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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs HPE StoreOnce vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

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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.
Andrew Mcbeath - PeerSpot reviewer
Maximized storage capacity and minimized costs and an easy setup
Most of our client base is between fifty to five hundred end users. We occasionally recommend high-end HPE products for larger clients needing performance and reliability. Our clients predominantly use HPE StoreOnce for small business purposes in industries like dairy and finance Our clients have…
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."
"The solution can scale up to one petabyte right now. It's very good for enterprise-level organizations."
"The deduplication feature is the most valuable part of the solution."
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"The stability is excellent."
"The integration of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) with leading backup applications within the infrastructure is very good."
"I find the data to be most valuable."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"The important feature is compression and duplication. It has a good compression ratio and is very stable."
"We also really benefit from the GUI capabilities."
"Catalyst backup is used to back up Oracle databases, and provides very good throughput during backups."
"The initial setup is one of the most user-friendly B2B user solutions. It's good, it's easy. Deployment usually takes less than one day. You only need one person for deployment and maintenance."
"From a centralized system, I can manage the interface, the backup policies, and the status of the database."
"I think the most valuable feature is the catalyst technology, which is in the StoreOnce appliance."
"The solution saves a lot of storage capacity."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature."
"It's a good product, it does what we want it to do."
"I like the cross-platform features."
"They are among the top in the world for backup and recovery."
"The most valuable features are the ability to create a trust relationship and historical reports."
"The solution is stable."
"This is a product that has been on the market for a while and they have mastered the backup process, especially when backing up to tape, for most environments."
"It's durable — we achieve what we expect from it."
"The backup speed is extremely high and the simplicity of NetBackup is commendable."
 

Cons

"Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is expensive. Also, it has a sort of a big physical footprint that data domains have, and that's part of the problem."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
"First-time integrations are difficult in NetWorker. NetWorker software needs to be simplified. It's very complex."
"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."
"The solution's cost, scalability, and licensing model could be improved."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"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."
"The solution's technical support should be faster."
"HPE StoreOnce needs to be made cheaper than products from Dell and Veeam."
"While StoreOnce has many features, it needs to focus on integrating with third-party backup software solutions."
"The product's price could be better."
"HPE StoreOnce Backup to Disk (BTD) is not a good backup solution for NAS devices. It does not have a dual controller, so if one controller fails, the entire system will go down."
"We archive our backups on tape, so I feel like if we could somehow plug our tape drive directly into the StoreOnce device and set it up to where it would archive based on, if some kind of rules based engine or what have you, that would really be an improvement for us."
"The product could be improved with better support for data protection."
"I would like to see an emphasis placed on making data deduplication and compression more powerful."
"It would be extremely helpful if the solution offered near-zero recovery time for SQL."
"Its integration with Nutanix and technical support can be improved."
"Veritas NetBackup has some limitations and it would be a benefit if we had better documentation."
"Lacks a reporting feature."
"The biggest additional features needed are more cloud capabilities and security from ransomware."
"There is a big change in Veritas. In the past, we could easily change servers or appliances and continue working by restoring the catalog. We could change servers from Linux to Linux or Linux to Solaris and perform catalog restores to continue working. But with the new version, we are forced to engage Veritas' professional services, which is too expensive."
"Veritas NetBackup is an expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."
"Technical support is somewhat slow and is in need of improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is one of the more expensive backup solutions on the market."
"We usually buy products at the end year, and the license is included."
"The approximate license cost for Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is around 5,00,000."
"The price is on the high side."
"The price is really high compared to other vendors. The licensing cost is huge. Normal, mid-tier companies or small-scale companies wouldn't be able to afford it easily."
"In Naira it was twenty-five or twenty-seven million (approximately $75,000 USD) for the implementation and maintenance cost for three years."
"The price of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD could improve, it is expensive."
"The price of the backup appliance is slightly expensive. Compared to other vendors, the pricing will be slightly higher."
"I would rate it around two or three because, compared to others, it tends to be higher priced."
"HPE StoreOnce is cheaper compared to other solutions in the market."
"We have got a perpetual license, and we have access to all the features. If you are using cloud banks, you can store the internal data in HPE Cloud if needed. You can offload the data to the HPE Cloud. It is a licensed product. We have got around 10 TB of cloud bank storage with a one-time payment. We specifically took 10 TB for very critical offsite backups. We can also increase it in blocks if needed."
"There are costs for additional storage and space."
"The licensing schemes could improve in HPE StoreOnce and the price is high. They should reduce the price."
"The solution's cost is above average."
"To be honest, we were quite happy with the price, but we always want things cheaper than they are. I think for what we got, we felt that the price was quite reasonable comparing it to other products that provide that same level of functionality."
"I rate the platform's pricing a seven out of ten."
"When you compare NetBackup's software licensing system with Veeam's, which is simpler and based on instances (or how many physical machines or virtual machines you want to protect), NetBackup isn't that competitive for smaller scale companies. However, if you're running many large workloads, then NetBackup may be the better option."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is priced based upon the data used."
"Veritas NetBackup is more expensive than Cohesity and Rubrik, but it is comparable in price to Commvault, IBM, and Dell."
"If you have a source size of one terabyte then they will charge for a one terabyte license, although what is actually being stored is much less."
"We are very satisfied with the price of this solution."
"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."
"When we consider the quality and value of Veritas NetBackup, it is worth the cost."
"A better price would make this product more competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?
The typical use case for Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is for backup purposes; it is disk-based backup, which pr...
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 l...
What do you like most about HPE StoreOnce?
I think StoreOnce's deduplication technology is crucial for cost efficiency and faster recovery, especially for backu...
What needs improvement with HPE StoreOnce?
To improve HPE StoreOnce, I think if HPE generates new models with lower capacities than 80 terabytes, it would be be...
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 tra...
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 achi...
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...
 

Also Known As

DataDomain, Dell EMC Data Domain, PowerProtect Data Domain
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