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."Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"Most cases are related to databases, such as Oracle and MySQL."
"I like Data Domain as a protocol for data backup."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression and the Data Domain Boost."
"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"What I like the most about this solution is that I can change and access the Oracle backup file."
"It's user-friendly and not overly complicated to configure."
"I like that Micro Focus keeps a separate catalog of our data."
"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."
"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 GUI is the most useful feature."
"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."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"It could be more secure."
"It can probably have integration with other OEMs. It should also have more features for ransomware protection."
"We would like faster instant recovery."
"We have had deduplication and replication issues. When we used another backup software we noticed that it didn't have the same issues."
"The software from Dell that can be used to operate Data Domain needs to have enhancements made to the user interface. It is too complex."
"The product lacks some security features that would make it more stand-alone and integrated."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"It would be ideal if they could improve their level of support."
"We face challenges with its stability."
"Other tools seem to be easier to use."
"The product can be developed by including functionalities like DR, CDP, and SureBackup, which are currently unavailable in the solution."
"The downside of the flexibility on offer is if you over-configure it, it may fail to function as some configurations may not match."
"The technical support was very slow."
"The scheduler setup could be better. We are facing some issues scheduling the job based on our requirements."
"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."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 63 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, 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, Veeam Backup & Replication and Rubrik, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Zerto.
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