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."Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"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."
"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 most valuable features of this product are its guaranteed reliability and its duplication capability."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"As our organization functions, we have a total of 2500+ primary sites and 6300+ secondary sites. All of our entire backup systems are totally dependent on this product. EMC Data Domain is very reliable and there are no issues using it since 2015."
"You can use different protocols at the same time. Monitoring is also very easy in NetApp FAS Series. There is a free tool for monitoring."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"The support is very good."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"The solution is stable."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"The pricing could be better, but it's still not too expensive."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"The price of the product is high."
"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."
"It helps if you have in-depth knowledge in order to use it correctly."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"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."
"We have had deduplication and replication issues. When we used another backup software we noticed that it didn't have the same issues."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"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 98 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 Quantum DXi Series, 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).