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PowerProtect Data Domain

Build a cyber resilience foundation on the most trusted protection platform.​
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Be prepared. Recover from the unexpected.

Data Domain is the world’s most secure foundation for cyber resilience . Built on the powerful Data Domain Platform for on-premises and multicloud environments, our appliances deliver trusted data services for superior resilience and faster recovery. See why over 15,000 customers chose Data Domain appliances and empower your organization to protect and manage its most valuable asset—your data.

Data Domain Platform: data services for cyber resilience​

SECURITY

Data Domain is #1 in security . Ensure data is not tampered with or corrupted. Protect against threats with data immutability, encryption, Hardware Root of Trust, Secure Boot, and more.
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DURABILITY

Recover what you backup—every time. The industry-exclusive Data Invulnerability Architecture (DIA) provides 100% data validation, from end to end.

EFFICIENCY

Data Domain is #1 in total cost of ownership . Get the most out of IT assets and resources and reduce costs—with typically 75:1 data reduction , up to 4x faster restores, and up to 2x faster replication , for up to 61% lower total cost of ownership .
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FLEXIBILITY

Secure all your data, anywhere—from core to edge to multicloud—with native integration with Dell PowerStore and PowerMax, plus an extensive backup software ecosystem.
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Trusted Solutions

#1

In Purpose-built Backup Appliances
Best-in-class

#1

In Customer Satisfaction
Efficient

#1

In Total Cost of Ownership

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TARGET APPLIANCE

  • Protection storage with broad backup software ecosystem support


BEST FOR:

  • Secure and reliable cyber-resilient protection storage
  • Protecting data efficiently, with better performance and lower costs
  • On‑prem and multicloud
  • Environments of all sizes, from medium business to ROBO to global enterprise
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PowerProtect Data Domain Virtual Edition
SOFTWARE-DEFINED

  • Protection storage for on-premises and in-cloud, based on PowerProtect Data Domain


BEST FOR:

  • Hardware-agnostic, cyber-resilient protection storage
  • Flexible deployment and consumption
  • Environments of all sizes, from medium business to ROBO to global enterprise
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Test drive our cyber resilience solutions​

Experience our cyber resilience software with self-paced virtual labs and guided demos.​

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Try our cyber resilience software in free, real-time virtual environments.​

Where PowerProtect Data Domain excels​

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Cyber resilience guarantees​

Maximize your Dell Technologies cyber resilience investments with cyber recovery and data deduplication guarantees.​
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Payment solutions

Whether you are looking to pay for technology as you use it, rotate your technology every few years, manage your cash flow or finance your software purchases, we have a solution for you. **
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Briefs and Data Sheets
ANALYST BRIEF

Optimal Cyber Resilience with All-Flash Protection Infrastructure

Get The Futurum Group's take on how the PowerProtect Data Domain All-Flash appliance combines security, performance and efficiency to meet modern backup demands.
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DATA SHEET

PowerProtect Data Domain

The ultimate protection storage appliance offers fast, efficient, and secure cyber resilence.
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FAQs

Data Domain appliances are purpose-built backup and recovery systems designed for cyber resilience. These appliances offer the world’s best data reduction and integrate seamlessly with a broad ecosystem of backup software vendors. They lead the industry as the world’s most secure platform for cyber resilience, featuring a secure supply chain, hardware security with chain of trust, and tamperproof data immutability to support a Zero Trust architecture. Ideal for recovering from hardware failures or ransomware attacks, they simplify operations and reduce risks for organizations of all sizes.
Data Domain uses advanced, variable-length deduplication to intelligently identify and store only unique data segments across all backups. This process significantly reduces the amount of physical storage required—typically 75:1 data reduction—which lowers costs and improves efficiency. It ensures that redundant data is not stored multiple times.
Yes, they offer robust protection against ransomware through features like immutable storage and Cyber Recovery integration. The system can create a secure, air-gapped copy of your critical data. This makes it isolated and recoverable after an attack.
Security is built into its core with unique capabilities such as a secure supply chain, tamperproof data immutability, and hardware security with chain of trust. It supports Zero Trust architecture and end-to-end encryption ensuring robust protection against threats while maintaining data integrity and resilience.
Data Domain stands out as the world’s most secure platform for cyber resilience due to a comprehensive, trusted and unique collection of capabilities for cyber resilience, including: secure supply chain, Mature Zero Trust security, immutability, managed detection and response, durability, chain of trust, secure remote access controller, and secure period.
Data Domain appliances are designed for seamless integration with a large ecosystem of backup applications, including Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. This allows you to strengthen your cyber resilience strategy without a major overhaul. It provides a flexible and reliable target for your existing software.
Absolutely. Data Domain provides efficient and secure data protection for multicloud workloads. It allows you to natively tier deduplicated data to the cloud for long-term retention, disaster recovery, and cost-effective storage management.
It uses the patented Data Invulnerability Architecture, which performs continuous fault detection and self-healing to protect against data integrity issues. This ensures that your backup data is always correct and recoverable when you need it most. This built-in capability provides confidence in your ability to restore operations.
You can expect fast and reliable performance for both backup and recovery operations. The system's architecture is optimized for high-throughput data ingestion and rapid restores. This helps you meet stringent backup windows and recovery time objectives.
It lowers TCO through a comprehensive set of performance and efficiency capabilities that are due to a hardened and proven architecture. With the world’s best data reduction, it drastically cuts storage and network bandwidth requirements. This efficiency translates to lower costs for hardware, power, and cooling as well as management costs.
Yes, it is an ideal solution for cost-effective, long-term data retention. Features like retention lock help meet strict compliance and governance requirements by preventing data from being altered or deleted. You can also tier older data to the cloud to further improve costs.
Physical appliances offer dedicated hardware for maximum performance and scalability in your data center. The virtual edition provides the same core features in a flexible software-defined format. This makes it perfect for smaller sites, remote offices, and cloud environments.
It supports efficient disaster recovery by replicating deduplicated data over your existing wide area network. Because only unique, compressed data is sent, it requires minimal bandwidth. This makes it fast and cost-effective to maintain a remote copy of your critical data for recovery.
Yes, it excels at protecting virtualized workloads from platforms like VMWare and Hyper-V. It integrates directly with virtualization management tools. It also leverages deduplication to significantly reduce the storage footprint of virtual machine backup.