Sold by: Dell Technologies
Deployed on AWS
Built on proven software solutions, this software suite provides comprehensive, simple and flexible data protection to simplify the protection of your workloads at the edge to core to cloud.
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Overview
Dell Data Protection Suite offers a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard workloads on-premises and in the AWS cloud. Featuring flexible deployment options, this solution is ideal for complex environments, including NAS, ROBO, tape, and hardware snapshots. With efficient backup and disaster recovery capabilities, Data Protection Suite allows businesses to strengthen data protection while optimizing operational costs through object and block storage.
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- This offer is for licensed software - it is not Software as a Service (SaaS). Disregard "Fulfillment Method" and "Fulfillment Options" for "Software as a Service (SaaS)".
- Fulfillment will require deployment of an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). An AMI provides the information required to launch an instance, which is a virtual server in the cloud. You specify an AMI when you launch an instance, and you can launch as many instances from the AMI as you need. You can also launch instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
- Data Protection Suite software license to be purchased by raw capacity (in TB).
- AWS IaaS not included and must be purchased separately.
Highlights
- Back up and replicate information to the cloud with ease, enabling disaster recovery, long-term retention, and instant recovery options from a single platform.
- Manage backups across multiple sites and systems using a centralized dashboard, ensuring governance and compliance.
- Simplified deployment via Amazon Machine Image (AMI), providing a quick and reliable setup process.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
Data Protection Suite | Dell EMC Data Protection Suite Per TB | $5,861.00 |
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Multi-Site Backup Management
Centralized dashboard for managing backups across multiple sites and systems with governance and compliance capabilities
Cloud Backup and Replication
Backup and replicate data to AWS cloud with disaster recovery, long-term retention, and instant recovery options
Flexible Deployment Options
Support for diverse infrastructure including NAS, ROBO, tape, and hardware snapshots with deployment via Amazon Machine Image
Object and Block Storage Optimization
Efficient backup and disaster recovery through object and block storage to optimize operational costs
Rapid Deployment Mechanism
Quick and reliable setup process through Amazon Machine Image deployment without requiring additional infrastructure configuration
Immutable Backup and Ransomware Protection
Air-gapped backups with API-level immutability and least privilege access controls to defend against ransomware threats and cyber attacks
Automated Disaster Recovery
One-click disaster recovery across AWS regions, accounts, and clouds with capability to restore files, instances, or entire environments
Multi-Cloud Workload Support
Backup and recovery support for AWS services including EC2, EBS, RDS, Redshift, Aurora, EFS, FSx, S3, EKS, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, and Azure VMs and Disks
Intelligent Data Lifecycle Management
Automated movement of backup data across storage tiers including Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval, Azure Blob, and Wasabi with cost optimization up to 92%
Compliance and Audit Capabilities
Automated environmental disaster recovery drills, compliance-ready audit trails, and support for regulatory standards including NIS2, DORA, ISO27001, HIPAA, and FedRAMP
Multi-Service Backup Coverage
Supports backup and recovery across AWS compute services (EC2, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS), storage services (S3, S3 Express Zone One), database services (RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora), security and IAM services (VPC, IAM, KMS, Parameter Store, WAF), serverless services (Lambda, CloudFormation), and SaaS applications (Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Okta).
One-Click Restore Capability
Enables recovery and restoration of specific items or entire workloads in a single click, with support for restoring files, configurations, functions, and parameters directly to production environments.
Cross-Regional Recovery
Provides capability to perform recovery operations across different AWS regions, enabling disaster recovery and data redundancy across geographic locations.
Automated Backup Operations
Automates all backup operations with built-in reporting, notifications, logging, and testing capabilities, eliminating manual intervention requirements.
Customer-Controlled Storage
Allows storage of backups in customer-owned storage accounts with full control, data privacy, and data sovereignty, preventing unauthorized deletion of backup data.
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Customer reviews
Kalpesh Pawar
Centralized data protection has improved compliance and reduces sensitive data exposure
Reviewed on Jan 19, 2026
Review from a verified AWS customer
What is our primary use case?
Dell Data Protection Suite is used primarily for data encryption and data loss prevention across endpoints and servers, ensuring secure access, compliance, and protection of sensitive customer data in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Dell Data Protection Suite encrypts laptops and servers handling customer data and enforces DLP policies that block or alert on unauthorized data transfer, such as USB, email, or cloud apps. This helps prevent data leakage and maintain compliance across multiple customer environments in daily operations.
Dell Data Protection Suite provides centralized policy management and reporting, which simplifies enforcement across multiple customer environments and helps demonstrate compliance during audits. It reduces operational risk while keeping data protection consistent at scale.
Role-based access control in Dell Data Protection Suite ensures only authorized teams can access sensitive customer data, such as separating admin, operations, and support access across environments. For advanced threat detection, the solution flags abnormal behavior patterns such as mass file access or unauthorized data transfers, allowing for quick response and prevention of potential data leaks. These features reduce insider risk and improve overall data security.
Centralized encryption key management in Dell Data Protection Suite ensures secure key storage, rotation, and recovery across all endpoints. This simplifies operations, reduces the risk of key loss, and maintains compliance across multiple customer environments.
What is most valuable?
Dell Data Protection Suite offers full disk encryption, data loss prevention, centralized policy management, advanced threat detection, and role-based access control.
Dell Data Protection Suite has positively impacted the organization by strengthening the data security posture through consistent enforcement of encryption and DLP across endpoints and servers. It has reduced the risk of data leakage, simplified compliance reporting, and lowered operational overhead through centralized policy and key management across multiple customer environments.
