We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."
"It's simple to set up."
"We are satisfied with Arcserve UDP. The most important feature that we use and why we choose this product is the RHA feature."
"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."
"Arcserve has a feature called virtual standby (VSB), which has been very helpful because I already have a hot standby copy of my critical infrastructure. If something breaks, I can spin up that virtual standby copy in less than five minutes and ensure that my data is available to everyone and that business continuity is maintained."
"It is easy to configure."
"The ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."
"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"This solution is very stable and has good support available online."
"The solution integrates well with other tools."
"Virtual snapshots that offer incremental backups."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"The solution's stability is high because it is derived from Spectrum Protect."
"The initial setup was complex."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."
"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."
"I think that the price could still be a bit cheaper and I do not like that they have been purchased by Arcserve."
"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"The only problem with the solution is that when I change the drive capacity, it has to do a full backup. It's a problem when I have five servers to backup. When I only want to change the size of the drive, I have to do a full backup that can take one week."
"The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved."
"Their first level of support can be improved. Often they are too junior to understand the issues we are having, and it takes too much time to get from them to the next level of support, which is what we actually need."
"The solution should allow for backup of iOS snapshots."
"The software's technical support could improve its response time for different time zones."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve by adding SAP Rena."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. It can be difficult to administer. The initial configuration can be difficult for entry-level teams or deployment teams, and it might be difficult to integrate. There's just too much content involved in the solution. The documentation is way too large."
"The replication feature is not available."
"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
"The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 42 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas NetBackup and Veritas Backup Exec, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Veritas NetBackup. See our Arcserve UDP vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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