We performed a comparison between DD Boost and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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 feature of this solution is deduplication."
"The solution is very good because it is easy to use and it speeds up the backup and lowers the requirement for the storage rate. It is capable of encryption, compression, and deduplication and it is fast for sending all of the data over the network because it sends only the change blocks from the client to the DD server."
"Scalable and stable solution for backup purposes, with good encryption and huge data conversion features."
"It's a stable solution."
"We can retain the data for a pretty long time."
"The time taken for backup is very fast."
"DD Boost has improved our data backup and recovery process. Its data deduplication feature is amazing. The product comes with cloud features. It helps to save time."
"The dependable protocol and stability of DD Boost are its most valuable characteristics. We encountered no connectivity issues when connecting the backup appliance to DD Boost, and we received no customer complaints about this aspect. Primarily, the smooth communication and connectivity between the server and storage were the main strengths."
"The most valuable features of Veritas NetBackup Appliance are the ease of use and the familiar interface."
"It is very capable of scaling and very good for heterogeneous environments."
"The solution is very stable...The solution is very scalable."
"It is easy to use and the performance is good."
"The policy-based backup feature is very helpful."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"The product enables me to recover the information of the appliances in the organization."
"If you use the NetBackup Appliance you do not need to have separate media servers and hardware. You can configure the same storage as a media server and master server as well as a storage port. This helps to reduce the hardware costs of the media server."
"I'd like the be able to deploy the solution on SAN backups."
"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."
"It would be nice if they could have the same tool set right from the smallest to the biggest modules, but being specific frame dependent."
"When my company faced a problem with the product, it took some time to get proper support."
"The solution could be faster."
"The main issue I've identified is that when backing up a final backup from the branch server, we don't have deduplication functionality."
"There are limitations when using the VTL protocol in extreme cases."
"The product has low capacity."
"The installation is cumbersome."
"Depending on the setup structure, it can be complex to implement."
"More licensing options could be introduced to the software. It is currently based on capacity only. Compared to competitors, it is difficult to position it economically everywhere. From the usability point of view, they are making many improvements on new interfaces, the SaaS offering, etc."
"The technical support services could be better."
"With technical support, it feels like they aren't well trained and it takes forever to get answers out of them."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"Sometimes, the user interface doesn't work smoothly."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
DD Boost is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 31 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 46 reviews. DD Boost is rated 8.6, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DD Boost writes "Enhancing backup and recovery operations and accelerating backup and restore processes while seamlessly integrating with various backup software applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". DD Boost is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Quantum DXi Series, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our DD Boost vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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