We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution adequately handles data storage."
"One notable feature is its robust backup support for Kubernetes and container environments. Additionally, PPDM stands out for its ease of deployment and management compared to other backup solutions. It is highly user-friendly, allowing users to quickly learn and implement backup and restore processes within a week. PPDM represents the next generation of backup software and is comparable to offerings from other vendors. Furthermore, PPDM prioritizes security with various access controls, such as user and database access controls. Its deployment tool is also known for its simplicity."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"The feature that I found most valuable is Live Mount. You can either mount a virtual machine from a snapshot, or you can mount a volume from the snapshot. You can mount one disk to the server to retrieve data, or you can mount the whole VM, rename it, and use it as a test VM. If your VM gets corrupted, you just mount one from the snapshot, and you have your production VM's backup. So, Live Mount is definitely the best feature for me as an end-user."
"Rubrik has led to improvement by reducing the amount of failed backups, leading to a reduced workload in IT operations."
"Drives the back-end through a powerful, well-documented API."
"The most valuable feature is the Instant Recovery, where we can restore a VM or SQL database or any server or application, and have it up and running on their appliance within a few seconds."
"Intelligent agent technology."
"The solution's technical support team is very responsive and proactive."
"The search functionality is second to none as the speed of the search is fast across the whole system and predictive."
"The web interface is user-friendly, clean, and it provides a good summary of what you're protecting at a glance."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"The interface is too complex."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"I would like to see more information on encryption with the next release."
"Needs integration with video CD (coming in the next release) and a multi-tenant GUI."
"Troubleshooting failed backups is difficult, and deciphering the logs without the help of support is usually almost impossible."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"It needs to support more applications natively, like MySQL/MariaDB."
"The Office 365 protection could be improved."
"Its cost is high."
"The reporting in the dashboard and reporting for extractions both need improvement. I would suggest making them easier to understand and use, not just out-of-the-box. We should also be able to customize them."
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.8, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Commvault Cloud, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs. Rubrik report.
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