stable solution."
"The dependable protocol and stability of DD Boost are its most valuable characteristics. We encountered no connectivity issues when connecting the backup appliance to DD Boost, and we received no customer complaints about this aspect. Primarily, the smooth communication and connectivity between the server and storage were the main strengths."
"This product's unique protocol make it superior to competing products and alternate solutions."
"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."
"The most valuable features of Veritas NetBackup Appliance are the ease of use and the familiar interface."
"I think the solution is very intuitive, effective, and easy to use."
"We rarely need their help. I would give their technical support an 8.5 out of ten. We are satisfied."
"I can confidently say that I have managed more than 30 or 50 appliances over different time periods, and yet I never had a single hardware failure."
"The solution is useful for backups."
"It has been our go-to product for backup."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"There are some limitations where you cannot use it as a shared server or as a file server, it is limited for the only backup."
"The experience of restoring VMware or Veeam Backup is difficult, when the backup you are using is a solution for backup, which is already having a deduplication. When you try to restore from Data Domain, it doesn't work perfectly, because Data Domain is already having a deduplication as well."
"DD Boost's technical support could be better."
"DD Boost could improve the solution by offering additional customizations that build upon existing features such as deduplication ratios. The primary objective of the solution is to create backups of existing data and push that data out to clients' backup systems. If they can make the process faster and introduce more enhancements, it would greatly benefit the backup environment."
"There are limitations when using the VTL protocol in extreme cases."
"Integration could be better."
"Though the customer uses the product, they don't receive active support from DD Boost even though they pay for it."
"The product has low capacity."
"I would like the ability to recover a single folder within the backup of a virtual machine."
"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."
"They could improve the interface a bit."
"The price needs to be improved because it is really expensive."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"The NetBackup software is based on Red Hat Linux, but we should have multiple software options for that. We should have more OS options. Also, there are too many tools and intermediaries. Everything should be built into an all-in-one solution."
"They need to make the licensing more clear. They should give all of the licensing details for the portals and be more clear. I have accidentally purchased the incorrect license because it's not clear."
DD Boost is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 30 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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