DD Boost Reviews

Dell DD Boost is used together with Dell's appliances for areas like data domain and networking.

DD Boost is a very good functionality if you have machines or servers with a lot of data you don't want to send through a network. With DD Boost, you can use it as an application on the server itself before you send over the data. If you want to improve the speed and reduce the amount of data that is sent over the wires, you use DD Boost.

When my company faced a problem with the product, it took some time to get proper support. From an improvement perspective, the support could be made faster.

I have experience with DD Boost for a couple of years.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

There are no limitations when it comes to the scalability feature of the product. You can scale up or scale down however much you want. I rate the solution's scalability a nine out of ten.

Around 150 of my company's customers in Sweden use the product.

Previously, I was only working in the area of networking. I started to use DD Boost since it is a tool that is used in the networking area.

The product was easy to deploy.

The product is deployed on the cloud.

My company's technicians were involved in the deployment process.

The deployment could be completed in a couple of hours.

My company had three technicians to take care of the deployment and who worked with Dell's support team if they faced problems.

There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The price of the product is on a higher scale, meaning not everybody can afford it. Those who paid for the solution got a really nice solution to use.

The valuable feature of the solution, which is critical for data protection strategies, stems from the fact that the use of the tool was to reduce the size of the backup window, meaning that instead of having to deal with an hours theory of backup, it could be reduced to an hour with the help of DD Boost.

The solution improved our company's data backup and replication tasks since we were able to do complete backups within a short window. The problem today is that the time that you have or use to do backup is becoming more and more limited, so it needs to get faster and faster. With the functionalities of DD Boost, the backup can be done very fast.

A scenario where the product has benefited my work stems from the fact that the product is primarily for my customers and not for me to use. My customers have enjoyed the benefits of the product by being able to get complete backup in a short time frame while being secured at the same time. If you can't do backup because of time constraints, then you are not secured. Being able to use the backup means you are secure, which is an advantage that DD Boost provides to its users.

I haven't used the product's deduplication technology to see its impact on our company's customers' storage efficiency, but I know that if you don't use the tool, then you may experience that without the solution, there is a reduced amount of storage space to save the data.

I highly recommend the product to those who plan to use it. The product is useful to shorten the time frame of the backup windows. It is a really stable product, which is good.

The measurable outcomes from integrating DD Boost into the systems in our customers' environments can be established by the fact that it was the most effective product on systems that took a long time to take care of the backup part. The system initially took eight hours to deal with the backup part but could later manage the same area in three hours with the use of DD Boost.

The performance of the backup infrastructure has improved since the implementation of the solution.

Overall, there is a need to have a complete backup to be secure if something happens so you can do the restoration. You can't do the backup work and restore work at a fast speed without DB Boost.

I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

DD Boost has improved our data backup and recovery process. Its data deduplication feature is amazing. The product comes with cloud features. It helps to save time. 

DD Boost is a bit expensive.

I have been using the product for ten years. 

The product does not have any bugs. 

DD Boost is scalable. 

I am satisfied with the tool's support team. They know what they are doing. 

Positive

The tool's deployment was easy. My data center is on-prem, and cloud backup is expensive. Its deployment takes around four hours to complete. 

DD Boost is worth its money. 

You don't have to pay additional costs. 

We didn't encounter any challenges with the product's implementation. I rate the product a ten out of ten. 

Some of our customers use data domain models like 6400 and some have a higher model, 9400. We sell the Dell solution, and some customers upgrade their software quicker than others, like to version 7072. 

We specialize in selling backup solutions to various organizations, including telecommunications and government sectors.

Boost has been quite good compared to traditional solutions based on, for example, virtual machines plus NAS storage, offering two, three, or four times faster backup and restore operations.

DD Boost is a proprietary technology of Dell, which helps to store the data faster and in a more secure way compared to open protocols.

It is more about backup software improvements rather than the data domain or DD Boost solutions. For example, Dell Technologies are struggling to back up Office 365 and some open-source hypervisors like Proxmox. 

If we talk about Dell backup software, there is room for improvement in areas such as backup from IBM operating systems, open-source products, and Office 365.

I've used the solution for three years, I would say.

The solution is scalable. The customer can upgrade even if they need more performance or storage capacity.

Dell has a warehouse of spare parts. In general, if customers purchase next-business-day support and expect weekend support, they may complain if they did not buy options that include weekend support. I would rate it an eight out of ten. Sometimes customers complain. I am not the right person to ask for direct support since I am a reseller.

Positive

If we talk about basic work, we need to install DD into the rack, connect all of it, and make the first setup. We can do it within a day, and then it depends on customer infrastructure.

Pricing is competitive. The licensing model offers two options: per capacity and per host. With perpetual licenses and backend-type licenses where we license the deduplicated data, it is good.

The closest competitor is HPE StoreOnce if we only talk about the deduplication level. In general, we could also use Commvault with the hyperscale clusters.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

I'm using Dell EMC Data Domain Boost for backup purposes.

Dell EMC Data Domain Boost has kept our data safe.

What I found most useful in Dell EMC Data Domain Boost is the encryption it provides. It exceeds 40x, and it can convert my data. It's a huge conversion.

