We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Quest Rapid Recovery 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."We have found the product to be scalable."
"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."
"Short backup window has made a difference in the way my organization functions."
"The compression aspect of the solution is great."
"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."
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"I find the data to be most valuable."
"I like the different features. We work closely with Dell on different products and features, which is why we use them all."
"Definitely, the mount and recovery points are the most valuable, because if someone deletes a file or something, or if something gets corrupted, we can always revert back to an old change because our repository goes about a month back. The ability to roll back files and the ability to roll back servers is really important."
"Built-in encryption helps to secure our data as it travels from our on-site server to our off-site backup server."
"The best feature of the solution is the user interface."
"One feature I found that's the most valuable in Quest Rapid Recovery is the VM standby feature which is very useful for my current customer. The solution also has a great replication feature. The third most valuable feature in Quest Rapid Recovery is the five-minute RPO and the fifteen-minute RTO. The solution is also very user-friendly."
"Just knowing that the data is easily recoverable is our ROI. It definitely lowers risk."
"Not having to switch tapes is wonderful. It makes it so easy. We have an on-prem deployment that we also replicate to an offsite replication host. So by not having to deal with tapes and moving them off-site every day and every week, that's amazing ease of use for us."
"The fact that it can take a snapshot of everything on a server and replicate it on another server in real-time is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the disaster recovery process from the data center."
"Dell EMC Data Domain needs to have better compatibility between NetWorker and the hardware. NetWorker is not as good as the other products which are currently on the market like Backup Exec."
"The pricing could be better, but it's still not too expensive."
"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."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The initial setup is complex."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
"They need to make migration easier."
"It's not really Quest's fault, but the only issue that I had during the time when I was doing a lot of our restores is whenever the server reboots, it has to bring all of the repositories back in again, which takes around five to six hours to pull eight terabytes back in again."
"It's buggy. That's a big problem. We're arranging to get rid of it. We're going to switch to Veeam."
"Rapid Recovery can only backup the machine or disc, but it can't back up from folders, and files, and things like that."
"It is quite surprising to me that the configuration cannot be backed up automatically, and I think that Rapid Recovery should have an option for scheduled configuration backup."
"You can only take a snapshot from a virtual environment. It should have the ability to take snapshots from both a virtual and physical environment."
"The on-premises deployment model shouldn't have a maintenance fee. If there's going to be technical support, they need it to be free or it should be paid on upon adopting the solution."
"The terminology didn't seem easily available. When I go to the website, it is hard to search for things. You get all the articles, then you finally get the search button. They need the search at the top of the knowledge base. Then, on occasion, if you get an error message in the system, which is very important, it says, "Click here for more information," but I never get more information. The search engine doesn't find it or it is some weird error. It has never worked for me."
"There could be better space management for incremental data. When you use incremental data, the space in the appliance keeps on going up. There should be a better way to manage the space. You have to manage the incremental data to reduce the time."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 25 reviews while Quest Rapid Recovery is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 3 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while Quest Rapid Recovery is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Offers 99.999% uptime, has useful deduplication features, and offers great compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quest Rapid Recovery writes "Reliable and has useful VM standby and replication features, with a five-minute RPO and fifteen-minute RTO, and good technical support". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas Quest Rapid Recovery is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Quest NetVault, Azure Backup, Rubrik and Acronis Cyber Protect.
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