Due to limited engagement with the software side, I rate DD Boost at five out of ten. Even though I am not privy to its full capabilities, its presence and use as an appliance are acknowledged.
At our company, we manually create a few jobs to develop the application using DD Boost. Using the solution's data replication feature, we create jobs for entailing devices from primary to radar. Our organization plans to use the solution's AI features soon. Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. Our company uses DD Boost only for backup purposes.
Deputy Secretary at Life Insurance Corporation of India
Real User
Top 20
2024-04-04T06:51:00Z
Apr 4, 2024
We are not using DD Boost for disaster recovery drills because our database is very large. We haven't attempted a full database recovery. Instead, we are testing recovery on specific small databases. DD Boost doesn't have any impact on the base servers. Data is offloaded, and then Dell's solution handles the process. This lack of impact is beneficial for database operations because activities are offloaded to the backup appliance servers. It depends on each person's requirements for a database backup whether features like deduplication and compression are suitable. Ultimately, it depends on the specific needs of the user. We can find everything in one place. We are not using it in a distributed environment. We are dedicated to our database servers only. We don't use it for any other applications. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. It's likely the latest version. We do not directly use the solution ourselves. We help our clients with the product. I'd recommend the solution to others. I would rate it eight out of ten.
In our experience, we are working on the duplex ratio of five to one in the data domain. The data domain capacity is the cheapest compared to Veritas appliances or IBM specs. I rate this solution an eight out of ten.
My recommendation would to others would be for them to utilize the DD Boost feature that comes with Data Domain. This will enhance network bandwidth and accelerate the backup process by replicating data on the client side and pushing it out to the backup appliance. In general, I find this solution to be of high quality. This solution is the only dependable and long-lasting option available on the market, as there are no other competitors that can match its performance. I rate DD Boost an eight out of ten.
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.
Data Protection Specialist at Tech Mahindra Limited
Real User
2021-06-18T19:34:38Z
Jun 18, 2021
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.
Storage Team Leader at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-01-27T13:41:37Z
Jan 27, 2021
We're just a customer. We don't have a business relationship with Dell. I would recommend the solution to other organizations. I'd advise companies to take care to think about capacity, as you can't really resize anything. If you decide to upgrade, it may be smart to ask them about discounts. It can save you money and give you a good deal. I would rate the solution eight out of ten. We've been mostly happy with the product.
Backup & Storage Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-06-17T10:56:04Z
Jun 17, 2020
We don't have a business relationship with EMC. We're just customers. Data Domain, on a scale out of ten, I would give an eight due to the amount of compression and data retention it offers. It's very stable as an infrastructure for backup, and we can use it as a storage as well. I'd advise other organizations to do some comparisons with other solutions, however, and especially look into scalability and how that might affect their decisions. They should also do their homework to find out things like how soon it's possible to restore an item.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-10-21T17:16:00Z
Oct 21, 2019
On a scale from one to ten, where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Dell EMC Data Domain Boost as a ten. I strongly recommend this product for all its capabilities. I do self-study and read articles about this product to learn about capabilities and solutions even though I am familiar with it. It is good for users to do self-study to get the most out of the product.
Head of IT Infrastructure and Security Operations at United Arab Bank
Real User
2019-10-13T05:48:00Z
Oct 13, 2019
Study the workload very well before you go into the sizing phase. You have to study your workloads, so you can anticipate them and avoid any unplanned workloads. I would rate the solution as eight out of ten. It is quite sufficient but needs a little bit of improvement.
We're a partner, we're not end-users of the solution itself. I would recommend the solution because it has a very good integration process. I would rate the solution nine out of ten.
