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 is very stable. A plus is to use POWERAge for the SNR copy of the Spectrum Protect, then it is more reliable."
"The most valuable feature for data recovery in IBM Spectrum Protect is its database protection capabilities."
"One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product."
"We cannot live without it, since it gives us the confidence to move forward."
"Spectrum Protect's best feature is that I can use it practically anywhere, on any platform, and for any servers or clients."
"Good deduplication and compression features."
"High availability (HA): It is one of the best features."
"Our customers have come to trust IBM."
"Data Protector's GUI is the most useful feature."
"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."
"I have used Micro Focus Data Protector for the file backup facilities. My primary use of the software is to backup file data."
"It is very easy to use and the interaction with various systems is very handy."
"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."
"I like that it supports HPE UNIX servers since many backup solutions do not - this is the main reason why we chose this solution."
"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."
"Data Protector is very good at automation. From the time of the backup, verification, and copy to tape, it is very good. I don't need to touch it, it will do it by itself."
"Perhaps some better documentation, which I believe was better in the past."
"I find the Level 1 and Level 2 support spend 80% of the time communicating the same information that I have already provided."
"There have been some sizing issues now, and we are dealing with those."
"The deduplication must be perfect, and thus should be improved."
"We are not so happy with the technical support because dealing with them is not easy. We have a very complicated environment, therefore I understand for a support person that it is not easy to troubleshoot it."
"IBM's support hasn't been so good in the last few years."
"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 interface could be more user-friendly."
"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."
"The scheduler setup could be better. We are facing some issues scheduling the job based on our requirements."
"It's very expensive compared to Veeam and other similar solutions."
"This solution is not scalable."
"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."
"We face challenges with its stability."
"The interface has been the same for many years and needs to be updated"
"The Micro Focus Data Protector support is not as good as Veeam Backup & Replication's support."
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 Digital Guardian. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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