Dell PowerProtect Data Domain vs Dell PowerVault comparison

The compared Dell PowerProtect Data Domain and Dell PowerVault solutions aren't in the same category. Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is ranked #1 in DS , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 25.4% mindshare in the category. Dell PowerVault is ranked #2 in ES , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 24.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Dell PowerProtect Data Domain users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Dell PowerVault users who would recommend it.

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Review summaries and opinions

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ROI

Sentiment score

5.9

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain enhances storage efficiency and cost savings with compression, deduplication, but may be costly for small businesses.

Sentiment score

5.1

Organizations cut costs and improved profitability with Dell PowerVault 3260i, benefiting from reduced price per gigabyte and enhanced TCO.

One is less floor space in the data center and the ability to pack more data into the backup storage on Dell PowerProtect Data Domain as compared to the traditional backup storage.

reviewer2776245

Vice President - Information Technology Systems Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The best part is the compression and deduplication feature.

Pranav Telang

Lead Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

We have not fully expanded the air gap yet, and we are still in the testing stages concerning recovery in case of a cybersecurity threat.

Michael Lopez

Sr Systems Engineer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.1

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain service is highly rated, with efficient support despite regional inconsistencies and occasional escalation challenges.

Sentiment score

5.4

Dell PowerVault customer service is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness despite occasional contact issues and parts availability challenges.

We feel that we are working with people who understand the technology and the historical patterns of this environment, and when we raise a support request, we have no doubt because it seems that we are working with a product engineer.

Mayowa Afeez Olayiwola

System Administrator at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

They respond within 24 hours of case submission, which is crucial for maintaining the solution.

reviewer1144389

Sr System Expert at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

I have dedicated support from Dell for Vietnam, and they are responsive.

Triet Pham

Information Technology Technician at Lac Viet Computing

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Supporting Dell PowerVault is very easy.

Gehad Said

Senior Presales Solutions Engineer ( DELL EMC & VMware) at NTT DATA

The technical support for Dell PowerVault is pretty good and they usually get back to us in a couple of hours with a technical engineer.

RichardLynch

Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

When things get more complex and there are interdependencies with other vendors, Dell still struggles a bit, for example, regarding Microsoft products.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.6

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain offers scalable, seamless expansion with future-proof planning and compatibility across diverse enterprise environments.

Sentiment score

6.4

Dell PowerVault offers scalable storage for SMBs, although some configurations may limit ease of expansion for larger enterprises.

The scalability depends on the IT department's strategy.

reviewer1144389

Sr System Expert at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is very scalable; it expands easily with new enclosures.

Branko Cirovic

Storage Engineer at Comtrade Group

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain can scale up horizontally to meet the growing needs of our organization.

Kuntal Malik

lead at Boston Scientific

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I don't face any issues with security with Dell PowerVault.

Gehad Said

Senior Presales Solutions Engineer ( DELL EMC & VMware) at NTT DATA

Dell PowerVault has features that specifically address the needs of small and medium-sized businesses because it is always very well received with the price-performance ratios that we have repeatedly seen out in the field.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

It is a system that was chosen specifically for this capability, allowing extension as needed and providing scalability on demand.

reviewer2791290

Moe Infrastructure Data Center at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.2

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is highly stable and reliable, with minimal issues and consistently positive user satisfaction and performance.

Sentiment score

7.0

Dell PowerVault is stable and reliable for data storage, suitable for enterprises despite minor issues and rare outages.

We have never encountered issues such as data corruption with these systems.

Branko Cirovic

Storage Engineer at Comtrade Group

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with it.

Eng_MIR

IT Infrastructure and Telecom TL at a construction company with 51-200 employees

I have been using it for up to three years with no upgrading or downtime.

Mohamed Elfakharany

Data Protection Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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This was especially important given the choice to store video that is extremely critical both from a general point of view and from a legal point of view, where data must be kept and secured.

reviewer2791290

Moe Infrastructure Data Center at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Dell PowerVault has been stable.

RichardLynch

Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The stability and reliability of Dell PowerVault have faced several failures, but these are not related to system outages at customers, rather related to hard drives or a security feature that then did not work.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

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Room For Improvement

Users seek improved features, better integration, and cost transparency for Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, highlighting security and support issues.

