Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) Initial Setup
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SushilKumar4
Solution architect at Aeris
Dell PowerProtect DD's deployment is easy. It can be deployed on both physical and virtual appliances. We require long storage volumes, which can be allocated to the server. With this setup, we can store our backups as needed across the volumes, adjusting them according to our requirements.
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reviewer2222805
EHR Technical Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It is complex to set that up, and we have had trouble with that. It is not as straightforward as you necessarily hope it to be.
We have got it involved with the cyber vault as well, and that took a month or two to get up and running. But some of that was associated with delivery issues with parts and stuff.
Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is not as intuitive as some other products. Other things out there provide better capabilities. The data domain has got a bit of catching up to do with Cohesity and Rubrik as well.
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Ghayur Abbas
Manager Networks & Messaging Systems at TCS
Setup with EMC Data Domain is not complex. Setup is straightforward. Deployment speed depends on the architectural design. In our case, it took around 20 or 25 days for the setup.
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)
March 2024
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Our certified field engineers must do DD's initial setup because it's complicated. However, the initial setup is not complicated; everyone can do it. They just have to follow the procedure. It's always recommended to perform by engineers who are experienced.
View full review »The solution's setup process is simple and user-friendly. The solution can be deployed on-premises or hybrid cloud. So, it can be deployed both ways.
View full review »For the initial setup, you need to involve some of the OEM or service providers. You need support from the vendors because the complete design should be perfect, otherwise the product will not be deployed as per the requirement.
For maintenance, it's very limited because automations are available, but we need people to keep track of all the backup jobs that are in progress. You need a team that has experience with these products, but it depends on how large your environment is. If you have multiple offices in multiple countries, you need a large number of staff who can support these products.
It has a lot of automation which is supported, and it supports cloud-based implementation as well. The cloud side of it is very easy to create. You don't need to build anything in the cloud. If you're using it on-premise, you need people to manage and maintain it.
View full review »I rate PowerProtect seven out of 10. Setting up PowerProtect is a little complex if you've never done it before. Some aspects aren't obvious because it isn't intuitive.
The initial setup of Dell PowerProtect DD is easy. It is engineered with consolidated options in the system making it easy to manage it properly.
View full review »I've never handled a deployment and, therefore, cannot speak to the implementation process.
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Rick Brandenstein
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup of Dell PowerProtect DD is complex. Its initial setup is a bit complex because it uses many services on the operating system. Sometimes it is hard to solve the issue while installing the solution on-premises.
I rate the initial setup of Dell PowerProtect DD a three out of five
With the Dell PowerProtect DD, it is not possible to deploy the solution by ourselves. We deployed, and upgraded the solution, it took more than a month because there were problems, and the producer need to solve the issues. This is what took time.
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reviewer1166613
Lead Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
When we installed the solution, pretty much the software all was new. It was Legato earlier and then it was using Networker version eight everywhere else. When we started deploying it, we started with version nine. We pretty much started with the latest versions of the software. There were some growing pains, however, we were able to step up the enrollment and it was good in the end. Beyond a few issues right at the outset, it was a good experience.
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Muad Khalfallh
General Manager at Datacoast
The solution is moderately straightforward to set up It's not easy or difficult.
The deployment took about one to two hours. It didn't take long.
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OlegIvanov
General Director at miromix unitedMiroMIX United
The implementation can be complex. It's not very simple to set up.
The deployment took a couple of days.
We typically have one or two engineers working with the solution. That's enough personnel to deploy and design the setup, et cetera. One person is quite enough to maintain the product.
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Abbas Dagher
Regional Key Account Manager at ACT
I have a team that takes care of the deployment. They say it's easy but it takes some time, in terms of policies and integrating with infrastructures the customer already has. These are the challenges but it's easy to use.
A medium project takes around seven days to implement and integrate. A large project, 200 terabytes or 300 terabytes of data, will take around 15 days to 20 days to integrate with all the servers and backup software.
The solution comes with three years warranty and support from the vendor, but we have a lot of users with electrical outages, or unexpected errors happen. So we replace the hardware in terms of the hard disk or the controller, or we do maintenance in terms of upgrading the firmware on all of it.
View full review »The installation and initial setup of the program was a straightforward process.
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Carlos Pineda Sánchez
Infrastructure and Helpdesk Leader for Mexico, Chile and Colombia at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The deployment process is difficult from a configuration perspective. We can always connect with the support team. It requires two executives to work on the implementation.
View full review »The initial setup for this solution is very easy.
View full review »The initial setup is straightforward and is very easy to migrate to the next generation of solutions.
View full review »Only one day is required for Data Domain setup and configuration.
The product is very simple to set up. It's not overly complex or difficult.
It takes about half an hour to compare all the data and for Data Domain to be set up in Azure. Also, I can see the source image and open Data Domain, and just share the source to my DPS solution, the networker. It works better.
You only need one person to maintain the solution.
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Asim Sinha
Senior SAN Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup was handled solely by the Dell EMC, so it was okay and not that complex.
View full review »The initial setup is very straightforward. Even the integration with different backup vendors is a straightforward process.
View full review »The setup of Dell PowerProtect DD is straightforward. The implementation process took approximately one day.
