Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) Room for Improvement

RB
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Nothing comes to mind in terms of improvement. It serves its purpose. That said, if they could develop higher algorithms to make it more efficient, that would be great. 

Usually, with the backup, the issue is how fast it can do it. As network speeds improve, the solution improves. It has to keep up with the available network speeds, however. For example, a 100-gigabit ethernet. They need to keep up with the advancements in network speeds, and ethernet speeds. If they keep up, instead of taking five hours to back up your daily workload, you may do it in three hours.

It can be complex to implement.

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TA
EHR Technical Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is expensive. Also, it has a sort of a big physical footprint that data domains have, and that's part of the problem. If we move one of the DR locations to the new project into a data center or Cylance facility, the footprint of the data domain is quite expensive, as well as the unit being expensive. That is the reason why I am looking at options in that area.

Apart from the pricing, there is also room for improvement in the speed of recovery. With the data domains, there is a limit to how much data I can recover and the visibility from a cyber perspective. The discovery at the time when your malware impact may have occurred is quite tricky to pinpoint what, where, and when it is potentially damaged. So, the recovery is harder to define because you don't want to recover more encrypted stuff. For example, there is a piece of work associated with that, which with ease, Rubrik can do quite well.

In addition, there is also some room for improvement with technical support.

I would also like it to be a little bit smaller. It is quite a large footprint. Also, a better interface would be good.

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AnjaneyaVara Prasad - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Looking at Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), there is a need for improvement, especially in terms of protection from cyber resiliency, cyber recovery, or man-in-the-middle attacks. Enhancing the cyber resiliency feature is particularly crucial.

It would be beneficial if the solution had an inbuilt virus scanning feature in the future. Some scanning feature, like a vulnerability scanning feature, is essential for all the data we store inside the solution. So, instead of installing the solution on some third-party vulnerability software like Symantec, if they come up with some inbuilt virus scanner, that would be very helpful.

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OI
General Director at miromix unitedMiroMIX United

We'd always prefer if there was even more competitive pricing since they are very close in price to Quantum. However, the pricing isn't too bad.

The initial setup is complex. The installation process should be easier so you can install the solution without having specialized techs. 

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ManuelIglesias - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Open group

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. 

I understand why integration with tapes isn't possible because they are designing these applications for the future. In the next decade, all the information will be sent through private and public clouds. It's a great way to send data. It can be software-defined, so you have lots of paths to send information, and it's it's not too slow, so I guess that's why they don't support tapes. When we have challenges with other providers, maybe an internal ID would help.

Also,Dell's backup software comes in a lot of flavors, and there's a bundle that gives you all the functionality. You use this software to do this and another to do that. There isn't a single application that can do everything, and sometimes that makes some struggles.

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SK
Solution architect at Aeris

The tool's pricing could be cheaper. 

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Vijeesh Thayyil - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Consultant at Deep Ocean General Trading

DD doesn't have Intel's air gap technology. Regarding the cyber technology area, we have to purchase another data domain to use CyberSense or other software packages, and that's a complex process. On ExaGrid, they do have a built-in air gap, so it's more secure. That's the only part DD has to improve.

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Ozgur Fakir - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technology Consultant at GlassHouse

We would like faster instant recovery.

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Darshan Kolambkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Technical Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market. Overall, the product has a very large portfolio, and even the support level is great, but the challenge is the cost.

I would like to see a direct cloud backup solution. I should be able to directly take a backup into the cloud instead of having another product in between PowerProtect. It should be flexible enough to support the cloud.

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MK
General Manager at Datacoast

I still need to try all the features and functions. As a reseller, it's important I understand it and I have only used it for a few weeks. It helps if you have in-depth knowledge in order to use it correctly.

Scaling can be better.

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Vedat Gunes - PeerSpot reviewer
BI & Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The usage of this solution is a bit difficult to develop processes, and it takes a long time to market permits.

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Chris Childerhose - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Infrastructure Architect at ThinkON

The processing capabilities I believe could be improved, however, we have an older unit DD670 and newer units may have already improved upon this.

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Marinos  Savvides - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Consultant at Logicom Sales Inc

I cannot speak to the exact areas that need improvement at this time. 

The pricing could be lower. 

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Nilesh Nn - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr IT Consultant at Midis Group

Dell PowerProtect DD should come out with its own system so we do not have to use Data Domain. For example, something similar to what Symantec has done.

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Kenneth Etsula - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at Dataposit Ltd

Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions.

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Domenico-Vizzoca - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery and Presales Manager at Harpaitalia italia

I prefer the HP solution.

Technical support needs improvement.

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Whitney Gray - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

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. 

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MirziyodMirsaatov - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Top-IT Solutions Ltd

It could be more secure.

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MF
Logistics Supervisor at Fetchr

The price is expensive, so that could be improved. The interface and dashboards could also be improved.

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.

It needs some added features to back up the AIX OS or the old applications running on AIX OS.

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SV
Technical Specialist at Pouyan Pardazesh Tehran Co

We do not have any specific issues. Nothing has gone wrong.

The price of the product is high. We'd like for it to be less expensive. 

The initial setup is a little hard to understand. 

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CB
Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The price could be a little cheaper than it is now.

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CP
Infrastructure and Helpdesk Leader for Mexico, Chile and Colombia at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

We encountered data loss during the configuration process. We were not able to restore the information later. This particular area needs improvement.

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Mohamed -Elsayed - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Maintenance Planning Engineer at Egyptian Steel

We would like to see the price of this solution brought down to be comparable with similar products currently on the market.

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Nguyen_Nguyen - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice Director at Sunshine Solution

The tool's DD Boost is expensive. 

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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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