2014-10-26T16:10:00Z

What is your primary use case for Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?

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SK
Real User
Top 5
2024-03-14T11:21:33Z
Mar 14, 2024

The tool's use cases primarily revolve around structured data. We can manage backups with features like compression, deduplication, and in-line deduplication. For instance, even with just a 10 KB backup space for structured data, we can achieve data reduction ratios up to 1:10. Only 1 TB of storage is needed to accommodate the equivalent of 10 TB of backups.

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Vijeesh Thayyil - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2023-11-10T09:06:58Z
Nov 10, 2023

The solution is mainly used for backups and archiving.

TA
Real User
Top 20
2023-06-29T10:42:04Z
Jun 29, 2023

We use Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) for various projects, which is basically associated with the current project work. We procured it for an EHR activity.

Whitney Gray - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-02-28T21:54:34Z
Feb 28, 2023

We use PowerProtect to back up physical servers, virtual servers, file systems, and databases.

Mohamed -Elsayed - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-01-28T09:39:03Z
Jan 28, 2023

We use this solution to store and replicate data for back-up purposes.

MK
Reseller
2022-11-14T14:04:09Z
Nov 14, 2022

I have an IT company and have tested it in order to see if I could resell it to clients.

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Domenico-Vizzoca - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-11-11T14:58:08Z
Nov 11, 2022

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is the customer's requested solution. I did not suggest this solution to the customer. I use Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) for disaster recovery, and for the backup of disaster recovery for a large society for training in Italy The backup on the secondary Data Domain and then backup on the cloud.

RB
Real User
Top 10
2022-10-31T17:37:36Z
Oct 31, 2022

We use the solution as a backup and to restore applications. It's business continuance versus disaster recovery. Business continuance is you lose some data at your data site or maybe get data corruption, due to malware, or somebody deletes something by mistake, and you've got to restore it. You go to your backup to do that, and that's business continuance. Disaster recovery is if your whole site's gone down and you need to run at another site. For business continuance, you need a product like Data Domain Power Protect.

OI
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-10-19T13:56:21Z
Oct 19, 2022

We primarily use the solution for large backups. This is a piece of hardware that we can place software on. It's used widely in some of the largest banks in our country - including foreign banks. They use Data Domain in petabytes.

Dhaval Pancholi - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-07-12T21:32:50Z
Jul 12, 2022

We use this solution for various workloads for our customers. It is a backup solution for our banking customers' applications, farmer customers' farm assist applications, and manufacturing customers.

MirziyodMirsaatov - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-06-02T10:54:27Z
Jun 2, 2022

We use Dell PowerProtect DD for different scenarios like database storage and backups.

Vedat Gunes - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-05-04T07:01:30Z
May 4, 2022

I am using Dell PowerProtect DD for data extraction for extract, transform, and load(ETL) processes. This is a tool that receives data from operational platforms, or systems, such as in my factory in insurance, underwriting, claim management or health provisioning, et cetera. It receives the data from the source systems and not from the data warehouse platform by doing transformation or by loading the data or after loading the data.

SV
Reseller
Top 20
2022-04-06T10:48:08Z
Apr 6, 2022

We primarily use the solution as a backup.

WC
Real User
2022-02-14T21:02:15Z
Feb 14, 2022

We use Dell EMC PowerProtect DD for backing up a target.

Nick Hamilton - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
2021-12-24T09:10:00Z
Dec 24, 2021

We use Dell EMC PowerProtect DD for deduplication, data protection, and data recovery. We use many different versions, including the newest versions.

MT
Consultant
2021-11-05T18:26:00Z
Nov 5, 2021

My primary use case is as the backup storage feed application.

AS
Real User
2021-10-22T06:47:43Z
Oct 22, 2021

We use model number 6800. The operating system is 7.4.

ML
MSP
2021-07-12T12:08:38Z
Jul 12, 2021

We are just using it for backing up the workloads using Avamar. We are using its latest version.