Users seek improved interface, expandability, affordability, and integration for Dell PowerVault, highlighting scalability and feature deficiencies like deduplication.

Local support must be available in the country.

A. AhadAlam

Head Of Systems Group at NCCPL

We can leverage writing NAS level backup into Dell PowerProtect Data Domain rather than utilizing any other software tools such as Networker.

reviewer2776245

Vice President - Information Technology Systems Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain represents the fastest and most reliable solution, ensuring great integration with backup software.

Branko Cirovic

Storage Engineer at Comtrade Group

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It would be beneficial for Dell to enhance outreach to new customers directly to prevent resellers from scaring them away with higher pricing.

VasanthKumar4

Associate Vice President - Technical Services Group (TSG) at HGS

Only when environments become more complex, especially in the enterprise area, does Dell PowerVault struggle in the software area, including centralized management.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

There are two aspects to consider: replication, meaning replicating data from one site to another concerning Dell PowerVault, and another very important area where significant improvement is needed—everything related to expansion rules.

reviewer2791290

Moe Infrastructure Data Center at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

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Setup Cost

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain offers high performance for enterprises but may be costly for smaller businesses, with regional pricing variations.

Enterprise buyers appreciate Dell PowerVault's competitive pricing but note potential high initial setup costs and regional price variations.

It is almost four times the earlier price.

Sufyan Khan

Head of Sales and Operations at New Horizon Computers

For small clients, it is very expensive.

Sergio Omar Ruiz Paz

Specialist Senior N2 at Entelgy

The pricing has become higher since July, and the license costs are more expensive compared to the past.

Houssem Sandli

Technical manager at Advanced Computer Technology (ACT)

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I don't think it's terribly priced, but Pure Storage is cheaper.

RichardLynch

Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain excels in deduplication, scalability, and compression, ensuring cost-effective, fast, and secure data management.

Dell PowerVault provides reliable, affordable, and user-friendly storage with scalability, excellent support, and seamless integration for high-performance demands.

The most valuable feature of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is its deduplication capability.

Houssem Sandli

Technical manager at Advanced Computer Technology (ACT)

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is highly consistent, durable, easy to install, scalable, and compatible with any software today.

Sufyan Khan

Head of Sales and Operations at New Horizon Computers

The most beneficial features in the product are compatibility, which is the most valuable function.

A. AhadAlam

Head Of Systems Group at NCCPL

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We've even used PowerVault series that we intended to use for five years for almost eight years, and it was still working fine, providing good ROI compared to any other brand.

VasanthKumar4

Associate Vice President - Technical Services Group (TSG) at HGS

What differentiates Dell PowerVault from other storage solutions is the performance combined with the ability to meet significant bandwidth consumption needs.

reviewer2791290

Moe Infrastructure Data Center at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The stability of Dell PowerVault is good; I would rate it a nine.

Gehad Said

Senior Presales Solutions Engineer ( DELL EMC & VMware) at NTT DATA

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (1st), Disk Based Backup Systems (1st)

Dell PowerVault

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise SAN (2nd), Fibre Channel (1st)

Mindshare comparison

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain and Dell PowerVault aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is designed for Deduplication Software and holds a mindshare of 25.4%, down 29.2% compared to last year.
Dell PowerVault, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise SAN, holds 24.6% mindshare, up 21.8% since last year.

Deduplication Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain	25.4%
HPE StoreOnce	18.1%
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager	12.7%
Other	43.8%

Deduplication Software

Enterprise SAN Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell PowerVault	24.6%
Dell PowerStore	26.3%
Cisco MDS Series	5.9%
Other	43.199999999999996%

Enterprise SAN

Featured Reviews

Branko Cirovic

Storage Engineer at Comtrade Group

Provides seamless backup integration and long-term reliability for enterprise data protection

The price is quite high; this product is not considered cheap. Additionally, if you use higher availability boxes, they also come at a premium price. However, they provide business continuity, which is the main reason why companies invest in this solution. Tape is slow; when restoring several virtual machines or databases amounting to several terabytes, Dell PowerProtect Data Domain represents the fastest and most reliable solution, ensuring great integration with backup software. If a customer has limited budget constraints, they may opt for cheaper external storage comprised of just a bunch of disks and utilize it for backup, as backup is not a business-critical service. However, I see great value in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain because it is fully automated, features great integration with backup software, and provides good value for money. I would rate software support as a ten, while I would give hardware support a seven. I never give any product a perfect score; I think Dell PowerProtect Data Domain deserves a nine. The only minor problems are the certificate issue and the price. These certificate issues are quite rare and mainly arise when we forget to restart and upgrade the box for several years.

