We performed a comparison between OpenText Data Protector and Rubrik 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."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."
"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 solution is easy to use."
"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."
"The normal file system backup is easy to manage, and our success rate is quite high."
"Data Protector's GUI is the most useful feature."
"If you have an idea of what you are doing, it's very flexible and very stable."
"Performs the backup properly and protects our data."
"Disk mount that lets a restore happen immediately, no need to re-hydrate."
"Live Mount is where we do the majority of our big recoveries, unless it is a file recovery. A file recovery takes a few minutes to restore to where the file in the event a file was accidentally deleted by a user, etc. There has been at least a 90 percent reduction in recovery time based on our previous solution, from the need to recover something to when it's actually recovered went from hours to minutes."
"We have a great success rate for backups with Rubrik and because of the ease of automating tasks, we also run periodical restores to check the quality of the backups."
"The management and ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature has been the Live Mount feature."
"The most valuable feature of Rubrik for me is its user-friendliness and efficiency."
"We do like the instant recovery... Now, we say, "Okay, give me 15 seconds and I can get this back up for you." And within that 15 seconds it's on and the only thing that we have to do afterwards is vMotion it off of the Rubrik storage back to where it should rest."
"The tech support is extremely helpful."
"They should design the solution so that it is much easier for deployment and make the UI easy to use."
"We face challenges with its stability."
"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."
"In SAP restoration, we faced issues with changing the SIDs and changing the path for every backup object. It is quite a lengthy process to do that."
"The new backup systems are using new mechanisms for the recovery phases; for example, VM, recovery and testing the backup before recovering it. These features are not available in Data Protector."
"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."
"Faster VEAgent Restores"
"It has a lot of undeveloped functions like window searching and patent searching, and within the main backup processes like VMware and Microsoft Exchange. It's completely not user-friendly, and it has no built-in antivirus software. In my opinion, Micro Focus Data Protector is not an enterprise level solution."
"We have some challenges with the solution's reporting because historical reports have some limitations."
"With multiple Rubrik clusters setup in an environment, it becomes painfully obvious that this product needs a central management console."
"Looking at how the data is broken down, we can see the total story, but sometimes it's difficult to see how big a particular snapshot is. Across 90 days of snapshots, which one is a particularly large one? Looking at the data holistically could be a lot easier."
"Two areas I would like to see improvement in Rubrik are pricing and localization."
"It is an expensive product."
"There are some corner cases where the Rubrik Connector (Agent) still doesn't work for our clients."
"It needs more storage array integration options and an easier restore for files that download using a browser."
"It does not offer image-level backups for Hyper-V 2012."
OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 82 reviews. OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Carbonite Server, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our OpenText Data Protector vs. Rubrik report.
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