We performed a comparison between Azure Backup 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 easy to schedule backups."
"There is only one feature, and that is the backup."
"The scalability has been good."
"The hardware is always updated and it's saved us a lot of money."
"It is a stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution."
"Our client’s infrastructure is protected by the tool."
"The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"The MARS agent makes it easy to use."
"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."
"Data Protector is quite simple and easy to deploy. The deployment is always the same. It's on a server, and the agents are deployed to the machines in a straightforward way. We have two engineers who deploy and manage all our backup solutions."
"It is very easy to use and the interaction with various systems is very handy."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"The file system backup (by far, the most used) is the most valuable feature."
"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."
"The command-line interface is user-friendly and well documented in the reference guide."
"It's user-friendly and not overly complicated to configure."
"The support for Office365 backup is atrocious and is something that has to be improved."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"I would like to have the option to increase the frequency of the backups. Azure Backup does backups on an hourly basis, but I would prefer it to take backups more often."
"I once tried restoring a Linux environment, and the size of the Linux VM or the data disk was really huge. It took a really long time to restore the environment and send the data from the storage to the disk. It took around 25 to 30 minutes, which was much longer than I anticipated. They can improve the duration of such restore operations. In the next release, it would also be good if they could reduce the duration for transferring the data from their storage to the actual storage while creating a virtual machine. They can reduce the duration or increase the data transfer rate."
"Ransomware protection is missing in Azure Backup."
"It can be further improved by continuously meeting its compliance requirements."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"Virtualization."
"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."
"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."
"The Micro Focus Data Protector support is not as good as Veeam Backup & Replication's support."
"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."
"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."
"I don't like this solution so much because it's very technical and compared to Commvault and Veeam, it's not so user-friendly. The interface needs improvement."
"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."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention. See our Azure Backup vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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