We performed a comparison between Barracuda Intronis Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the deduplication that analyzes data to identify duplicate patterns and granular restore."
"Easy, immediate protection for data that is virtually infinitely scalable."
"The performance is good and the interface is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the speed of backup, which is very good compared to other solutions."
"The most valuable feature is unlimited data storage on the cloud. Even if the employee has left the company for a few years, the backup will still be maintained."
"Its interface is intuitive, and it is easy to use when I am restoring files. Barracuda does a really excellent job at compression, which makes it very efficient. Eight years later, I am only halfway through to the capacity, which is very good."
"The scalability of the product is fine."
"The backup feature is most valuable. That's why we took it."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"The compression aspect of the solution is great."
"As our organization functions, we have a total of 2500+ primary sites and 6300+ secondary sites. All of our entire backup systems are totally dependent on this product. EMC Data Domain is very reliable and there are no issues using it since 2015."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"The stability is excellent."
"The tool's performance is very good. DD Boost can improve its performance and backup."
"Compared to Avamar and Data Domain (our other systems), the backup speed is slow."
"I am working in some of the more rural areas of Sweden, and some of the customers here are a little bit wary of cloud technology at the moment. It is not like in Gothenburg or Stockholm, where people rely on it so much more. In the rural areas, companies are saying that we do need to use the cloud, and they are being very wary about their data, especially with GDPR and all that kind of stuff. Having more control and having an option for backing up locally, even if you don't want to use it, would be something very good. The cloud backup is brilliant, but there should be an option to take that cloud backup and save it locally as well. If you lose connection to the internet or you lose access to your data in the cloud, having a backup copy of the latest data on your server is helpful. You need to be able to get access to your customers' files, especially with GDPR, where you need to know where your customers' details are. If they're in the cloud and you've lost access to them, then you'll go into those GDPR regulations. This is somewhere where both Barracuda and Veeam haven't gone as far. As far as I have understood, with Veeam, you can back up your local servers to the cloud but not vice versa. I haven't worked on it much."
"Barracuda works great for smaller network environments, which are not that complex. It is hardware-based with a Linux core, which you don't have access to, and a lot of stuff happens on the back-end. Even from a troubleshooting perspective, it is a bit challenging."
"The web interface needs to contain a more up-to-date view of the hardware."
"The restore time can be improved. The restore time for large quantities of folders is slow. Sometimes, if I'm doing a full recovery of a server, it takes multiple hours, which probably is natural. It might also be because of our internet speed to the cloud."
"We cannot backup Sun Micro systems. They are not currently supported."
"It is not always stable."
"Its speed can be a bit improved, and of course, its pricing can go a lot cheaper."
"It helps if you have in-depth knowledge in order to use it correctly."
"The pricing could be better, but it's still not too expensive."
"They're scalable."
"We would like to see the price of this solution brought down to be comparable with similar products currently on the market."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"Data Domain lacks compatibility with fiber channels and tapes. We can't use it with a tape library. That's an issue in Latin America sometimes because a lot of clients still use tapes for budget reasons. Maybe they have a lot of archives. In North America and Europe, they do a lot of archiving, but they use the cloud more than we do. Sometimes we have to put together a Frankenstein where we connect another server to the tape library and send all the data there."
"It can probably have integration with other OEMs. It should also have more features for ransomware protection."
"Looking at Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), there is a need for improvement, especially in terms of protection from cyber resiliency, cyber recovery, or man-in-the-middle attacks."
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Barracuda Intronis Backup is ranked 10th in Deduplication Software with 24 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews. Barracuda Intronis Backup is rated 8.4, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda Intronis Backup writes "Finding data to restore is much easier than rummaging through tapes to find backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Barracuda Intronis Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect and Azure Backup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) report.
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