ExaGrid EX Series and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager are in the competitive arena of data backup and recovery solutions. Dell appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set, although ExaGrid offers pricing benefits.
Features: ExaGrid EX Series features advanced deduplication, unique storage architecture, and efficient scalability. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager offers robust integration with VMware, advanced data protection capabilities, and strong cloud platform integration.
Room for Improvement: ExaGrid could enhance integration flexibility, expand cloud capabilities, and improve recovery speeds for older backups. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager may reduce complexity, improve ease of management, and streamline initial setup processes.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ExaGrid focuses on straightforward deployment with plug-and-play appliances and responsive support. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager offers seamless infrastructure integration and detailed support, though its complexity may challenge users.
Pricing and ROI: ExaGrid typically presents lower setup costs and strong ROI due to reduced storage needs and scalability, serving cost-sensitive buyers. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, despite higher upfront investment, delivers ROI through comprehensive features and data protection capabilities.
PowerProtect Data Manager offers efficient data protection capabilities leveraging the latest evolution of Dell trusted protection storage architecture.
With operational simplicity, agility and flexibility at its core, PowerProtect Data Manager enables the protection, management and recovery of data in on-premises, virtualized and cloud deployments, including protection of in-cloud workloads. You can also protect cloud-native workloads across multiple public clouds via our integrated SaaS based PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager.
Modernize how you protect your VMware virtual machines using Transparent Snapshots. Transparent Snapshots simplifies VM image backups for near-zero impact to your VMs or VM resources – and it works with any VMware supported storage. Transparent Snapshots innovation increases backup performance, lowers costs and simplifies management and reduces the risk of data loss.
Streamline data protection directly for applications or Kubernetes containers to Dell PowerProtect appliances and reduce application resource constraints.
Increase business resiliency with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery capabilities to rapidly recover from cyber incidents.
Modular design allows agile delivery of new features and updates. Rapidly evolve to meet future IT demands.
Reviews from Real Users
“We keep an eye on the future, and we are confident that PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DD series appliances will support our transformation project. Both products are continuously evolving and will cover our future needs, including using the cloud for data protection.” – Dimitris Mavromichalis, IT Deputy Manager at National Bank of Greece
“PowerProtect Data Manager combined with PowerProtect appliances – that’s cutting edge. That’s world leading as far as we’re concerned.” – Drew Hills, Infrastructure Analyst at USC Australia
““Most of my wish list came true with the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere, which provides perfect integration with vCenter.” – Dave Chapman, Senior Technician at PSC Publishing
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