We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) 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."Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are ease of use and deduplication."
"The backup is very secure. The deduplication using EMC is very good. We are able to make systems and handle random cloning. EMC is a very stable solution for making backups."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the integrated deduplication function."
"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."
"It's very competitive in terms of the price and technology. Also, the development team continuously makes updates. The data reduction feature is very useful."
"I like Data Domain as a protocol for data backup."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"The solution uses minimal resources."
"NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is the duplication encryption standard feature."
"It is very capable of scaling and very good for heterogeneous environments."
"The tool's most valuable feature is recovery."
"The solution has a very easy-to-navigate user interface."
"It has been our go-to product for backup."
"If you use the NetBackup Appliance you do not need to have separate media servers and hardware. You can configure the same storage as a media server and master server as well as a storage port. This helps to reduce the hardware costs of the media server."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"They should reduce the CPC cost to customers. The product is becoming very expensive."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"The downside of PowerProtect's flexibility is that you have so many options. It can be a little confusing. It's like having a car with too many buttons on the dash. You can do so much with it, but it takes some time to learn what everything does."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"They're scalable."
"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."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve by having a site recovery feature."
"The product should provide more AI and ML features."
"Technical support for this solution needs to be improved."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance needs to improve its security. It needs to ensure that it is 100 percent protected against cyberattacks."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 46 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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