We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and NetApp FAS Series 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 most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are ease of use and deduplication."
"I find the data to be most valuable."
"Our clients like the wide range of features that are available within this single solution."
"Short backup window has made a difference in the way my organization functions."
"Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"Stable and scalable suite of solutions with deduplication, apart from data protection, storage, and backup."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"The solution is stable."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"Data Domain lacks compatibility with fiber channels and tapes. We can't use it with a tape library. That's an issue in Latin America sometimes because a lot of clients still use tapes for budget reasons. Maybe they have a lot of archives. In North America and Europe, they do a lot of archiving, but they use the cloud more than we do. Sometimes we have to put together a Frankenstein where we connect another server to the tape library and send all the data there."
"DD doesn't have Intel's air gap technology."
"The price of the product is high."
"We would like faster instant recovery."
"We have some problems with backing up on the Power Platform. PowerServer is an IBM product, and it forces us to back up over LAN, which is not suitable for us."
"I would like to see integration with public cloud."
"Its management can be improved."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 96 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and DD Boost, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, IBM FlashSystem and HPE StoreEasy. See our Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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@Dhruba Roy, your question conflates very different kinds of storage.
PowerProtect DD is Dell's latest version of Data Domain. It is ONLY useful as target storage for backups. Nothing else, not even archiving. If that is what you want, it does what it's supposed to do. Albeit, it's a bit pricey and underperforming.
There are much faster, cheaper, and more advanced backup target storage. Especially when measuring restore performance. I would suggest you take a hard look at a variety of backup target storage vendors including, Infinidat InfiniGuard, ExaGrid, Quantum, StorONE, iXsystems, and many more. Most backup target storage is all HDD although some are hybrid SSD and HDD.
NetApp FAS is a general-purpose storage system for blocks and files. It can be all HDD, hybrid HDD and SSD, or all SSD (all-flash FAS or AFF). It's a solid all around storage system with NetApp pioneered capabilities, but expensive as a backup storage target.
Pure Storage FlashArray//X or //C are block all-flash storage arrays. Their FlashBlades are all flash file and object storage systems. Good performers but overkill and way too expensive for backup target storage.
I think you need to define what it is you really need. Of the 3 vendors you asked about, I am going to repeat myself, PowerProtect DD is ONLY useful as a target storage for backups. The other two can do so, but are really not priced nor designed specifically for backup target storage.
If general purpose storage is what you need NetApp and PureStorage are good possibilities among many others.
I think they are different types of storage for different purposes.
If you are looking for a storage where to put backups data you can think Data Domain is the perfect choice because it is its main use (most or all the backup softwares have plugins in ordere to manage data domains).
If you are looking for a primary storage (where to put your servers' data) then you can look to Netapp FAS and Purestorage.
The latter are flash natives so it's simpler to manage and configure. If you look at the Netapp FAS you can also choose storages with HDDs with less performance (and a cheaper price).