We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Dell PowerVault based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"The product provides good backup and compression services."
"The tool's performance is very good. DD Boost can improve its performance and backup."
"It is stable. I would rate the stability of the solution a nine out of ten."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are its deduplication feature and its DD Boost protocol for fast transfer, which is amazing."
"The solution is reliable and stable."
"I like the tool's CloudIQ feature."
"Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage."
"For us, the initial setup was easy."
"Dell PowerVault is cheap."
"The stability is quite good. Once you deploy all the equipment, it's very stable."
"The Dell warranty is the most valuable feature."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"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."
"They still have hardware different from the software."
"I would like to see integration with public cloud."
"Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions."
"They need to make migration easier."
"The implementation process takes a while."
"The product is generally stable, but there have been instances, to my knowledge, where we faced issues in the controller during software upgrades. The availability is not at the desired level during these upgrade processes, as we sometimes need to shut down both controllers. This could be an area for improvement."
"I would like Dell to improve on the configuration of the disk groups. Only one group is expandable. Once you configure the other disk group types, you cannot expand them. It limits scalability. If you want maybe to grow a disk group, you lose information, and then you need to build it up again, which is not a good use case for customers."
"In most instances, clients are using Dell PowerVault with tape drives, but we want to transition them away from tape drives due to the risk of data loss."
"We could set up the installation through a web server, but it's not very reactive on the web server. For example, when you launch a task, and you don't know exactly if the task has begun or if the task is in progress, or if it's finished. You have to wait for three to five to ten minutes to be sure that the task is running or in progress or finished. So at that point, it's not very good."
"There have been situations when our customers requested professional support and the price of that feature is quite high."
"Sometimes integrating into a cluster can be difficult as you have to do it manually."
"Dell PowerVault is block-oriented storage only."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while Dell PowerVault is ranked 2nd in Enterprise SAN with 23 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while Dell PowerVault is rated 8.4. 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 Dell PowerVault writes "Easy to use with good integrations and reasonable pricing". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Commvault Cloud, whereas Dell PowerVault is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Huawei OceanStor SNS, Lenovo Storage V Series, ExaGrid EX and Cisco MDS Series.
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