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We performed a comparison between CA 1 Tape Management and Dell Storage Resource Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The solution is stable.""With this product, it all becomes automatic: locating the data, backing up the data, restoring the data. We can automate all that with it.""It has become easy to backup and archive all our system data and financial data. It helps us mainly in managing the backup of our databases, and it is easy to retrieve that data and find it in a secure place.""package that manages all of your tapes. Create/write/catalog, retention, delete. There are queries and reports, which are needed to know when/where/length keeping, etc., in order to track them or find out current status.""The tapes are mounted automatically. You can read a tape automatically without waiting for someone to insert it."

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"It's all about ease of use and reliability.""The partitions function well for backup storage.""It has many features and capabilities such as local protection and global protection.""It is easy to control the storage."

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Cons
"When we want to interface the CA 1 product with other vendors, IBM or others, it is difficult to interface it with them, because you need some exits, you need to compile some assemblers.""The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well.""The solution's cost needs improvement."

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"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved.""Technical support is inadequate.""When it was deployed, it was challenging to manage.""Technical support needs improvement, as well as the engineering resources, who do the upgrades."

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  • "There are no licensing costs for this product."
  • "The solution is mid-priced."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution is stable.
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing could be better.
    Top Answer:Because of the license costs, we selected the software bundle price with the storage boxes, so most of the software costs are bundled. So, there are no defined manager prices.
    Top Answer:It needs to be segregated if you compare the EMC storage with HP and IBM. We have to identify the reliability of the fiber channel ports. If this can be improved, it will be better for the end-user… more »
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    7th
    out of 27 in Storage Management
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    412
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    252
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    1
    Average Words per Review
    167
    Rating
    10.0
    5th
    out of 27 in Storage Management
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    514
    Comparisons
    313
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    468
    Rating
    7.0
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    Also Known As
    BrightStor Tape Management
    Dell EMC SRM, Dell EMC ViPR SRM, ViPR SRM, EMC ControlCenter, ECC, EMC ProSphere
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    Overview

    CA 1 Tape Management (CA 1) is designed to simplify and unify the management and protection of z/OS tape data sets and volumes. It automates day-to-day z/OS tape management tasks to save your organization time and money. It enables a higher level of integrity for tape data while providing comprehensive protection against the inadvertent destruction of tape files. CA 1 helps you maintain data integrity, providing tools to continually check your data and prevent overwriting. To give you greater control, a Web-based Graphical Management Interface streams detailed tape volume information and provides a common platform for more efficient management practices.

    ViPR SRM is a software solution that provides multi-vendor capacity, performance, and configuration dashboards and reports for traditional and software-defined storage resources.

    Sample Customers
    TravelPort, AlphaServe, Rogers Communication
    HNTB Corporation
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Insurance Company23%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government11%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise77%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise63%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    CA 1 Tape Management is ranked 7th in Storage Management with 6 reviews while Dell Storage Resource Manager is ranked 5th in Storage Management with 8 reviews. CA 1 Tape Management is rated 9.6, while Dell Storage Resource Manager is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of CA 1 Tape Management writes "An easy-to-use solution with good technical support services". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Storage Resource Manager writes "Great features that allow for supervision of storage, management of users and driver-related updates". CA 1 Tape Management is most compared with CA TLMS Tape Management (CA TLMS), CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement, CA Vtape Virtual Tape System (CA Vtape) and IBM Spectrum Control, whereas Dell Storage Resource Manager is most compared with IBM SAN Volume Control, NetApp OnCommand Insight and NetApp OnCommand.

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