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Avdhesh Garg
Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization
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  • "This solution is very expensive."
  • "IBM ProtectTIER is an expensive solution."
  • "The customer can decide how they want to purchase a license. However, the price of the solution is expensive."
  • "We have a capacity-based license, which is managed centrally for all the sites of my company."

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    What do you like most about IBM ProtectTIER?
    Top Answer:The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM ProtectTIER?
    Top Answer:We have a capacity-based license, which is managed centrally for all the sites in my company. I'm managing one of the centers, and there are multiple small sites as well. Everything is managed… more »
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    What needs improvement with IBM ProtectTIER?
    Top Answer:The backup for a large amount of data is slow. When there's a large amount of data, sometimes the backup isn't completed in time. I have a 24 hour cycle, so it doesn't get completed in 24 hours with… more »
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    Ranking
    Unranked
    In Backup and Recovery
    43rd
    out of 133 in Backup and Recovery
    Views
    245
    Comparisons
    213
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    639
    Rating
    8.0
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    Also Known As
    Virtual Tape Library
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    Overview
    FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is the industry's market-leading virtual tape solution, unmatched in performance and scalability. With virtual tape, backups complete faster and more reliably, with little or no change needed to the backup environment.

    IBM TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway is designed to meet the disk-based data protection needs of the enterprise data center while enabling significant infrastructure cost reductions. The solution offers industry-leading inline deduplication performance and scalability up to 1 petabyte (PB) of physical storage capacity per system, and can provide up to 25 PB or more backup storage capacity. Combined with IBM or third-party storage, TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway provides a powerful disk-based repository to improve the performance, retention and availability of backup and archive data in a small footprint for energy and cost efficiency.

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    Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber
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    Financial Services Firm24%
    Computer Software Company22%
    Wholesaler/Distributor7%
    Government7%
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    FalconStor Virtual Tape Library [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery while IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 43rd in Backup and Recovery with 7 reviews. FalconStor Virtual Tape Library [EOL] is rated 0.0, while IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.2. 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 ". FalconStor Virtual Tape Library [EOL] is most compared with , 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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