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."The MN backup for a cluster is most valuable because it has made backing up the GSF as a zero-file system easier. I like its stability a lot. Over the years, I very rarely had a problem with it."
"The solution is really scalable."
"Our customers have come to trust IBM."
"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."
"It allows us to have one interface."
"We can use it with any storage for the back-end to save data."
"Every time we go and try to get a file, we can get it. Restores are quick and the data is always there."
"Once setup, you do not need to touch it again. You just need to do a formal check on possibly batch updates."
"Data Protector's granular recovery features make it easy for us to create and restore backups in an understandable and user-friendly manner. With granular recovery, any database or even just a database table can be restored at will."
"It is very easy to use and the interaction with various systems is very handy."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."
"The initial setup was relatively easy."
"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."
"I like that Micro Focus keeps a separate catalog of our data."
"If you have an idea of what you are doing, it's very flexible and very stable."
"Our customers would like to see metadata replication, tearing to tape, and more cloud capabilities."
"They need to do a better job on Windows, because if you are running Windows, the scalability is more limited than AIX and Linux."
"We recently had a situation where we quickly got code, and the number of tapes exceeded the library capacity so we were waiting a while to change. We got a fix for this right away."
"Although I am not a technical user, I would say the cloud integration features could be improved."
"IBM Spectrum Protect is not a very user-friendly tool."
"It needs better connectivity with other non-IBM application hardware and non-IBM platforms."
"Ease of use."
"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."
"Micro Focus are improving Data Protector with every new version and since we began undergoing training with the latest version we have not faced any real challenges yet. However, their support does need to be improved, in my opinion. In certain critical cases that we've had, they did not provide a satisfactory level of support."
"Microfocus needs to build a partnership with other vendors in addition to HPE as far as cloud consolidation of backups."
"I do not think that this solution is relevant in the current IT market. They have not upgraded their features and functionalities which makes it difficult for them to remain competitive."
"Other tools seem to be easier to use."
"The solution is not intuitive enough. I think they should work on the user experience and the graphical interface. These can be a lot better."
"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."
"Faster VEAgent Restores"
"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."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 18 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 14 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Works with a multitude of platforms and databases, not limited to Windows or Linux and enterprise-class, reliable, and fast". 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 Digital Guardian. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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