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The setup is very easy. We had it up and running the same day it was installed.
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reviewer1777704
Storage Analyst III at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The implementation of Dell EMC PowerProtect is straightforward. However, there are lots of options available. There are three different types of compression. It mainly dupes the data, and it also does local compression on the data domain itself. Once you choose the compression, you then have to decide whether you're going to do an entry backup or a straightforward input, big bucket type of backups, and only have one directory for your data.
When you purchase Dell EMC PowerProtect DD, you always have help from EMC. They will help you get familiar with whatever is new to you.
When you spend the kind of money for this solution you do receive good support to help you through any issues, it is not complicated.
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Adams Rasheed
Information Technology Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup wasn't complex. It was straightforward.
All that we had to do was to install the application on the hosts, and provide all of the parameters for the database.
Understanding the customer's needs is what is most important. The implementation was not complex at all.
Everything from delivery of the server to implementation took between one to two months aside aside waiting time for hardware delivery.
The deployment method was on-premises and took less than ten members to deploy it.
View full review »Straightforward.
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Sajid Khan
Oracle Application DBA at Social Insurance Organizaton
The initial setup is very easy. Any person can handle the initial setup of the solution.
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OlegIvanov
General Director at miromix unitedMiroMIX United
The installation of this product is not easy, though it's easier to install than IDP and DP units. If you have knowledge on this product, then installing it will be easy.
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Adrian Constantinescu
Professional Services - Data Protection Consultant at S&T Romania
The initial setup is not complex. It's very straightforward. If you have a serial port opened up, and you configure the management port fees, first on the licensing, then it's really straightforward. However, if you have a different configuration, it may be a bit more challenging. Even so, it's not that complicated. It's 90% straightforward. If somebody is not comfortable with the console, they can use a web interface and it's fine.
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MohamedDakn
General Manager responsible for IT Infrastructure and Operations at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is straightforward. For the deployment, it took one day for the hardware implementation and a couple of days for integration with the software. For several days, I worked with IBM TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) or Veritas. All of the parts came together well and I had no real issues.
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Michel Taung
System Engineer for Business Solution Department at PT. Mastersystem Infotama
The initial setup was a little bit complex after the initial configuration when we tried to integrate it with the firmware.
It took one week for the deployment, configuration, initializing the backup, and monitoring of the backup for one round.
View full review »The initial setup was easy and not complex. It took about two to three houses to deploy.
View full review »The initial setup doesn't take too long—just one or two days. You need two people to deploy and maintain this solution.
View full review »I was not involved in the initial setup of the array.
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reviewer1473288
Pre-Sales and Technical Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The initial setup is pretty straightforward. It is pretty straightforward to implement - nothing very complicated. Most of the work is in the software part, so it depends on the software solution, not Data Domain particularly.
The software part also depends on the amount of servers we are trying to protect. It also depends on the amount and types of database and applications. That is the complex part of these types of implementations.
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reviewer1473288
Pre-Sales and Technical Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I installed the Data Domain and it was really easy.
It is not a big Data Domain, so it was just mounted in our rack. We followed the initial setup where the IP and the name are configured. After that, most of the configurations had to be done over the software.
The complex part of the configuration is in the backup server (software part), it is not in the Data Domain. The Data Domain was really easy to set up. The Data Domain setup took us about four hours.
Our deployment plan was based on the installation of the hardware first, and after that, the software deployment, starting with the backup server.
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AsemHamamdi
Senior Data Center Admin at Paltel
The initial setup was straightforward. Deployment takes about two weeks with migration. You only need a few people for deployment and two or three people for maintenance.
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Mohamed Fahim
Logistics Supervisor at Fetchr
Setup was very easy.
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reviewer1619904
Owner at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees
It is straightforward. It only takes a couple of hours to implement.
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Shahab Vahdatian
Technical Specialist at Pouyan Pardazesh Tehran Co
The initial setup is a little bit difficult. It needs some explanation before it makes sense.
It took us about a day to set everything up.
View full review »Very simple, just follow the prompts for the ‘config system’ command from the CLI. The only issue is with the new generation systems initial configuration is via Serial connection, there is no VGA port or pre-configured IP address, however after initial configuration all is very straightforward.
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ITKoo67
IT Coordinator at a insurance company with 1-10 employees
The initial setup was straightforward.
View full review »Initial setup is pretty straightforward, VTL configuration is a bit more complex.
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reviewer1805982
Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
If you know how to do it, the initial setup is straightforward. It takes one day to install and configure all the components.
View full review »Initial setup is easy: After hardware installation (which is well documented) you just have to power up the data domain device then run a script which configure your device.
Then you can configure backups devices using webgui and this is really easy.
View full review »The initial setup was straightforward. I was finished with the setup after two to three hours.
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Ashraf Ali
Senior Consultant at global brands
The initial setup was straightforward. It only takes around fifteen minutes or less. We required five staff members for the implementation.
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SystemCoc204
System Consultant at ONYXES
The initial setup is very straightforward. Deployment takes about a week. We needed two engineers to handle the initial setup.
View full review »Initial straightforward.
View full review »A walk in the park = straightforward.
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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.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.