We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and OpenText Data Protector 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."The solution helped us use R2 RBO to back up frequently."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that it is easy to create a backup by using Azure Backup. It also has a good user interface and nice features for sending notifications when any backup fails or there is a change in the status of virtual machines."
"Our client’s infrastructure is protected by the tool."
"The scalability has been good."
"The product is very reliable and easy to use."
"First of all, you can schedule a backup for the client. You can schedule it as you like. You can also control the bandwidth, so the backup will not utilize. The internet will depend on the bandwidth."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for."
"It is a traditional backup model. If you talk about file server and the official Windows database, it's a stable product."
"What I like the most about this solution is that I can change and access the Oracle backup file."
"Data Protector is quite simple and easy to deploy. The deployment is always the same. It's on a server, and the agents are deployed to the machines in a straightforward way. We have two engineers who deploy and manage all our backup solutions."
"The initial setup was relatively easy."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."
"It can be further improved by continuously meeting its compliance requirements."
"It still does not have a lot of customization, especially if your workloads are not in Azure."
"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"They need to improve the frequency of the backup. You can only backup one to three times a day. It would be better to back up continuously throughout the day."
"On-prem can be complex to set up but the cloud is simple."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
"If you compare the solution with the same specific features and enhancements on another solution, Data Protector is expensive. This is especially true when compared to, for example, Veeam."
"I'm uncertain if it supports virtual machine backup and restoration. If they could enhance this aspect, they could gain more support from end users."
"The scheduler setup could be better. We are facing some issues scheduling the job based on our requirements."
"They should design the solution so that it is much easier for deployment and make the UI easy to use."
"We have a lot of requests for the Micro Focus team, particularly in terms of the Japanese data pattern, as it's not as good now. The Japanese data pattern accuracy of the Micro Focus Data Protector needs to be improved because there are a lot of false negatives and false positives. We are currently testing this and our product team has been communicating with the Micro Focus team."
"Virtualization."
"Integration with the market applications must be improved, such as MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, SAP and Oracle. Other backup tools are more efficient with the integrated backups."
"People prefer Veeam because the interface is easier, and Data Protector is difficult in comparison."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, Symantec Data Loss Prevention and HPE StoreOnce. See our Azure Backup vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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