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DDVE is a software-defined data protection solution with the PowerProtect DD series appliance, including all the core differentiating features of the DD series.
DDVE runs the DD Operating System (DDOS) and includes the DD System Manager user interface (UI) and the DDOS command-line interface (CLI) for performing system operations.
DDVE includes the following features:
DDVE can be deployed on any standard hardware, converged or hyperconverged, and runs in VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and KVM. It also runs in-cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS) (cloud and gov cloud), VMware Cloud (VMC), Azure (cloud and gov cloud), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). DDVE is also certified with Dell VxRail and Dell PowerEdge servers.
DDVE scales up to 256 TB (in-cloud AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud) and up to 96 TB (on-premises) per instance.