We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Veritas Backup Exec 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."You can do restores very quickly. You can mount a drive and restore it right from the drive."
"The backup is very good. In other backup systems, you need a lot of storage to gain the same backup policy."
"Because of the flexible parameters, everything can be fine-tuned to the customers’ needs in their environment."
"Enterprise-wide type of architecture supports a lot of different platforms."
"The backup of Sybase databases is the most valuable feature in the existing environment. They have got the most documentation out there on the internet for its software protection. The documentation is excellent, and there are a lot of blogs, websites. Because it's still one of the oldest products out there for data protection, there are also lots of people who have a lot of experience in using this solution."
"We have better, faster backup times, and it has improved efficiency in the backups."
"Some of the people in our group, like our DBAs and non-technical people, can restore some stuff themselves via Spectrum Protect. That is how simple it is."
"We do not lose data. That is why we are using this product and have a backup in place."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The solution is stable."
"It could use single store. The ability to mark an archive from my backup for long-term retention."
"Restoring massive files is a very time-consuming process."
"Although I am not a technical user, I would say the cloud integration features could be improved."
"The software is complex; setup is complex."
"In terms of features, they've got it all covered. The features they have are quite good. The only downside to it is that it is for an enterprise or big organization. In my opinion, it is not for a small business."
"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."
"It might be seen as leaning towards the legacy side, missing some features of newer solutions. The main drawbacks would be its complexity and high pricing."
"Needs more support for non-mainstream databases, in particular PostgreSQL, SQL, and MySQL."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"Currently, the solution does not have the capability to restore a single mailbox, so you lose a lot of time having to restore for example ten mailboxes just to recover one."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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