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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data ...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (1st), Disk Based Backup Systems (1st)
Veritas NetBackup
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is designed for Deduplication Software and holds a mindshare of 28.3%, down 30.0% compared to last year.
Veritas NetBackup, on the other hand, focuses on Backup and Recovery, holds 3.5% mindshare, down 5.3% since last year.
Deduplication Software
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Faisal_Zia - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers efficient data management with robust features and reliable performance
Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) can be improved in terms of price. While Dell is providing a proper device, other solutions, such as Symantec, can replicate their data through any NAS storage. Although their deduplication and compression might not be as effective, they can still accomplish the task. Medium-level and SME-level businesses can easily utilize this feature, but Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is a relatively expensive solution to propose to customers.
Wesam Qashou - PeerSpot reviewer
A mature backup solution, with many features, and great support
Veritas NetBackup is the first line of defense when disaster strikes. Before performing disaster recovery, we must have a good backup of our image that is also protected from ransomware. This way, we have a golden image that is resilient to ransomware attacks. We saw the benefits of Veritas NetBackup within the first three months.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"When utilizing Dell PowerProtect DD for backup systems, Data Domain offers fast performance with low latency, providing high throughput for quicker backups compared to other vendors."
"Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"Data Domain is an excellent repository that's compatible with a lot of different solutions. Even Veeam Backup recommends sending backup to Data Domain. Space optimization is great. Currently, it guarantees 50-to-1 compression of the application in the same device. In all these years, I never had a client who was unsatisfied with Data Domain. It is a solid appliance with VMware integration, instant access to restore and search, and analytics."
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the integrated deduplication function."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is its deduplication capability."
"The troubleshooting is very good."
"There's a very nice central console for the administration of all of the instances."
"The most valuable feature is flexibility."
"Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution."
"The tool's information transfer and patching up is easy. The solution offers protection from ransomware which is also a valuable feature."
"We have an issue with the last version on the latest backup of the solution as it is not compatible with Sybase 16.5."
"The most valuable feature is its stability."
"The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed."
 

Cons

"Improvement is needed in terms of telemetry and high availability as the high availability feature is only present in the higher models of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)."
"The solution's cost, scalability, and licensing model could be improved."
"The pricing could be lower."
"The pricing could be better, but it's still not too expensive."
"The Data Domain solution appliance is quite expensive."
"The Dell PowerProtect DD architecture offers several significant features. One is DD Boost, which is utilized at both the source and destination sites for application processing."
"The pricing should be adjusted. Customers continuously talk about the price. They know it is a good solution and they really need the type of storage the solution offers, but it costs somewhere around $100,000 and up. It's not cheap, but it's very important for data vendors."
"EMC is very expensive for small customers."
"The virtual environment, cloud integration, copy data management features need improvement."
"I would advise not to use this tool. I think between the licensing issues and the older solution mentality it is not a great solution."
"The restore tool is not friendly to newcomers."
"It needs support for Kernel-based Virtual Machines (KVMs)."
"You cannot tell what your costs are going to be by using the dashboard, which is something that should be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the implementation of Power servers."
"The solution's technical support process should be improved."
"The cost is expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is related to size. A lower range solution might be about $33,000. My customers use higher range versions with a price of around $100,000. That's the price for both the hardware and software."
"If we do not move to the cloud solution and stay with our on-premise version we will miss some new features."
"The cheaper device costs around $70,000."
"It could be more competitively priced. Its licensing was for five years. Obviously, the support will get renewed at some stage, but that's it."
"The product is expensive."
"The price of the backup appliance is slightly expensive. Compared to other vendors, the pricing will be slightly higher."
"The solution is expensive. However, if you pay less you receive less, it is cost-effective."
"The approximate license cost for Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is around 5,00,000."
"Acceptable if you need to implement it for larger environments, e.g. over 1000 clients. For smaller setups it might be too expensive."
"The licensing model is cost-prohibitive as you scale out."
"Veritas NetBackup is quite expensive and licensing costs are fixed."
"The solution is expensive compared to other alternatives."
"If you want to have more scalability you have to purchase more licenses. The license is annually and there are a lot of different licensing depending on the number of terabytes needed. It is not based on per-user, core, or servers. You can backup anything you want using the purchased terabyte space."
"Pricing is expensive, so it could be lower."
"The solution is expensive."
"Veritas NetBackup's price could be a problem for small businesses."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?
My use case for this solution is for protecting or backing up data to safeguard against hacking or for disaster recovery. I utilize it in more projects on the governmental side, the non-governmenta...
What do you like most about Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?
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 NV...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?
The price is also a disadvantage. Price is a disadvantage with the PowerProtect as it needs to be cheaper. The cheaper device costs around $70,000, which is a big sum to pay for a device like this.
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?
The product is cost-effective, and I would rate its pricing as an eight out of ten. The pricing model is based on the amount of data transferred, making it manageable for us.
 

Also Known As

DataDomain, Dell EMC Data Domain, PowerProtect Data Domain
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Sample Customers

The US Army, City of Houston, Lloyds TSB, TiVo, Teck, Ingram Entertainment, The New York Mets
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