We performed a comparison between IBM ProtectTIER and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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."The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"In terms of stability, I've found it to be very stable. I've walked into the server room when it was at 60 degrees Celcius, and it was still running fine."
"The solution is highly stable."
"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."
"The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete."
"The command-line interface is good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"The tool has enough documentation; you don't need to contact the support team."
"The most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."
"The API is very good."
"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 solution is scalable."
"If the system were to go down, we needed to make sure that the system could be recovered and available as soon as possible. Spectrum Protect provides you access to directly bind the backup volume to the server and make the system available instead of restoring it and copying the system."
"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."
"I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
"The backup for a large amount of data is slow."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."
"You end up needing to do a lot of troubleshooting to get things to work effectively."
"Their first level of support can be improved. Often they are too junior to understand the issues we are having, and it takes too much time to get from them to the next level of support, which is what we actually need."
"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."
"The software's technical support could improve its response time for different time zones."
"The replication feature is not available."
"The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved."
"The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve security."
IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 7 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.2, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization ". 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 ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), HPE StoreOnce, DD Boost and Rubrik, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365. See our IBM ProtectTIER vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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