There are good and bad points to having this solution only for backup. It's good to protect your data from attacks such as ransomware. You only use the storage for backups, so you don't have to share folders. The main difference between EMC Data Domain and EMC Data Domain Boost is that the Boost is an add-on you install that allows you to transfer the backup job quickly. After performing a full backup, you would schedule it to run every week, and instead of it doing a full backup of all of the data, Data Domain Boost will back up only the data that has been added or that is different from the original data. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Cloud Pre-Sales Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Reseller
Top 20
2019-09-15T16:43:00Z
Sep 15, 2019
This is a product that I recommend without any doubt. One of my clients had trouble with sizing and architecture because initially, he had little data and a small budget. When the size of his business increased he wanted to keep the same model, but it was not possible because each model has limitations. All of the features are really good and respond well to business and client needs. All of my clients are satisfied and have not asked for any additional features. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
I will definitely recommend this solution, but I obviously don't know other people's environment. I would say that you should write down what your criteria is, what you want, and then do a proper test with all the vendors. Most often people promise you things, and once you start digging into it, it is not there. Like Huawei - many of the functions we needed, they just don't have, so they rely on tools from other vendors to give you that functionality. So I would obviously recommend it as a solution, because I know it works. In the future I would like to be able to pump data straight into Amazon S3 Bucket. EMC has tools to pump it into the ECS array, and then it's free of charge. But if I pump it into Amazon S3, I have to pay. So, I would like to be able to do it into Amazon, into a different vendor's S3 Bucket, without having the vendor lock-in. On a scale from one to ten, I rate this solution a 8.5.
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2019-09-10T09:04:00Z
Sep 10, 2019
We use the on-premises deployment model. I would recommend the product. I'd rate it eight out of ten as I think there are still some elements that need improvement.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-09-10T09:04:00Z
Sep 10, 2019
We use the on-premises deployment model. I strongly recommend any organization to use it. I'm doing self study once a week or on a monthly basis to learn more about the product, so I'm quite familiar with it. I would rate the solution ten out of ten.
My suggestion for anybody who is implementing this solution is to use the Fibre Channel, if possible. If not, then try to use it over IP. If you cannot use either then there are other options, but the Fibre Channel is preferred. It gives you not only an increased speed but also some additional features. The biggest lesson that I have learned when working with this solution is that you can always do something better. I have been in the backup industry for more than twenty years, and there have been times when I was bored with the products. What I have found is that you can always expect to see something new, and something better. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.
DD Boost software delivers an advanced level of integration with backup applications and data base utilities, enhancing performance and ease of use. Dell also provides a DD Boost File System Plug-In (BoostFS) with DD Boost for even greater application support, which enables all the benefits of DD Boost for applications that use NFS for data protection. Rather than sending all data to the system for deduplication processes, DD Boost enables the backup server or application client to send only...
Due to limited engagement with the software side, I rate DD Boost at five out of ten. Even though I am not privy to its full capabilities, its presence and use as an appliance are acknowledged.
If they have the budget to buy the system, I would recommend it. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
At our company, we manually create a few jobs to develop the application using DD Boost. Using the solution's data replication feature, we create jobs for entailing devices from primary to radar. Our organization plans to use the solution's AI features soon. Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. Our company uses DD Boost only for backup purposes.
We are not using DD Boost for disaster recovery drills because our database is very large. We haven't attempted a full database recovery. Instead, we are testing recovery on specific small databases. DD Boost doesn't have any impact on the base servers. Data is offloaded, and then Dell's solution handles the process. This lack of impact is beneficial for database operations because activities are offloaded to the backup appliance servers. It depends on each person's requirements for a database backup whether features like deduplication and compression are suitable. Ultimately, it depends on the specific needs of the user. We can find everything in one place. We are not using it in a distributed environment. We are dedicated to our database servers only. We don't use it for any other applications. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
We didn't encounter any challenges with the product's implementation. I rate the product a ten out of ten.
We are now selling the third or fourth generation of the product. The hardware has changed. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.
I rate the product a nine out of ten.
I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. It's likely the latest version. We do not directly use the solution ourselves. We help our clients with the product. I'd recommend the solution to others. I would rate it eight out of ten.
In our experience, we are working on the duplex ratio of five to one in the data domain. The data domain capacity is the cheapest compared to Veritas appliances or IBM specs. I rate this solution an eight out of ten.
My recommendation would to others would be for them to utilize the DD Boost feature that comes with Data Domain. This will enhance network bandwidth and accelerate the backup process by replicating data on the client side and pushing it out to the backup appliance. In general, I find this solution to be of high quality. This solution is the only dependable and long-lasting option available on the market, as there are no other competitors that can match its performance. I rate DD Boost an eight out of ten.
