We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) 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."For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The most valuable feature is the virtual backup."
"The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are reduplication and compression. It provides a lot of data savings for backups. Additionally, the Dell PowerProtect DD solution offers a bundled backup software and storage option. If desired, users can also connect to cloud technology to create an additional copy of their data in the cloud. This solution supports synchronization with various cloud vendors, including Azure and AWS."
"The most valuable features of this product are its guaranteed reliability and its duplication capability."
"This solution has a feature called Domain Boost, which allows for source deduplication and compression."
"We have never had any issues with Data Domain. It has been stable."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are ease of use and deduplication."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the integrated deduplication function."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"The solution, in the future, should offer support for mobile."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"The screen design is a bit back-dated."
"The UI is not easy to use. There are other products such as Veeam that are easy to use for the end-user which is why they are moving away from Avamar or Networker."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"The recovery is a bit slow."
"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."
"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."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"The product lacks some security features that would make it more stand-alone and integrated."
"They should reduce the CPC cost to customers. The product is becoming very expensive."
"They're scalable."
"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."
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Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Rubrik, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and NetApp FAS Series. See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) report.
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