Compare IBM ProtectTIER vs. Rubrik
IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 37th in Backup and Recovery Software with 3 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 2nd in Backup and Recovery Software with 24 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.4, while Rubrik is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "An excellent product because everyone has less time to pick up the backup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Takes the load off vSphere or any of our ESXi hosts and makes things just a dream to manage". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with EMC Data Domain, HPE StoreOnce and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Cohesity, Veeam Backup & Replication and Commvault. See our IBM ProtectTIER vs. Rubrik report.
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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. | The Live Mount is one of the most valuable features Rubrik has. It gives me an opportunity to run DR testing. For any patching or DR testing that I need to do, I'm able to run it as if it were my production system but, in reality, it's just a copy of my production system. The fact that the API is so available to us with the playground — there's an internal and public playground — is also valuable. We can write API calls — and although I'm sure there's a way we could hurt the data — we write those calls with a lot of certainty that we won't be destroying anything. We write these API calls using really easy mechanisms and generate automation a lot faster. Also, the web interface is really great. The design, from a user-experience standpoint, is really straightforward and easy to use... they nailed it. Usually, from the very first panel, the dashboard that you land on after login, you've got most of your functionality right around where you need it to be. You've got your new items on the left, you've got your support on the top right. Nothing really seems out of place or just stuck in someplace. The tech support is extremely helpful. The live mounting and compatibility of different operating systems is great. Rubrik can also serve as a secondary host for emergency recoveries. Features we have requested are typically added to the next product release. Product support team is excellent, with issues typically being resolved on the same day. |
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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. | [A] feature that the product can improve on is being able to restore Active Directory at a more granular level. For example, it would be good if we could restore actual memberships for users instead of the entire server. I have a personal want which might not necessarily make sense with Rubrik as a company or Rubrik as a software, but it'd be really nice if they could also handle things like item-level backups and restores of Active Directory objects and DNS and DCP objects. Its cost is high. I would like to have a built-in index searching ability of files/system files within the Rubrik interface to determine if a file or item exists, rather than just recovering it, and then doing a search for the file afterwards. Global management of multiple systems is lacking, as is reporting across multiple installed units. Improving PowerShell integration would greatly simplify Rubrik management. A singular system is needed to manage all of the clusters. It is an expensive product. |
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This solution is very expensive. | It is a great value, but its cost is still a bit high. The product is not cheap, but for good reason. It simply works and is very fast. Rubrik is not cheap. Hopefully, you can archive your data on cheap storage to keep the investment minimal. The cost was less than our previous provider, and this is a much better product. Rubrik is an all inclusive price. No additional implementation costs or licencing. The setup cost is a bit high, but the solution is an all-in-one solution. |
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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. | Rubrik provides the industry's first Converged Data Management platform with the Rubrik r300 Series Hybrid Cloud Appliance, fusing enterprise-class data management with web-scale IT. Organizations use Rubrik to deliver live data access to recover from failures and accelerate application development. Our team has helped build products such as Google File System, Google Search, YouTube, Facebook Data Infrastructure, VMware Virtualization, Data Domain File System, and Amazon Infrastructure. |
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| Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber | Driscoll's, Red Hawk Casino, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Wabash National, Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Galliker Transport & Logistics |
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No Data Available | Comms Service Provider14% Legal Firm14% Healthcare Company14% University14% Software R&D Company23% Comms Service Provider8% Healthcare Company7% Insurance Company7% |
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No Data Available | Small Business19% Midsize Enterprise28% Large Enterprise53% Small Business10% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise76% |
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