MG
Real User
2020-12-31T08:23:00Z
Dec 31, 2020

We as a company use this product to protect our information. We have Data Domain combined NetWorker for our own company, and we also install and provide services around those solutions to our customers. In our company, Dell Data Domain is used to protect our servers (on-premises), where the most important servers for us are the File Server and the eMail server. The Dell Data Domain we have It´s combined with Dell NetWorker as the backup software. The Data Domain works as the repository of the information, taking advantage of the duplication and all the features that it has. We are getting about 30x as the deduplication ratio. It is managed by the software NetWorker, where all the backup policies reside. We have clients in all the servers directing information from the server to the Data Domain taking advantage of the software client direct feature. We make backups on a daily basis, as incremental backups, and over the weekend we have full backups. We have about 14 servers in our office. Mostly Windows and Linux.

AC
Consultant
2020-12-04T18:32:56Z
Dec 4, 2020

We primarily use the solution for storage.

it_user1200867 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-11-20T02:24:40Z
Nov 20, 2020

We use it for backup.

SK
Real User
2020-10-11T08:58:20Z
Oct 11, 2020

We primarily use the solution for backup purposes.

MT
Real User
2020-07-26T08:18:00Z
Jul 26, 2020

We are a solution provider and we use the Dell EMC PowerProtect DD to provide service for our clients. It is used to provide backups for VMware environments.

MD
Real User
2019-09-08T09:50:00Z
Sep 8, 2019

We primarily used this product as a solution for backups.

SS
Real User
2019-09-08T09:50:00Z
Sep 8, 2019

Primarily we use the solution as data storage and as a backup solution.

Jayson Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2019-09-08T09:50:00Z
Sep 8, 2019

Our primary use for this product is for backup purposes and compression.

Kenneth Etsula - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2019-09-05T16:30:00Z
Sep 5, 2019

We've primarily been using the solution as a backup. What we understand is that we can create it with Veeam where Veeam backs up the network into Data Domain.

AA
Real User
Top 20
2019-08-25T05:17:00Z
Aug 25, 2019

We use the on-prem deployment model of this solution and sometimes the public cloud. Our primary use case is for on-prem backup and for replication servers.

BR
Real User
2019-08-07T06:15:00Z
Aug 7, 2019

We are using this solution with NetWorker. currently we are using it to back up our sap ERP. We have scheduled backup at intervals. We have two DDs, one Data Domain is on the Production Site while the second Data Domain is on the DR site. NetWorker backs up the SAP ERP to the Data Domain in the Production site and the backup is automatically cloned to the DR DataDomain.

AH
Consultant
2019-08-07T06:15:00Z
Aug 7, 2019

Our customers have a lot of big data that they work with. The solution allows them to decrease the amount of data which can appear over the network and optimizes the bandwidth of the network itself.

AM
Real User
2019-08-05T06:24:00Z
Aug 5, 2019

The primary use of the solution is inline deduplication.

AH
Real User
2019-08-01T05:43:00Z
Aug 1, 2019

The primary use is as a company backup.

GA
Real User
2019-03-12T07:26:00Z
Mar 12, 2019

Currently, we use Dell EMC Data Domain for our back-up requirements. We use Cisco Nexus 5K5540, as our core switches. We use Cisco USC-B as a compute engine. We use Dell EMC storage as our core storage, and all of these products are still in use. We have had a very good experience with all of them. We purchased Data Domain 2500 in 2015 as a primary backup unit. In 2017, we purchased another one, which is the 6300 Data Domain, as our element for the offsite backups. That product is very good. They are both very good in the backup expertise and the installation processes but the issue that we are facing is in the software which is NetWorker. NetWorker is the core Dell EMC software which runs the backups and restores the backups. NetWorker is not as mature as the other products. I have Backup Exec running now, different backup software products. The hardware product (Data Domain 2500 or Data Domain 6300) is very good, very reliable, and capable of getting huge data in the form of duplexing, in the form of compressing or in the form of on-lapping. These are wonderful products. We are using Data Domain 2500 at the primary site and Data Domain 6300 at the other site. We do backups on both the sites with these products.

Chris Childerhose - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
ExpertTop 5
2014-10-26T16:10:00Z
Oct 26, 2014

The Data Domain serves as our primary backup device used with Veeam. It is used for all service backups and restores.

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