We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas Backup Exec 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 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."
"Stable and scalable suite of solutions with deduplication, apart from data protection, storage, and backup."
"It is very fast as compared to the other competitors. Its simplicity and bit rate are also valuable. It takes less time if we compare it with the old solution that we have."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"The compression aspect of the solution is great."
"Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"The technology has been very useful. There are lots of features on offer."
"The deduplication feature is the most valuable part of the solution."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"It is a scalable product."
"One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"They still have hardware different from the software."
"Dell EMC Data Domain needs to have better compatibility between NetWorker and the hardware. NetWorker is not as good as the other products which are currently on the market like Backup Exec."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"The initial setup is complex."
"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 reports could be made in an easier way."
"The pricing could be improved."
"Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI."
"The cost is quite high. Along with the general costs, the supposed agents that you have to buy for the various options that you want to use ends up driving the costs higher as well."
"It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO)."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Arcserve UDP.
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