It would be good if the product could be useful not just for general backup. I'm always using it for backup only. If I need any storage, I go for Dell EMC VMAX or Dell EMC VxRail, while for Dell EMC Data Domain Boost, the main purpose for me is for backup only.

The pricing for this solution is also expensive, so you have to look carefully at its pricing.

Dell EMC Data Domain Boost can also be a difficult application, particularly when you need to write a script for anything you would like to do.

I've been using Dell EMC Data Domain Boost for nine years.

I find Dell EMC Data Domain Boost stable.

Dell EMC Data Domain Boost is a scalable product.

When Dell got EMC, I was facing a lot of problems with the technical support for this solution, but now, the problems have been solved. You can control the issues that may arise from Dell EMC Data Domain Boost. If I would rate support from one to five, with five being the highest, my current rating for it would be five.

Dell EMC Data Domain Boost is an expensive product. There are extra costs for support because every year, you have to renew your SLA for support, and the cost is always increasing.

Dell EMC Data Domain Boost is on public cloud. I deal with the solution including VxRail, VMAX, and all types of storage from Dell EMC.

I'm rating Dell EMC Data Domain Boost ten out of ten.

I use DD Boost with Veeam Backup in my company.

The most valuable feature of the solution is its deduplication functions.

The only issue that needs improvement in the solution stems from EMC DD Boost's cost of renewing support, which is quite expensive. Though the customer uses the product, they don't receive active support from DD Boost even though they pay for it.

The solution's technical support needs to improve the quality of their services.

I have been using DD Boost for six to seven years. My company has a partnership with DD Boost.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten. The sizing part of the solution was done properly, so there was no need to tackle any scalability concerns.

Less than five people from the system side use the solution in our organization.

My company has around five administrators working with this solution.

I rate the technical support a seven out of ten.

Neutral

The initial setup of DD Boost involves a simple procedure.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

I managed the installation phase of the solution.

My company must pay approximately 10,000 USD annually, making it an expensive product.

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution to accelerate the backup process. It helps increase the speed of the process in general. 

The speed the solution offers is very good. We like that the speeding up of data transfers is effective and easy.

It's stable and reliable. 

It's scalable.

The solution is inexpensive. 

We haven't had any issues. Our clients have been happy with the product overall. 

I'd like the be able to deploy the solution on SAN backups.

I've been using the solution for five years. 

The stability is very reliable. Its performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The solution is scalable. It's easy to expand. 

We haven't had any reason to talk to technical support. I've never dealt with them.

The initial setup is very straightforward and simple. It's not overly complex. We have many team members that can handle the deployment process. 

We can help out client handle the deployment. We don't need outside assistance. 

The pricing depends on the business use case and on the projects.

It's not an expensive product. 

I'm a partner and reseller. 

Our customers use the solution.  

It's a good solution and quite stable. We can back up easily over fiber channels yet DDBoost can handle backups over LAN. I'd recommend it to others. It's not expensive and allows us to reduce the backup window considerably. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

I am using it for a backup application that does backups to the Data Domain.

It saves money because I don't need as much storage. I can keep backups for half a year, protected by Data Domain from ransomware. This allows me to sleep quietly. Otherwise, I would need more storage.

I'm not sure about what specific features I'm using. I didn't choose it for DD Boost specifically. It is the protocol that works for the backup solution. The reason for choosing this solution is thanks to the deduplication and ransomware protection.

I'm not sure about what could be improved. Maybe the performance of the backup software with connection to DD Boost could be improved. It's a little slow, yet it's working.

I have been using the solution for about two years.

I haven't had any issues. It has been working for two years with no problems.

I haven't needed scalability until now, so I haven't explored it yet. I can buy more licenses to add more storage, but it's just about buying a license and putting it in. There's enough disk space on the appliance to handle my needs.

When I had an issue, I just called and they connected and fixed it if something was wrong.

Positive

It is simple if you know what you are doing. I took professional installation from people who configured it with Data Domain. They did it and knew how to do it, so I was involved in the configuration of DD Boost.

I required integrators for setup.

It's a very high price.

I am working only with this appliance. I don't have experience with other solutions.

If they have the budget to buy the system, I would recommend it.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

We use this solution with Data Domain (DD) to enhance the data backups of our databases and applications. It is a very popular solution around the world.

The solution is very good because it is easy to use and it speeds up the backup and lowers the requirement for the storage rate. It is capable of encryption, compression, and deduplication and it is fast for sending all of the data over the network because it sends only the change blocks from the client to the DD server.

I have been using this solution for approximately six years.

The solution is stable.

I have found the solution to be scalable.

We have approximately 10 people using this solution in my organization.

I have been satisfied with the technical support.

The installation is straightforward.

We have a team that does the implementation and maintenance of the solution.

DD Boost comes built into DD or Avamar. However, to use DD Boost for enterprise is a separate license. For example, if you have Oracle, Linux, or Unix and you need to install DD Boost for Arman, then you need a separate license. Typically when you purchase the solution it is bundled and you either purchase a one or three-year license. The price for the solution is expensive but when comparing it to other solutions it is reasonably priced. However, the price could still be cheaper.

If you want to manage your database backups, then you should use DD Boost for Enterprise applications.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Dell EMC Data Domain Boost a nine out of ten.