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Top Answer: The command-line interface is good. Top Answer: Technical support needs improvement. Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times. Top Answer: I am in charge of the storage and backup administration at my company. The primary use of this solution is backup and recovery. | Top Answer: The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector. Top Answer: The pricing is around $3,000 to $5,000. The charge additionally for support and to scale. Top Answer: I don't like this solution so much because it's very technical and compared to Commvault and Veeam, it's not so user-friendly. The interface needs improvement. It was sold to another company, I… more » |
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Views 1,180 Comparisons 936 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 388 Rating 6.0 | Views 4,615 Comparisons 2,743 Reviews 9 Average Words per Review 539 Rating 7.4 |
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Data Protector, OmniBack, HPE Data Protector | |
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Overview | |
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. | Built on a unified architecture that leverages analytics and automation, Micro Focus Data Protector delivers comprehensive data protection, real-time intelligence, and guided optimization to ensure simple, reliable, intelligent and cost-effective backup and recovery that is just as agile as your current and future IT environments. By standardizing the backup and recovery of information spread across locations, applications, formats, storage platforms, operating systems, and hypervisors, Data Protector provides assurance for mission critical information from the core to the edge, across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures.
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Sample Customers | |
Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber | GSK Vaccines, Repsol, Vodafone Group, Siemens AG, Medium Enterprise Transportation Services Company |
Top Industries | |
Computer Software Company49% Comms Service Provider11% Construction Company6% Manufacturing Company4% | Manufacturing Company15% Financial Services Firm11% Healthcare Company9% Retailer8% Computer Software Company43% Comms Service Provider22% Healthcare Company5% Media Company4% |
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No Data Available | Small Business17% Midsize Enterprise23% Large Enterprise60% |
IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 46th in Backup and Recovery Software with 3 reviews while Micro Focus Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery Software with 11 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 6.0, while Micro Focus Data Protector is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "A stable and scalable solution that reduces data domain risks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Micro Focus Data Protector writes "Great automation and very good data deduplication but lacks good reporting". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Micro Focus Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Azure Backup. See our IBM ProtectTIER vs. Micro Focus Data Protector report.
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