We performed a comparison between Barracuda Intronis Backup and IBM ProtectTIER based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."Most important is its ease of use. You plug it in, follow the steps, and you have your backup file."
"The most valuable feature is unlimited data storage on the cloud. Even if the employee has left the company for a few years, the backup will still be maintained."
"We perform backup drills to test the functionality, and we don't have any problems."
"The cloud side of it is nice. Everything happens behind the scenes without you realizing it, which is nice. It doesn't interrupt usage. There is also the freedom and ease of use of the cloud portal, which you can use to manage your backup. One of the strong points of Barracuda is that you can go from zero to having your first backup running within 10 minutes. If you have access to admin accounts and everything else, it can happen in 10 minutes. The ability to go in and just restore a particular file without having to do a full restore is also very useful. You can just go in and pick the files that you need to restore, and the same is with email. You can just go in, find an email, and restore that email without having to do a full backup of all the data or a full restore of the data. I feel very safe because it is not just about the backup; it is about the protection of the data from outside threats. They have a lot of areas of ATP, that is, advanced threat protection. You don't see that much on the backup side. You see it more on the email side. In the email protection, you know it is there at the back. It moves the quarantine emails that come through into a sandbox area, and then you can choose in the sandbox. You can open up an email in the sandbox to make sure that if there is a virus, it can't harm you. You can also plan how often your backups run, such as every six hours or four hours. It is the same with email. They also have a great PhishLine package, which is phishing attack training. You can have the strongest and the best backup and security that you can, but the end user is always the weakest link. They send almost like testing emails to end users to help them identify and understand phishing emails and prevent user or phishing attacks. It is a very good package."
"The most valuable feature is the speed of backup, which is very good compared to other solutions."
"It's a one-stop shop, meaning we just program and schedule the backups, decide what is being backed up, and then it automatically replicates and deduplicates."
"The main feature we like about Barracuda is that we can map devices directly to the cloud. It operates as a security device to run a backup of the cloud in case one of our physical machines goes down."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication that analyzes data to identify duplicate patterns and granular restore."
"The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete."
"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"The solution is highly stable."
"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 command-line interface is good."
"It is not always stable."
"The tool is not user-friendly. The solution should also improve its compatibility. It is also not license-based."
"Its speed can be a bit improved, and of course, its pricing can go a lot cheaper."
"We cannot backup Sun Micro systems. They are not currently supported."
"Setting up Barracuda Backup is straightforward."
"I would like to see the Live Boot feature extended to Hyper-V machines, in addition to VMware machines."
"The web interface needs to contain a more up-to-date view of the hardware."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications."
"The backup for a large amount of data is slow."
"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."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."
Barracuda Intronis Backup is ranked 10th in Deduplication Software with 24 reviews while IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 11th in Deduplication Software with 7 reviews. Barracuda Intronis Backup is rated 8.4, while IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda Intronis Backup writes "Finding data to restore is much easier than rummaging through tapes to find backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization ". Barracuda Intronis Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Azure Backup, whereas IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), HPE StoreOnce, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Rubrik and DD Boost.
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