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You can read user reviews for the Top 5 Deduplication Software Tools to help you decide which solution is best for you.
Users compare and give feedback on the best deduplication software tools that they’ve used — based on product reviews, ratings, and comparisons.
#1 Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)
Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) was ranked as the #1 Deduplication Software Tool for 2022. PeerSpot users give Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) an average rating of 10 out of 10.
A General Director at a tech services company says, “The solution is stable and has an easy to scale suite of deduplication, and good backup, data protection, and storage.”
PeerSpot user Adrian C., Professional Services - Data Protection Consultant at S&T Romania, mentions, “The best point is the duplication encryption and disaster recovery replication. The network replication's software has network verification where the product can not offer it. We use nothing for Data Domain replication. And when we use NetWorker, we use prone console application. With VM, also we use replication under the Data Domain application instead of copying the data from the VM. The solution is very scalable. The product offers excellent security.”
Sufyan K., CTO at New Horizon Computers, explains, “The deduplication on the solution is great. It's elaborate but the companies already understand it. The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster. The scalability of the equipment and components of Data Domain are outstanding. We never go without Data Domain if we are talking about backup solutions. We always go with Data Domain. It's a very reliable and consistent product. There's no match with any other product. It's outstanding. The performance of the hardware is improving day by day and new models are coming with more scalability.”
#2 Dell Avamar
Dell Avamar was ranked as the #2 Deduplication Software Tool for 2022. PeerSpot users give Dell Avamar an average rating of 8 out of 10.
Robert O., Unix Architect at a retailer, states, “It is stable, and it ties very well with VMware API. If you've got VMware in-house, it is a very solid product.”
A Senior Engineer, Disaster Recovery at a financial services firm comments, “Scheduling is valuable. It does a good job of backing up, and it does a good job of restoring. Nobody has got a problem with that. The agents are well supported. In terms of functionality, it is rock solid. It does its job.”
Vivek J., Assistant Manager at Shriram Pistons, mentions, “The product has a proven track record of good backups without much of a failure ratio. It also has a good backup in terms of the compression ratio. Overall, my experience with Avamar is very good. Technical support has been helpful. The performance of the solution is excellent. The product scales easily.”
#3 NetApp FAS Series
NetApp FAS Series was ranked as the #3 Deduplication Software Tool for 2022. PeerSpot users give NetApp FAS Series an average rating of 8 out of 10.
George A., CEO at BDPR Technologies Limited, says NetApp FAS Series is a "Flexible and reliable storage solution with multiple features such as cloning, replication, and deduplication. Data migration can be done without any performance implications on the production systems."
A Computer System Administrator at a construction company expresses, “It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation. The newer features will be able to do things without interrupting the user experience, such as moving volumes on the fly, as well as adding and removing nodes to the clusters. That general set of features is pretty important to us.”
Temitope O., NetApp Product Manager at Hiperdist Ltd, shares that the solution is “A stable and scalable data management solution with a useful unified management feature.”
#4 HPE StoreOnce
HPE StoreOnce was ranked as the #4 Deduplication Software Tool for 2022. PeerSpot users give HPE StoreOnce an average rating of 8 out of 10.
Asanka K., Head of Hosting & LAN Services at Lanka Communication Services (Pvt) Ltd., says, “HPE StoreOnce is very reliable, has a good deduplication and compression ratio, and supports the HPE Catalyst protocol.”
PeerSpot user Chethana K., Deputy General Manager at Lb, mentions, “The size of the backup data is very small, which is one of the features that we really like. Our data center grows between 20% and 30% each year and it is currently at 70 terabytes in size. We are now running a 40 terabyte backup, which is between 80% and 90% capacity. This size of the backup is really attractive. The deduplication feature works well.”
Chamith P., Senior Systems Specialist and Pre-Sales at a tech vendor, comments, “The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression capabilities. Also, in terms of performance and recovery, it has good capabilities. It's a simplified product, more or less with plug-and-play capabilities. It has three flavors of integration being storage, NAS storage, and a backup system. These components are vital and with this product, it's like having three in one box. It can be paired with the Veeam backup software.”
#5 Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Veritas NetBackup Appliance was ranked as the #5 Deduplication Software Tool for 2022. PeerSpot users give Veritas NetBackup Appliance an average rating of 8 out of 10.
An Assistant Vice President of Information Technology at a financial services firm writes, “The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds. It is very nice. We use it a lot for restoring VM.”
PeerSpot reviewer Muksith T., Backup and Storage Specialist at a sports company, states, “The deduplication that is on this solution is its most valuable aspect. It's very robust. Overall, how the operating system is tuned is perfect. The hardware on offer has no parallel. I would say that it has been more than eight years now, and in all that time, I haven't had a single hard disk failure or even hardware failure on this appliance. It's in excellent condition and works perfectly. I can confidently say that I have managed more than 30 or 50 appliances over different time periods, and yet I never had a single hardware failure.”