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Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

Reliable midmarket backups have supported disaster recovery while centralized management needs work

Areas where I feel Dell PowerVault could be improved include especially the enterprise area and multiple interfaces in other areas, for example, backup software solutions and their integration. Handling extensive storage management functions such as snapshots, replication, and provisioning with Dell PowerVault is very well suited for the midmarket or even smaller midmarket environments. Only when environments become more complex, especially in the enterprise area, does Dell PowerVault struggle in the software area, including centralized management. I would welcome it if Dell PowerVault were a bit easier to manage in centralized management via the GUI, as it was in the past, because at the moment mid-sized companies find it not so straightforward to clearly calculate things such as how and where to use something, especially in the snapshot area. There is still room for improvement due to the missing interfaces and also the flexibility.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	35
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	38

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?

My use cases for it involve primarily backing up the on-premises servers, and besides that, we also provision CIFS shares and NFS exports on Dell PowerProtect Data Domain.

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What do you like most about Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?

The product, a disk backup solution, improves our data application tasks. We used tape libraries with Dev drives in legacy architectures, resulting in slow backups compared to modern drives like NV...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?

I purchased Dell PowerProtect Data Domain through a local partner.

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What do you like most about Dell PowerVault?

Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?

I don't get involved in the negotiations for price for Dell PowerVault. We get a pretty good discount. I don't think it's terribly priced, but Pure Storage is cheaper.

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?

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Comparisons

HPE StoreOnce vs Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

Compared 27% of the time

Rubrik vs Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

Compared 8% of the time

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

Compared 6% of the time

Veeam Data Platform vs Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

Compared 5% of the time

Cohesity DataProtect vs Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

Compared 3% of the time

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Dell PowerStore vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 58% of the time

HPE StoreOnce vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 9% of the time

Lenovo Storage V Series vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 5% of the time

ExaGrid EX vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 4% of the time

NetApp ASA vs Dell PowerVault

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

DataDomain, Dell EMC Data Domain, PowerProtect Data Domain

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Overview

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is the leading backup appliance built for powerful cyber resilience and seamless integration into on-premises environments. It supports both traditional and modern workloads, simplifying operations while reducing risks and costs.

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain offers scalable storage capabilities that integrate smoothly with backup systems. Its deduplication and compression technologies enhance storage efficiency by significantly reducing data volumes. Users appreciate its secure data protection, excellent deduplication and compression, efficient data replication, and the DD Boost protocol for faster data transfer. However, feedback suggests improvements are needed in areas like complex VTL tape addition, high pricing, and challenging cloud integration. The implementation may benefit from boosted processing power and enhanced ransomware protection.

What are the key features of Dell PowerProtect Data Domain?

Deduplication and Compression: Significantly reduces data volumes, optimizing storage usage.
Efficient Data Replication: Enhances data protection by securely transferring data across locations.
DD Boost Protocol: Promotes faster data transfer, streamlining backup processes.
Scalable Storage: Adapts to varying data capacities, ensuring growth accommodation.
Secure Data Protection: Safeguards data with robust encryption and protection features.

What benefits should be expected from Dell PowerProtect Data Domain?

Space and Cost Savings: Achieves reductions in data footprint, lowering storage expenses.
Reliable Backup and Recovery: Provides consistent and fast data backup and restoration capabilities.
Seamless Integration: Operates smoothly with existing backup software and environments.
Data Security: Offers comprehensive data protection to ensure business continuity.

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is widely employed across various sectors like banking, finance, and government for its backup, deduplication, and archiving functions. Organizations utilize it with software like Veeam and NetWorker to optimize bandwidth, manage large data capacities, and deliver secure, reliable backup features, supporting both on-premises and hybrid deployments.

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PowerVault MD3 storage arrays help you cost-effectively address the challenges of data growth with versatile solutions that are optimized for smaller-scale storage consolidation, flexible virtualization projects and high business continuity.

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The US Army, City of Houston, Lloyds TSB, TiVo, Teck, Ingram Entertainment, The New York Mets

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