Since deploying Dell Data Protection Suite, there has been a 40% reduction in data-related security incidents, mainly due to enforced encryption and DLP controls. Compliance audits are completed 30% faster because of centralized reporting and audit logs. Operational effort has been reduced by automating policy enforcement across endpoints and cloud workloads, resulting in measurable cost and time savings.
What needs improvement?
Dell Data Protection Suite should be improved with better cloud-native integrations, a more modern and intuitive management UI, and faster policy deployment across large, distributed environments. Enhanced automation and clearer documentation would also help reduce operational overload.
The lack of documentation has been a frustrating point regarding improvements needed for Dell Data Protection Suite.
For how long have I used the solution?
Dell Data Protection Suite has been used for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Dell Data Protection Suite is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Dell Data Protection Suite is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Dell Data Protection Suite is very good, although the documentation is not good.
I would rate the customer support for Dell Data Protection Suite a nine because they are very knowledgeable and respond on a timely basis.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, I relied on a separate endpoint encryption tool and a DLP tracking tool before switching to Dell Data Protection Suite because it provides centralized encryption, DLP, role-based access control, and reporting in a single platform, which is much more efficient for managing multiple client and hybrid cloud environments.
What was our ROI?
There has been a clear return on investment with Dell Data Protection Suite. By enforcing encryption and DLP centrally, data-related security incidents have been reduced by 40% and audit time has been reduced by 30%. Several hours per week of manual policy enforcement have been saved, allowing the team to focus on proactive security tasks rather than repetitive monitoring.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing of Dell Data Protection Suite was dependent on the sales team, but the pricing is on the lower side, and the setup cost is also on the lower side.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Other solutions such as Symantec Endpoint Encryption and McAfee Complete Data Protection were evaluated before choosing Dell Data Protection Suite because it offered a more integrated platform with centralized management, robust DLP, and better scalability across multi-client and hybrid cloud environments.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise others looking into using Dell Data Protection Suite to plan deployment carefully, including policy design, key management, and integration with endpoints. It is important to ensure the team is trained, as proper setup is critical for maximizing security and ROI across multiple client environments. I would rate this review an 8.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Zeeshan AhmedKhan
Ensures our data is virus-free and protected from ransomware
Reviewed on Nov 11, 2024
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
As a reseller and partner of Dell Technologies, I sell and resell whatever Dell offers in Pakistan. I am involved in storage solutions, including products like Powerwall, Compellent , and PowerStore . I also sell servers, desktops, and SD-WAN solutions. Additionally, I am engaged in selling workstations and covering all the segments of lines of business from Dell.
How has it helped my organization?
Dell Data Protection Suite (DPS ) ensures my data is virus-free and protected from ransomware. Dell DPS provides both appliance-based and disk-based protection solutions, which include hardware and software integration. It offers efficient data management and supports compression and deduplication to save an extensive amount of data. My organization benefits from Dell DPS for backup and recovery, especially in disaster situations, as it ensures data availability without loss.
What is most valuable?
Dell Data Protection Suite is a comprehensive suite offering virus-free and ransomware-free data protection. It combines both hardware and software for data security and includes features like compression and deduplication. The suite also provides a high level of encryption for data traveling between primary and disaster recovery sites, ensuring its security.
What needs improvement?
While Dell DPS is a powerful solution, it is expensive, which allows competitors to find their place in the market. The deployment is complex and not simplified, requiring professional expertise.
Additionally, there are issues with initial setup, particularly network speed and latency, which can cause disruption. Once configured, it is easy to manage, but training is necessary due to the technical complexity.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for five years now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Overall, the Dell DPS provides efficient performance when properly integrated with other infrastructures. It is effective, but the initial integration might present technical challenges.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Dell DPS hardware is scalable, and multiple data domain storage boxes are offered by Dell for storage expansion.
How are customer service and support?
The support is excellent, with on-ground people and a well-established partner ecosystem providing assistance. Dell requires partners to have technical capabilities and be certified to offer their products.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex and requires a professional team. Training is mandatory to ensure proper configuration and management.
What about the implementation team?
A professional team is necessary for the initial installation and deployment due to the complexity of the system. One person alone may not be sufficient, and expert personnel are required, especially for enterprise-grade deployments.
What was our ROI?
Dell Data Protection Suite justifies its ROI in cases of disaster by ensuring data availability and preventing losses in time and data. The solution promptly provides data availability to customers during primary infrastructure issues.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is very expensive, which is its main drawback compared to competition in the market.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Other backup solutions I'm aware of include Veeam, NetWorker , and Symantec.
What other advice do I have?
Training is essential to avoid operational disasters because these systems are complex and involve core infrastructure processes.
I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
Suresh U.
Dell EMC Storage are easy to deploy & use.
Reviewed on Aug 08, 2023
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Dell EMC Storage are plug and play, migration also very easy, maintanance is excellant, Cloud IQ and reporting work very well, Priceing also very resonable compared to other OEM, Support On time.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing much to dislike, all good things.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's avoids our performance bettlenecks and saves lots of time on investigations.
ilhan K.
Fast and Strong solution for Data Centers
Reviewed on Sep 10, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Disk response times have dropped considerably.
Efficiency in our mail servers has increased tremendously.
We achieved a very strong productivity increase.
Efficiency in our mail servers has increased tremendously.
We achieved a very strong productivity increase.
What do you dislike about the product?
We can not say anything about dislike. But configuration might be easier.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We hadn't any problems.
Information Technology and Services
One of the best support providers in SAN environment
Reviewed on Aug 24, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Sell EMC storage's are robust and enterprise class devices.
What do you dislike about the product?
The procurement cost is slightly on a higher range.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The response time we achieve by using flash storage is too good as the latency to process any data is very less, this gives us infra for to run our business transactions smoothly.