We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and OpenText Data Protector 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."It is secure, reliable, and has officer support."
"It's very competitive in terms of the price and technology. Also, the development team continuously makes updates. The data reduction feature is very useful."
"The tool's performance is very good. DD Boost can improve its performance and backup."
"The technology has been very useful. There are lots of features on offer."
"As our organization functions, we have a total of 2500+ primary sites and 6300+ secondary sites. All of our entire backup systems are totally dependent on this product. EMC Data Domain is very reliable and there are no issues using it since 2015."
"The deduplication feature is the most valuable part of the solution."
"Our clients like the wide range of features that are available within this single solution."
"The stability is excellent."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The initial setup process for the solution is easy."
"It's user-friendly and not overly complicated to configure."
"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to back up our SQL server."
"The dashboards in Micro Focus Data Protector are very good. They are similar to the dashboards in Veeam Backup & Replication."
"Backup of SAP/Oracle -- they are more robust than the competition."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"What we find most valuable in Micro Focus Data Protector is that it provides Japanese data protection, for example, it protects information such as the full Japanese name, address, etc."
"We have had deduplication and replication issues. When we used another backup software we noticed that it didn't have the same issues."
"DD Boost."
"The usage of this solution is a bit difficult to develop processes, and it takes a long time to market permits."
"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."
"I would like to see integration with public cloud."
"When you use Data Domain, you have to have at least 20% free space so it can work properly. Sometimes we struggle with that, because we wanted to use all the free space, but then Data Domain becomes really slow. I understand that 20% is needed to process all the data, and doing the duplication and compression and all that, but it would be a big improvement if they did not require that 20%, because it is just too much to have available."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"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."
"Faster VEAgent Restores"
"This solution is not scalable."
"I'm uncertain if it supports virtual machine backup and restoration. If they could enhance this aspect, they could gain more support from end users."
"We have a lot of requests for the Micro Focus team, particularly in terms of the Japanese data pattern, as it's not as good now. The Japanese data pattern accuracy of the Micro Focus Data Protector needs to be improved because there are a lot of false negatives and false positives. We are currently testing this and our product team has been communicating with the Micro Focus team."
"We faced some certification issues after we upgraded to version 10.2."
"The product can be developed by including functionalities like DR, CDP, and SureBackup, which are currently unavailable in the solution."
"They should design the solution so that it is much easier for deployment and make the UI easy to use."
"We face challenges with its stability."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. 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 OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention.
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