I would rate DD Boost ten out of ten.
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 would recommend this solution to others. I rate Dell EMC Data Domain Boost a nine out of ten.
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.
We're just a customer. We don't have a business relationship with Dell. I would recommend the solution to other organizations. I'd advise companies to take care to think about capacity, as you can't really resize anything. If you decide to upgrade, it may be smart to ask them about discounts. It can save you money and give you a good deal. I would rate the solution eight out of ten. We've been mostly happy with the product.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Dell EMC Data Domain Boost an eight.
The main downside of the solution is the capacity, otherwise it's a good product. I would rate this solution a nine out of 10.
We don't have a business relationship with EMC. We're just customers. Data Domain, on a scale out of ten, I would give an eight due to the amount of compression and data retention it offers. It's very stable as an infrastructure for backup, and we can use it as a storage as well. I'd advise other organizations to do some comparisons with other solutions, however, and especially look into scalability and how that might affect their decisions. They should also do their homework to find out things like how soon it's possible to restore an item.
On a scale from one to ten, where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Dell EMC Data Domain Boost as a ten. I strongly recommend this product for all its capabilities. I do self-study and read articles about this product to learn about capabilities and solutions even though I am familiar with it. It is good for users to do self-study to get the most out of the product.
Study the workload very well before you go into the sizing phase. You have to study your workloads, so you can anticipate them and avoid any unplanned workloads. I would rate the solution as eight out of ten. It is quite sufficient but needs a little bit of improvement.
I would recommend this product. I would rate it as nine of ten, overall.
We're a partner, we're not end-users of the solution itself. I would recommend the solution because it has a very good integration process. I would rate the solution nine out of ten.
This is definitely a solution that I recommend. It is good, although it is very expensive. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
There are good and bad points to having this solution only for backup. It's good to protect your data from attacks such as ransomware. You only use the storage for backups, so you don't have to share folders. The main difference between EMC Data Domain and EMC Data Domain Boost is that the Boost is an add-on you install that allows you to transfer the backup job quickly. After performing a full backup, you would schedule it to run every week, and instead of it doing a full backup of all of the data, Data Domain Boost will back up only the data that has been added or that is different from the original data. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
This is a product that I recommend without any doubt. One of my clients had trouble with sizing and architecture because initially, he had little data and a small budget. When the size of his business increased he wanted to keep the same model, but it was not possible because each model has limitations. All of the features are really good and respond well to business and client needs. All of my clients are satisfied and have not asked for any additional features. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
I will definitely recommend this solution, but I obviously don't know other people's environment. I would say that you should write down what your criteria is, what you want, and then do a proper test with all the vendors. Most often people promise you things, and once you start digging into it, it is not there. Like Huawei - many of the functions we needed, they just don't have, so they rely on tools from other vendors to give you that functionality. So I would obviously recommend it as a solution, because I know it works. In the future I would like to be able to pump data straight into Amazon S3 Bucket. EMC has tools to pump it into the ECS array, and then it's free of charge. But if I pump it into Amazon S3, I have to pay. So, I would like to be able to do it into Amazon, into a different vendor's S3 Bucket, without having the vendor lock-in. On a scale from one to ten, I rate this solution a 8.5.
We use the on-premises deployment model. I would recommend the product. I'd rate it eight out of ten as I think there are still some elements that need improvement.
We use the on-premises deployment model. I strongly recommend any organization to use it. I'm doing self study once a week or on a monthly basis to learn more about the product, so I'm quite familiar with it. I would rate the solution ten out of ten.
My suggestion for anybody who is implementing this solution is to use the Fibre Channel, if possible. If not, then try to use it over IP. If you cannot use either then there are other options, but the Fibre Channel is preferred. It gives you not only an increased speed but also some additional features. The biggest lesson that I have learned when working with this solution is that you can always do something better. I have been in the backup industry for more than twenty years, and there have been times when I was bored with the products. What I have found is that you can always expect to see something new, and something better. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.