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PowerProtect DD is a Purpose-Built Backup Appliance (PBBA), specifically a target appliance. PowerProtect DD consists of both PowerProtect DD appliances and PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition (DDVE). PowerProtect DD provides fast backups and recovery, protects data on-premises and in the cloud, and delivers a lower cost-to-protect with leading data deduplication and bandwidth utilization. The Data Domain Operating System (DDOS) is the intelligence that powers PowerProtect DD appliances. DDOS provides the agility, security, and reliability that enables the PowerProtect DD appliance to deliver an efficient, comprehensive, scalable, high-speed, and cloud-enabled protection storage for backup, archive, and disaster recovery.