We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users are split on which solution is best. Both perform well and function appropriately. Spectrum Protect is mature, stable, and robust. Spectrum Protect Plus is moving toward a next-generation product that offers more flexibility, improved features, better scalability, and ultimately provides more of what enterprise organizations desire for the future.
"You can do restores very quickly. You can mount a drive and restore it right from the drive."
"Regarding technical support, if one has the entire enterprise support, I would rate it a nine out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten."
"We have been using it for several years, and it is quite reliable and predictable. We are quite comfortable with this solution. They're coming up with new features as well. It has good scalability, and it provides good integrations with business-critical applications or databases, such as SAP HANA. It works as expected, and we don't see any issues."
"Good user interface."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the centralized enterprise backup."
"The tool proves invaluable in scenarios where systems need recovery, such as restoring damaged data."
"IBM Spectrum Protect is a scalable solution."
"It integrates well with Spectrum Scale."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its ease of use. Additionally, it does backups of all of the things we need, such as OS, files, and databases."
"The solution's stability is high because it is derived from Spectrum Protect."
"The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is the deduplication functionality. The clients moved to this solution originally because of this feature."
"This is a multi-platform backup solution where you can take a backup from AIX, Windows, or Linux servers and restore from CD, disk, or tape."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."
"The solution is scalable."
"It should have the ability to break down the data that's being backed up. It should have better reporting."
"Integration with Windows environments needs improvement. It should be more "assisted", both at the application and database level. It remains a product that fits better in Unix/Linux environments than in Windows environments, given its configuration procedures."
"Ease of use."
"IBM Spectrum Protect could be improved by making the installation easier. Once it's implemented, it's okay. IBM started lagging behind when things started moving to storage and cloud-based solutions. Even though they've recently released updates that give cloud-based protection, personally, I still believe they are not up to par with the likes of Rubrik. The entire product is a little bit clumsy because they have co-joined two different products, so it's complex. Even from a sales/explaining to people what it does point of view, it's complex. Whereas, if you take more current products, it's a single box solution. You reel it in, you fire it up, you do a couple of points and clicks, and off you go, whereas the IBM system is seriously complex. There's a lot of training involved and it's a massively difficult product to sell at this point in time."
"There have been some sizing issues now, and we are dealing with those."
"We should be talking about the capacity of the tape drives. That's the only problem."
"The solution's initial setup process wasn't easy...The solution is overly complicated in terms of architecture, especially compared to other tools in the market."
"I would love to see something which allows us to do an auto restart of backup jobs."
"It still needs to grow and add new features. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, I believe, requires time to become competitive due to a weakness in the other software products."
"You end up needing to do a lot of troubleshooting to get things to work effectively."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve security."
"It requires much more automation features."
"An area that needs improvement is data validation. We currently use another product that gives us immediate validation, information about when the last backup was, and no risk of corruption happening. TSM in IBM Spectrum is not mature so that you can validate on the spot."
"The tool needs to increase the number of threats."
"In the future, I would like to see support for global deduplication."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve by adding SAP Rena."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. 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 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Rubrik, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup, Veritas NetBackup and Rubrik. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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