We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect 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."It's a very stable product, and we've never had any downtime with it."
"It seems very scalable and robust. It can do what we require it to do."
"The scalability of IBM Spectrum Protect is good."
"It scales well. We have grown here in the last year or two, and it has been relatively easy."
"It allows us to have one interface."
"The business value comes from the capability to overcome data losses."
"The most valuable features are the stability and also how it's seamlessly integrated with other IBM offerings."
"We like IBM Spectrum's versioning capabilities. It lets us specify how many versions of a file we want to keep and for how long. Also, the archive component of the software helps us a lot."
"Ability to automatically detect and secure new data sources without requiring manual configuration intervention."
"Performs the backup properly and protects our data."
"What we find most valuable in Micro Focus Data Protector is that it provides Japanese data protection, for example, it protects information such as the full Japanese name, address, etc."
"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"It is very easy to use and the interaction with various systems is very handy."
"The feature that was most valuable was that we could restore one mailbox and we could do different backups for different databases."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"The software is complex; setup is complex."
"I find the Level 1 and Level 2 support spend 80% of the time communicating the same information that I have already provided."
"Customers have migrated off of it because of its lack of virtual environment functions."
"For Spectrum Protect Plus, I would like to see more enhanced reporting features and integration with Spectrum Protect."
"For the database side, it does not have object level recovery."
"RTO is a huge gap for us. If we had a disaster scenario and had to recover a bunch of stuff from tape, the RTO would be too long for us."
"Probably educating the virtual group who are not as used to the product. Most of our expertise is with AIX servers and virtual server backups."
"Getting technical support all the necessary diagnostic information is still very painful."
"Many of our users complain about the GUI. You still need to rely on the command line interface. Because it originated as a Unix system, Data Protector is still a command line-driven solution, which makes it seem rather dated compared to systems that are built around a GUI from day one. It doesn't affect the functionality, but some people don't find it user-friendly."
"Micro Focus Data Protector must improve its overall evolution record. They need to focus on hardware based instant recovery, client recovery, and cloud ability. Now there is no cloud ability."
"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."
"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."
"The downside of the flexibility on offer is if you over-configure it, it may fail to function as some configurations may not match."
"In general, you can say that Micro Focus Data Protector is behind in capabilities when compared with other backup solutions, such as Commvault, Symantec, NetBackup, but it is very strong for certain use cases such as array integration. We are using it in production even now. There should be some kind of cloud integration and archiving solutions. I think this is the area they need to focus on."
"It can occasionally be inaccurate in its backup/recovery time estimates."
"The interface has been the same for many years and needs to be updated"
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. 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 OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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