IBM ProtectTIER vs. Microsoft DPM Comparison

IBM ProtectTIER

Microsoft DPM

IBM ProtectTIER

Read 3 IBM ProtectTIER reviews.

1,180 views|936 comparisons

Microsoft DPM

Read 8 Microsoft DPM reviews.

4,454 views|3,310 comparisons

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William Mugobogobo

Head of ICT Infrastructure & Security at a tech services company

Good compatibility and the automated procedure works well, but the management reporting needs improvement

The whole idea for doing a backup is to be able to fully recover and restore, and some of the options are quite good for us. We have been happy... Read more »

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Pros
"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data.""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." More IBM ProtectTIER Pros »	"The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good.""The most valuable feature is the recovery.""Its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to.""The solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market.""It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor.""The initial setup is quite straightforward.""The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched.""The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require." More Microsoft DPM Pros »
Cons
"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.""Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times." More IBM ProtectTIER Cons »	"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects.""We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem.""The user friendliness could be improved.""There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM.""Compatibility and integration with other products needs improvement.""The user interface can be improved quite a bit.""Additional Hyper-V knowledge would be great.""Management reporting could be improved." More Microsoft DPM Cons »

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Questions from the Community
What do you like most about IBM ProtectTIER? Top Answer: The command-line interface is good. Read all 3 answers What needs improvement with IBM ProtectTIER? Top Answer: Technical support needs improvement. Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times. Read all 3 answers What is your primary use case for IBM ProtectTIER? 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. Read all 2 answers	Ask a question Earn 20 points
Ranking
46th out of 73 in Backup and Recovery Software Views 1,180 Comparisons 936 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 388 Rating 6.0	25th out of 73 in Backup and Recovery Software Views 4,454 Comparisons 3,310 Reviews 8 Average Words per Review 530 Rating 7.4
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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.
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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
Top Industries
VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company47% Comms Service Provider12% Construction Company7% Manufacturing Company4%	VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company30% Comms Service Provider19% Government7% Educational Organization6%
Company Size
No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business42% Midsize Enterprise33% Large Enterprise25%

IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 46th in Backup and Recovery Software with 3 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery Software with 8 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 6.0, while Microsoft DPM 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 Microsoft DPM writes "Good recovery functionality, however lacks an online community and is not a turn-key solution". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault, Veeam Agent for Linux, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our IBM ProtectTIER vs. Microsoft DPM report.

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