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PowerProtect DD Series
Formerly Dell EMC Data Domain

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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…

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Sleep better knowing PowerProtect DD has your back

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 8, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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...
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Verified user
Project Manager
PowerProtect DD Series2 years of experience

Protection to your DATA

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 6, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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 streamlin...
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Verified user
Manager
PowerProtect DD Series2 years of experience

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

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 29, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use PowerProtect DDs as the targets for all our enterprises backups. With replication between the separate data centers PowerProtect DDs we have reliable offsite backups as...
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Verified user
Technician
PowerProtect DD Series5 years of experience

Dell EMC Data Domain is a rock solid data backup solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 26, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
It is used as the data storage component for our Avamar backup solution.
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Mark Wiseley
C-Level Executive - Information Technology
Senior Director of IT (CIO)
Palmer College of Chiropractic
PowerProtect DD Series3 years of experience

Brief overview of Data Domain

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 29, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Data Domain is used across the whole organization as part of our Data Protection solution. It is used in conjunction with Avamar as back-end storage.
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Sam Majam
Administrator - Information Technology
Systems Administrator
TBC Corporation
PowerProtect DD Series10 years of experience
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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…

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Product Details

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

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  • Up to 41 TB/hour throughput
  • Up to 108PB logical capacity support with Cloud Tier
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  • Up to 150PB logical capacity support with Cloud Tier

PowerProtect DD Series Technical Details

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Brief overview of Data Domain

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 29, 2019
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Sam Majam
Systems Administrator
TBC Corporation (Automotive, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerProtect DD Series
10 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Data Domain is used across the whole organization as part of our Data Protection solution. It is used in conjunction with Avamar as back-end storage.
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.
Likelihood to Recommend
Data Domain is best suited for environments that have a wide range of applications in use from legacy to modern. For example, environments that have a mainframe, ERP, and open systems with a large data footprint.
Due to the price point, it may not be well suited for environments that are mostly virtualized with a small data footprint.

Data Domain - Tape is dead!

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
June 21, 2018
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerProtect DD Series
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Data Domain is currently being used to store our database backups. We utilize the NFS and SMB functionality to provide storage locations for our database administrators to perform their daily backups including logs. We also use MTree replication to replicate to a secondary site for offsite disaster recovery.
Pros
  • MTree replication to another Data Domain system. The Data Domain performs the replication every 15 minutes, so our offsite data is never more than 15 minutes out of sync with production.
  • DDBoost provides a faster way to back up our data.
  • Data encryption at rest. This allows us to protect our database data.
Cons
  • Depending on the model of Data Domain, there is a limit to the number of NFS/SMB threads that can run concurrently. When this limit is reached, the system is slow to respond to client requests.
  • Data Domain support is very slow to turn out new features and bug fixes in their code.
  • OS upgrades are very slow and disruptive.
Likelihood to Recommend
Data Domain is well suited in an environment where there is already a backup software in use that can take advantage of things like DDBoost. If a company is looking for an all in one solution, then Data Domain is not suited for this.

Data Domain for a seamless DR

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 16, 2017
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerProtect DD Series
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We moved to backup with Data Domain after using several other products, for us the decision was a no-brainer we are an EMC shop and tied with networker. Data Domain was a seamless integration into our storage and backup strategy. It helped us address moving to a no tape backup and cross-site replication strategy.
Pros
  • Cross-site replication.
  • Easily maintained, organized and replicated backup schedules and policies.
  • Deduplication is amazing, we are seeing in some cases with OS and file 22:1 dedupe.
Cons
  • VMware integration from a restoration perspective.
  • Initial ingestion for data can get bloated at first it would be nice to see a better estimation of what you most likely will see after dedupe and compression completes.
  • Better data aging and deletion capabilities, we see periodic bloating with lower retention policies.
Likelihood to Recommend
Data Domain allowed us to move to a tapeless backup environment and with the product located in multiple sites we were able to achieve a cross-site replication policy that protects our data and intellectual property in a geographically diverse manner while maintaining corporate retention policies. I would say unless you are a shop that has retention policies that are low enough to keep copies in your facilities this product may not be capable for your needs.

Data Domain - Stable, Reliable.... just works!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 08, 2016
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerProtect DD Series
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We utilize Data Domain as our Tier 2 disk subsystem for inline data de-duplicated data protection. This includes traditional client-server backups as well as a straight database dump to Data Domain configurations via NFS. We have many years of reliable use in both of these configurations. Overall we have been able to significantly reduce and in some cases completely eliminate use of tape in our backup schemes. Data Domain has been a set it up and forget about it appliance from a reliability perspective.
Pros
  • Data Domain is very good at data reduction of database backups (IBM DB2, SAP HANA, Oracle).
  • Data Domain is an excellent choice for WAN optimized long distance DR data replication.
  • Data Domain is extremely reliable and stable.
Cons
  • Restore speed could be improved. Restores are much slower than backups.
  • It would be nice if there were multi-controller larger capacity configurations.
  • Increased large environment remote management functionality would be a welcome addition.
Likelihood to Recommend
We have found that Data Domain excels at homogeneous data type backups such as database dumps. We are able to get very good data reduction/de-duplication rates when we are careful to place similar data types/data on the same appliance. Conversely we have found that Data Domain is only average from a data reduction perspective when mixed data types are placed on the same appliance. In order to maximize your data reduction you must pay attention to appropriately place data.

Dell EMC Data Domain is a rock solid data backup solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 26, 2019
MW
Mark Wiseley
Senior Director of IT (CIO)
Palmer College of Chiropractic (Higher Education, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
PowerProtect DD Series
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is used as the data storage component for our Avamar backup solution.
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.
Likelihood to Recommend
Works great for DR and storage of backup data. Very reliable.
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