Thats pretty cool, the datadomain appliance is actually really cool and I definitely appreciate its existence.

I definitely feel like we were using it wrong and I’m not entirely convinced it was my fault.

In my ideal scenario I would have had a weeks worth of point in time backups on a machine in the rack, and replicated the contents to the DD after verification.

Sadly I was denied that “in-rack” solution and was sold the datadomain solution (without it being named) as if it was simply a remote disk, not a fancy appliance.

the main point I tried (and failed) to convey in the article is that a solution can be brilliant and expensive but that doesn't mean its what you meed for the job at hand.