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."IBM support is friendly, knowledgeable, and they always respond quickly. They've always been able to find the cause of my problem."
"I find the whole product useful. The backup archive client, snapshot, spectrum for virtual environments are beneficial features."
"Forever incremental - allows TSM to optimize storage needs."
"We've found the product to be quite stable and the performance is very good."
"The most valuable features of Spectrum Protect would be the compression and the deduplication."
"The licensing isn't very clear. They should work to simply or clarify the cost structure."
"One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product."
"We do not lose data. That is why we are using this product and have a backup in place."
"What I like the most about this solution is that I can change and access the Oracle backup file."
"Regarding scalability, it's unlimited with Data Protector. You can link multiple installations and let them work together. They can share backup devices. You have many possibilities with Data Protector. It's very proficient."
"Backup of SAP/Oracle -- they are more robust than the competition."
"It is a traditional backup model. If you talk about file server and the official Windows database, it's a stable product."
"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."
"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"Micro Focus Data Protector's most valuable feature is its interaction with the fiber share. It is easy to use, we use it to back up without any problem to VTLs, and can use the Fiber Channel that is still the TCP."
"It needs BMR (bare machine recovery) solutions for both Windows and Linux systems."
"High availability (HA) is a scalability challenge."
"It could use single store. The ability to mark an archive from my backup for long-term retention."
"In a future release, it would be a benefit to have the ability to add an application as a storage target, as a storage pool. Additionally, they should add more functionality to the administration for the Operation Center."
"They should introduce more features for virtualization platforms and backing up IBMs. Backup speeds should also be improved."
"If IBM could provide a partial module, that would be great."
"Getting technical support all the necessary diagnostic information is still very painful."
"Scalability is poor. As you get to bigger environments, this is where our gaps have been introduced. As we have grown over the past couple of years, the gaps have become more apparent."
"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."
"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."
"We face challenges with its stability."
"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."
"The online backups of Office 365 have room for improvement. This is now available for the Exchange Online part of Office 365, but we're still waiting for SharePoint Online, Teams, etc. We know that it's coming, but it takes time."
"It would be ideal if they could improve their level of support."
"People prefer Veeam because the interface is easier, and Data Protector is difficult in comparison."
"Virtualization."
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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