DD Boost Primary Use Case
I am currently working as a system engineer, and I have been using DD Boost for about two years. I use it quite intensively for managing data backups in my organization. My primary role involves configuring and maintaining the system, especially after refreshing our fleet of servers and needing to redeploy and reconfigure DD Boost from scratch.
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The use cases for DD Boost are typically for data protection requirements of customers.
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I use DD Boost because we utilize some Data Domain protection servers. We use DD Boost with our backup solution, Veeam, as it is part of our Veeam backup solution.
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July 2025

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We use DD Boost as a backup appliance for data storage. The appliance provides data deduplication and synchronization, contributing to faster processes. We engage with a local partner who handles the provider and support requirements.
View full review »Some of our customers use data domain models like 6400 and some have a higher model, 9400. We sell the Dell solution, and some customers upgrade their software quicker than others, like to version 7072.
We specialize in selling backup solutions to various organizations, including telecommunications and government sectors.
View full review »We recommend it to our customers.
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Roshith Mele Areekkal
Deputy Secretary at Life Insurance Corporation of India
We are using the RMAN tool, which stands for Recovery Manager, in our company's backup solution. The backups are managed through the Recovery Manager (RMAN).
View full review »In our current production environment, we are using Data Domain for both primary and NDR, and we are planning to replace the VINs. Our focus has mainly been on improving data transfer rates, particularly for decision-making and data transfer efficiency.
View full review »At our company, we have configured DD Boost on Data Domains and web-based backup appliances. DD Boost is connected to a network solution of our organization.
Using DD Boost, you can deduce a technology that connects the Data Domain with the NetWorker. DD Boost acts as a path to connect the Data Domain and NetWorker simultaneously to take backups.
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Mandy Cojocaro
System engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I am using it for a backup application that does backups to the Data Domain.
View full review »The solution is used for faster backup.
View full review »Dell DD Boost is used together with Dell's appliances for areas like data domain and networking.
DD Boost is a very good functionality if you have machines or servers with a lot of data you don't want to send through a network. With DD Boost, you can use it as an application on the server itself before you send over the data. If you want to improve the speed and reduce the amount of data that is sent over the wires, you use DD Boost.
I use DD Boost with Veeam Backup in my company.
We primarily use the solution for replication and backup jobs.
View full review »We are using DD Boost whenever we do the configuration for our customer, we enable the protocol for almost all the users in the environment for backups. We prefer connecting to DD Boost for the backup because it helps boost the data transfer.
View full review »I'm using Dell EMC Data Domain Boost for backup purposes.
View full review »We primarily use the solution to accelerate the backup process. It helps increase the speed of the process in general.
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Coenie Rossouw
Storage specialist at Vodacom Business
We use this solution primarily for backup. We use it to duplicate backup images when we have governance requirements with multiple copies in different locations. We will also be deploying a gate fault solution where data domain duplication is the only way of ingesting data into CyberArk.
View full review »We use this solution with Data Domain (DD) to enhance the data backups of our databases and applications. It is a very popular solution around the world.
View full review »I primarily use the solution for the backup capabilities. I'm using about 100 terabytes daily.
View full review »Our customers use Dell EMC Data Domain Boost to minimize the negative outcomes and protect against ransomware attacks.
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Shehan Attapattu
head of presales at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We proposed the use of Dell EMC Data Domain Boost with Oracle backend to a financial organization. They had a very good experience with backup times and fast resolutions.
View full review »We are using the product as a back-up target solution.
I am an infrastructure group leader and we are customers of Dell.
View full review »We primarily use the solution as an SQL backup. We also use the DD Boost protocol.
View full review »We primarily use this product for cost savings and saving server capacity.
View full review »We use the solution mostly on-premises.
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MagedElgamal
System Engineer at Seal Software
As a cloud-based solution, customers buy cloud applications like Veeam or Backup X6, and they need storage to put data on the cloud. We recommend Data Domain to them and we implement a solution using Data Domain Boost with their backup solution.
I implement and troubleshoot for the customers.
In the last six months, the deployment model we were using is on-premises. I have only deployed on the cloud once, and it's easy for our customers. It's a pleasure to do.
All of my experience is on-premises.
View full review »Our primary use for this solution is backup. We have an on-premises deployment.
View full review »I am a solution engineer, and I help customers design and implement their solutions and architectures. I propose technologies, such as Dell EMC. I also assist the sales consultants with technical questions from customers.
This solution, Data Domain Boost, works with Data Domain to improve the backup speed. For example, we propose this solution for customers who need to back up their VR LAN quickly.
The best use case for this solution is a client that has a LAN architecture backup with a lot of data. It may include databases like Oracle and MSSQL.
Recently, we integrated a Data Domain 9300 for a financial institution in Morocco that can back up both VTL and VMware virtual workloads. There is replication between two sites and it is integrated with NetBackup and TSM. So, in this project we used DD Boost to backup all VMware workload and the resuslt is the client is satisfied.
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Coenie Rossouw
Storage specialist at Vodacom Business
We use this solution to compress our data storage and as a data backup environment. We only store our data for two weeks, so in a two-week period, for the volume of data as well as our mixed types of data, we get the best cost per terabyte stored on Data Domain.
View full review »We primarily use it as a solution for saving costs and capacity.
View full review »We use the solution primarily for data backup.
View full review »We are an integrator and this is one of the solutions that we supply to our customers. I do some of the training on this solution for our customers, as well, so I use it personally in that regard.
This is primarily used as a backup solution.
View full review »DD Boost offload processing tasks from the server to the Data Domain products. It enhances the backup process by providing the application's source and automation sites. This means servers' CPU and other resources are not heavily burdened during backups. All workloads are efficiently handled, improving the overall backup performance
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July 2025

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