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PowerProtect DD Series

Score8.9 out of 10

42 Reviews and Ratings

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What is PowerProtect DD Series?

PowerProtect DD (a next-generation appliance replacing Dell EMC Data Domain) is a suite of hardware appliances used for data protection, backup, storage and deduplication. PowerProtect appliance offerings are cloud-enabled and vary by organization size, capable of supporting small business and enterprises.

PowerProtect appliances are separated into two categories: entry-level to midrange, and enterprise.

Entry-Level to Midrange Backup Appliances

PowerProtect DD3300

  • Designed for SMBs
  • 2U protection storage appliance with comprehensive coverage
  • Cloud-compatible for long-term retention and disaster recovery
  • Starts at 4TB, can manage up to 4.8PB of logical capacity with Cloud Tier offering

PowerProtect DD6300

  • Up to 24 TB/hour throughput
  • Up to 8.9PB of logical capacity
  • Start with single-enclosure footprint

PowerProtect DD6800

  • Up to 32 TB/hour throughput
  • Up to 43.2PB of logical capacity support with Cloud Tier
  • High-availability configurations

Enterprise Backup Appliances

PowerProtect DD9300

  • Up to 41 TB/hour throughput
  • Up to 108PB logical capacity support with Cloud Tier
  • High availability option

PowerProtect DD9800

  • Largest and fastest Data Domain appliance model
  • Up to 68 TB/hr throughput
  • Up to 150PB logical capacity support with Cloud Tier

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features PowerProtect DD Series has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 42 ratings of PowerProtect DD Series's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Deduplication and file compression

    Integrated deduplication and compression capabilities

    Category average: 8.3

  • Snapshots

    Ability to take regular snapshots to ensure that Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is met

    Category average: 8.7

  • Recovery verification

    Recovery verification is automated testing and verification of backups

    Category average: 8.7

Areas for Improvement

  • Flexible deployment

    Deployment on any servers with full support for all applications being used

    Category average: 8.5

  • Platform support

    Product supports multiple operating systems and applications

    Category average: 8.7

  • Retention options

    Provision of best-practice and customizable retention policies with reporting

    Category average: 9.1

Reviews

What users are saying about PowerProtect DD Series.
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Protection to your DATA

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager in Sales (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We had huge data of ourselves along with our partner ecosystem, and our end customers for whom we do the deployment and using PowerProtect DD made our work line very streamlined when it came to managing the entire data lifecycle. The data in use was highly duplicated, coming in from different sources, but with deduplication availability, this turned out to be really good in saving disk space and avoiding duplication. At the same time setting up policies on the console was also very reliable in order to setup backup policies and setting up data lifecycle policies. The DDOS contributes to agility and security, which helps us to deliver high-scale and very efficient storage with the utmost capabilities. The backup and restoration speed also fastens up, making the entire process very time and performance efficient.

Pros

  • Deduplication of data coming from different sources
  • Provides highly secure and efficient storage ecosystem
  • Backup and Restoration is fasten up
  • HA is achieved within independent stacks making the TCO reduced

Cons

  • Implementation of the product is complex and time taking, which needs to be improved.
  • If you have different data sources coming into the system, then installation needs to be carried away by a professional.

Most Important Features

  • Deduplication
  • Backup and Restoration
  • DDOS capabilities

Return on Investment

  • We were able to make our data ecosystem more efficient with suitable copies of data
  • Backup and restoration TAT reduced
  • Security piece got improved
  • Cost was a little high

Alternatives Considered

Dell Avamar

Other Software Used

Sophos Central Device Encryption, Azure Backup, AWS Backup

Sleep better knowing PowerProtect DD has your back

Incentivized
Verified User
Project Manager in Engineering (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our techs are can be in the field 24/7 so having a data backup that enables them to access whenever needed was critical - both for them and for our customers whose programming data we also backup to PowerProtect DD. We need reliability and like any other business, consider ROI before making a decision.

Pros

  • reliable
  • easy accessibility 24/7
  • good initial install experience

Cons

  • haven’t found anything.

Most Important Features

  • reliability
  • accessibility
  • was easy to implement for our techs

Return on Investment

  • I don’t have the actual numbers for this past year for financial ROI, but emotional/time has been significant.
  • Eased our minds

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox Business

Other Software Used

Zoom, Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued), Adobe Acrobat

Brief overview of Data Domain

Incentivized
Sam MajamView profile
Systems Administrator in Information Technology at TBC Corporation (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • The deduplication is fantastic. We are currently seeing total compression factors in the mid to upper 50s.
  • The platform is very reliable and stable.
  • It backs up a wide variety of enterprise apps (e.g. legacy applications, UNIX, iSeries, open systems etc) or your primary storage.

Cons

  • It can be expensive to implement, especially when used in conjunction with other applications/hardware such as Avamar.
  • The TCO can be high, especially when it needs its storage expanded.
  • Recovery speeds can be slow (compared to other solutions) for when recovery is time sensitive.

Return on Investment

  • Positive: The high compression (58.0x) and data reduction (98.3%) have allowed us to optimize the storage for efficient usage.
  • Negative: even after adding capacity, we are running out of space. Adding capacity adds to the overall TCO (e.g. lease cost).

Alternatives Considered

Cohesity and Rubrik

Other Software Used

Avamar

Dell EMC Data Domain is a rock solid data backup solution

Incentivized
Mark WiseleyView profile
Senior Director of IT (CIO) in Information Technology at Palmer College of Chiropractic (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Compresses backups well.
  • Very reliable.

Cons

  • Upgrades could be simpler.
  • The sales process could be simpler. We bought 2 nodes for DR, but one was with VxBlock which complicated the process.
  • Better reporting.

Return on Investment

  • Not a cheap solution, but you get what you pay for and it has been solid.
  • Enabled us to fulfill the backup needs of the college and compliance requirements.

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Backup & Replication

Other Software Used

Avamar, Windows Server

The Power to Protect... Back me up...

Incentivized
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Extreme data density with compression.
  • Reliable and efficient replication.
  • At rest encryption.
  • Fast write speeds.

Cons

  • Slow read speeds.

Return on Investment

  • We have been able to rapidly recover data to minimize outages for business.
  • Extremely Dense Data Storage has enabled flexibility We are currently storing 9.75Pib on 210TiB of physical disk with 56TiB free.
  • Audit Reporting is easy and can be automated.

Other Software Used

Kemp LoadMaster, HPE OneView, Forcepoint Web Security