User Reviews of Dell Avamar & Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)

Updated April 2025

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Dell Avamar review

Rahul Sarangdhar
Rahul Sarangdhar
Senior Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Works excellently for on-prem backup but not the best for Azure backups
Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better. There is another Dell EMC tool called NetWorker, which is a bit centralized tool. If you deploy a storage node locally, you can use the same UI tool for central management,...
Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) review

GopalSetia
GopalSetia
Director- Pre Sales Enterprise Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Provides backups, including long-term retention with increased uptime and...
I was looking for a virtual edition, and that is now available. Many customers struggle to find a solution for ransomware protection, but we can set up an enterprise recovery vault for that purpose. These features are now part of Dell's overall offering. The solution has matured, and while I don't criticize technology, most of our technical...

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