We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas Backup Exec 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."Our clients like the wide range of features that are available within this single solution."
"The product provides good backup and compression services."
"Short backup window has made a difference in the way my organization functions."
"The most valuable features of this product are its guaranteed reliability and its duplication capability."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression and the Data Domain Boost."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Deployment takes about two weeks."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"The dashboard was good. I loved to see the maintenance dashboard every time I logged on. That was my first screen because it always gave me a reminder of how many days before my next renewal."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"The ease-of-use in general is great."
"Synthetic backup is valuable. It gives you the possibility to do a synthesized backup, which means that it combines a full backup and incremental backup data and gives it to you in one stream. So, you don't have to restore the full backup and then later go and restore the incremental backup. You can do that in one go."
"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."
"Dell PowerProtect DD should come out with its own system so we do not have to use Data Domain. For example, something similar to what Symantec has done."
"They need to make migration easier."
"The product lacks some security features that would make it more stand-alone and integrated."
"We encountered data loss during the configuration process."
"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."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"Its management can be improved."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"Doesn't include disaster recovery."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 65 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Rubrik, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Arcserve UDP.
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