IBM ProtectTIER vs. Microsoft DPM Comparison

Pros
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 most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data. Read more »	The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good. Read more »
Cons
The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage.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. Read more »	The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects. Read more »

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37th out of 75 in Backup and Recovery Software Views 1,237 Comparisons 933 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 577 Avg. Rating 7.0	33rd out of 75 in Backup and Recovery Software Views 5,347 Comparisons 4,390 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 216 Avg. Rating 8.0
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Also Known As
	DPM, Data Protection Manager
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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.	Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup system. Using DPM you can backup (copy) data from a source location to a target secondary location. If original data is unavailable because of planned or unexpected issues, you can restore data from the secondary location. Using DPM you can back up application data from Microsoft servers and workloads, and file data from servers and client computers. You can create full backups, incremental backups, differential backups, and bare-metal backups to completely restore a system.
Offer
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Sample Customers
Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber	Medical Park, Centropol Energy, a.s., NCFE, D & H Distributing, Metalor, Colosseum, a.s., Sanitas S.A., Icebreaker

Pricing and Cost Advice
This solution is very expensive. Read more »	Information Not Available

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