We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IDERA SQL Safe Backup 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."The most important feature is the level of data compression provided by Dell EMC. It's a leader in data compression and deduplication, and the level of compression isn't available with any other vendors in the market."
"Short backup window has made a difference in the way my organization functions."
"Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are its deduplication feature and its DD Boost protocol for fast transfer, which is amazing."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."
"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."
"DD Boost."
"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."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"We are not able to deal directly with the OEM we have to go to their partners in Nigeria."
"We have had deduplication and replication issues. When we used another backup software we noticed that it didn't have the same issues."
"The price could be improved."
"DD doesn't have Intel's air gap technology."
"They should reduce the CPC cost to customers. The product is becoming very expensive."
"I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."
"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."
"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 74th in Backup and Recovery. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with Rubrik and IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact.
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