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."This solution has a feature called Domain Boost, which allows for source deduplication and compression."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression and the Data Domain Boost."
"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."
"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."
"The file system backup (by far, the most used) is the most valuable feature."
"I like that Micro Focus keeps a separate catalog of our data."
"It's user-friendly and not overly complicated to configure."
"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"Data Protector is quite simple and easy to deploy. The deployment is always the same. It's on a server, and the agents are deployed to the machines in a straightforward way. We have two engineers who deploy and manage all our backup solutions."
"Data Protector's granular recovery features make it easy for us to create and restore backups in an understandable and user-friendly manner. With granular recovery, any database or even just a database table can be restored at will."
"First-time integrations are difficult in NetWorker. NetWorker software needs to be simplified. It's very complex."
"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."
"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."
"They're scalable."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions."
"The solution is not intuitive enough. I think they should work on the user experience and the graphical interface. These can be a lot better."
"Integration with the market applications must be improved, such as MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, SAP and Oracle. Other backup tools are more efficient with the integrated backups."
"Other tools seem to be easier to use."
"I don't like this solution so much because it's very technical and compared to Commvault and Veeam, it's not so user-friendly. The interface needs improvement."
"Many of our users complain about the GUI. You still need to rely on the command line interface. Because it originated as a Unix system, Data Protector is still a command line-driven solution, which makes it seem rather dated compared to systems that are built around a GUI from day one. It doesn't affect the functionality, but some people don't find it user-friendly."
"It can occasionally be inaccurate in its backup/recovery time estimates."
"We're not satisfied with the robustness and stability of the software since Micro Focus took it in-house. The GUI is one thing they could improve. It's still a bit archaic. Data Protector needs a more functional, user-friendly GUI."
"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."
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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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