We performed a comparison between DD Boost, IBM ProtectTIER, and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."Scalable and stable solution for backup purposes, with good encryption and huge data conversion features."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The tool's deployment was easy."
"It cuts down network traffic, and only the relevant parts move around because it is deduced and encrypted."
"The most valuable features are the performance and the duplication."
"DD Boost's best features are deduplication and compression."
"Overall, scalability is great."
"The functionality is very good. DD Boost and DD entry replication are used in almost all backup concepts. Those are the most used features."
"The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete."
"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."
"The command-line interface is good."
"The solution is highly stable."
"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"In terms of stability, I've found it to be very stable. I've walked into the server room when it was at 60 degrees Celcius, and it was still running fine."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"It offers data compression and people management."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"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."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"Though the customer uses the product, they don't receive active support from DD Boost even though they pay for it."
"There are limitations when using the VTL protocol in extreme cases."
"There are some limitations where you cannot use it as a shared server or as a file server, it is limited for the only backup."
"Connectivity with the cloud and on-premises needs improved gateways."
"DD Boost needs to improve its interface. It should be easier to use."
"If you are using it with Recovery Manager, there are certain limitations. If those limitations are addressed, productivity will improve."
"The solution needs a better gateway between the on-premises and cloud deployment models. We have to work around it or find a third party to assist."
"The solution could improve by adding more flexibility for the customers here in Thailand. Some of the small capacity models of the solution are not needed by our customers. There should be a more flexible version of the solution."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
"I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."
"The backup for a large amount of data is slow."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"It lacks automatic tiering, When you use data, some of it goes cold. It is not hot data, so the system should automatically move that data to the SATA, while the hot data is kept on tier-one, the SaaS or SSD drives."
"We are not able to connect to the support of NetApp from Sudan. We have to go through many agents for support, which makes it difficult."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"Needs more SAN support."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
