One notable feature is its robust backup support for Kubernetes and container environments. Additionally, PPDM stands out for its ease of deployment and management compared to other backup solutions. It is highly user-friendly, allowing users to quickly learn and implement backup and restore processes within a week. PPDM represents the next generation of backup software and is comparable to offerings from other vendors. Furthermore, PPDM prioritizes security with various access controls, such as user and database access controls. Its deployment tool is also known for its simplicity.

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Pallava Sharma

Cloud Infrastructure Delivery Lead at Johnson Controls, Inc.

Feb 7, 2024

The product's initial setup phase was easy.

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Saleh-Khakwani

Senior Technical Consultant at DWP Technologies

Mar 27, 2023

The solution's initial setup is straightforward.

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reviewer2023284

Sr Test Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Nov 21, 2022

The solution adequately handles data storage.

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reviewer949779

G. Manager- Technical Services with 51-200 employees

Nov 25, 2021

Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do.

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reviewer969870

IT Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

May 21, 2020

The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead.

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reviewer1805982

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

May 10, 2022

It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues.

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Samuel Sencion

Supervisor de servicio técnico at Hyh solutions

Mar 16, 2023

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored.

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reviewer1243038

CEO/co-founder at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Feb 28, 2020

As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures.

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reviewer1805982

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

Apr 26, 2024

PPDM requires further development. It is primarily integrated with DevOps systems.

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Pallava Sharma

Cloud Infrastructure Delivery Lead at Johnson Controls, Inc.

Feb 7, 2024

A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support.

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Saleh-Khakwani

Senior Technical Consultant at DWP Technologies

Mar 27, 2023

They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket.

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reviewer2023284

Sr Test Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Nov 21, 2022

Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly.

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reviewer949779

G. Manager- Technical Services with 51-200 employees

Nov 25, 2021

The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors.

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reviewer969870

IT Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

May 21, 2020

There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency.

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reviewer1805982

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

May 10, 2022

You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries.

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Samuel Sencion