We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM Storage Protect 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."Everyone wants a full backup. It gives them safety and peace of mind, like an insurance policy for that rainy day when they may need to restore a system."
"Data reduction definitely reduces costs, not only software costs, but from the infrastructure needed."
"In the past, one of the most valuable features, and the biggest advantage, was the incremental forever feature. Not many other backup vendors provided that. In the pre-virtualization environment, it was very robust and simple technology, especially writing to tape."
"We do not lose data. That is why we are using this product and have a backup in place."
"We are talking about a stable solution which boasts good performance and security."
"IBM Spectrum Protect is stable."
"Regarding stability, it's been rock solid."
"In general, the solution is quite user-friendly. The GUI is very nice."
"The best point about IBM Storage Protect is that it can use IBM tape environments, which we still use and will continue to use in the future."
"The tool's backup engine is very powerful. Previously, our client finished backup with HPE product in 48 hours. IBM Storage Protect completes backup in 8 hours."
"I would like to see a way to have "always on" implemented."
"I am looking forward to new features in the next release. One of the main features is the cloud storage integration, which was one of my main required features. I've had more difficult experiences with other platforms than with this one."
"It needs some software upgrades to fix some of its current bugs."
"Enhancements are required for backing up our virtual environment."
"This product should be more user-friendly for newcomers."
"We did not see any drawbacks to IBM Spectrum Protect before assisting a customer using Windows that wanted to migrate to using UNIX. IBM Spectrum Protect does not offer an option to migrate from other operating systems."
"The software is very complicated. You have to do a lot of configurations to build a server, and you would need to backup and restore."
"The most important feature which I wish to be added involves the GUI, the user interface."
"The product should improve its GUI. It should also support Windows clustering."
"The solution is expensive."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while IBM Storage Protect is ranked 43rd in Backup and Recovery with 2 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while IBM Storage Protect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Storage Protect writes "A stable enterprise solution for backup and restore". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Dell Avamar, whereas IBM Storage Protect is most compared with . See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. IBM Storage Protect report.
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