IBM ProtectTIER vs. NetApp FAS Series

IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 8th in Deduplication Software with 1 review vs NetApp FAS Series which is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 20 reviews. The top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "An excellent product because everyone has less time to pick up the backup". The top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Double-parity RAID guarantees that our data stays intact". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with EMC Data Domain, HPE StoreOnce and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. NetApp FAS Series is most compared with EMC Isilon, IBM Storwize and HPE StorageWorks MSA.

IBM ProtectTIER

NetApp FAS Series

IBM ProtectTIER

Read 1 IBM ProtectTIER review.

1,219 views|789 comparisons

NetApp FAS Series

Read 20 NetApp FAS Series reviews.

18,409 views|9,072 comparisons

Most Helpful Review

Tamas Panda

Project Manager at a tech services company

An excellent product because everyone has less time to pick up the backup

This product for excellent and quick backup solution in small and large IBM I Series environment. Completed all the 70 No's LPAR backup without any... Read more »

Henry

Team Lead at Tata Consultancy Services

FAS8040: Powerful, high availability, easy to use. But I have concerns about the company's future.

Home directory access & Innovative clinical data and IT storage solutions from NetApp to share patient data across the continuum of care.... Read more »

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The scalability is pretty good, but it's too expensive.The price, compared to competitors, is quite high.Cost effective storage for all performance levels (including all-flash).The only area that could be improved is to lower prices for their All Flash FAS.The price it not low, but comparing features to other vendors, the price can be balanced.There are products available in market with comparatively lower costs.Most storage vendors also have software, or licensing bundles, which may offer the required licenses considerably cheaper, but do also maybe offer licenses, which are not needed.The process for going to cluster mode is expensive.

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8th out of 19 in Deduplication Software Views 1,219 Comparisons 789 Reviews 1 Followers 227 Avg. Rating 10.0	1st out of 19 in Deduplication Software Views 18,409 Comparisons 9,072 Reviews 21 Followers 609 Avg. Rating 9.0
Top Comparisons
EMC Data Domain vs. IBM ProtectTIER Compared 68% of the time. HPE StoreOnce vs. IBM ProtectTIER Compared 12% of the time. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. IBM ProtectTIER Compared 10% of the time. See more IBM ProtectTIER competitors » + Add more products to compare	EMC Isilon vs. NetApp FAS Series Compared 23% of the time. IBM Storwize vs. NetApp FAS Series Compared 13% of the time. HPE StorageWorks MSA vs. NetApp FAS Series Compared 8% of the time. See more NetApp FAS Series competitors » + Add more products to compare
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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.	NetApp FAS Series offers powerful, affordable, flexible data storage for midsized businesses and distributed enterprises. NetApp FAS Series, named a 'Champion' and 'Best in Overall Value' by Info-Tech Research Group, is affordable, and is a more powerful storage platform than other systems in its class.
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Sample Customers
Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber	Children's Hospital Central California, Plex Systems, PDF PNI Digital Media, Denver Broncos, PDF KSM Legal, Clayton Companies, Virginia Community College
Top Industries
No Data Available	REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm26% Healthcare Company16% Energy/Utilities Company10% University6% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Comms Service Provider13% Financial Services Firm12% Healthcare Company10% Aerospace/Defense Firm8%
Company Size
No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business16% Midsize Enterprise27% Large Enterprise57% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business15% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise69%

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