We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar 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 backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"The most valuable features are image backups and file backups."
"Every product is good and bad, but its claim to fame is that it is scalable. We're doing more than 3,000 VMs. Every single night a complete image backup to disks and replication are easily done in under four hours."
"The solution is very stable."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"The solution is very scalable."
"The solution is very stable."
"The product, a disk backup solution, improves our data application tasks. We used tape libraries with Dev drives in legacy architectures, resulting in slow backups compared to modern drives like NVMe and SSDs. By transitioning to NVMe and SSDs, backups have become much faster. The tool's backup restoration is faster compared to other tools."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"The solution can scale up to one petabyte right now. It's very good for enterprise-level organizations."
"We are very satisfied with this solution. It's easy to use and efficient."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"The stability could improve, a lot of scheduled backups failed at one time."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"It would be better if we could integrate easily with other platforms."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"When we used the solution, it was still new, and so the customer service/technical support was not the best."
"EMC is very expensive for small customers."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"We have some problems with backing up on the Power Platform. PowerServer is an IBM product, and it forces us to back up over LAN, which is not suitable for us."
"The downside of PowerProtect's flexibility is that you have so many options. It can be a little confusing. It's like having a car with too many buttons on the dash. You can do so much with it, but it takes some time to learn what everything does."
"They should reduce the CPC cost to customers. The product is becoming very expensive."
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Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Rubrik, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and NetApp FAS Series. See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) report.
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