IBM ProtectTIER vs. Zerto Comparison

IBM ProtectTIER

Zerto

IBM ProtectTIER

Read 3 IBM ProtectTIER reviews.

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Zerto

Read 32 Zerto reviews.

19,654 views|12,740 comparisons

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David Riberdy

Enterprise Data Management Supervisor at Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company

Instead of one mass disaster recovery exercise, we're easily able to perform up to 12 in the year

The big thing for us was our disaster recovery. At that point, we were only able to do a disaster recovery test once a year. Now, we officially do... 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 »	"It has enabled DR protection for virtual appliances with minimal administrator time.""The ability to fully test your entire environment without actually performing a failover is invaluable.""Implementing this solution has given us sandboxing and the ability to move VMs.""We now have the ability to replicate critical data to a secure, off-site location that can be brought back in seconds if needed.""The ability to have a RPO of seconds has enabled us to restore data to just before an incident has occurred, which certainly saves a lot of time and money.""The ability to perform DR testing to ensure data integrity is critical.""I really like how you can test the failover as often as you need.""The ease of failover and test environments has proven invaluable." More Zerto 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 »	"It would be helpful if the reports can be generated periodically, on a schedule.""There needs to be more flexibility in the licensing.""The backup functions are in need of improvement.""The email alerts can be excessive, so better control over frequency or resolution may be a worthwhile improvement.""We have had issues with licensing, where the license we've been given by Zerto support doesn't include VSS replication, which was a pain at the time.""Increased granularity in how long to keep the journal would be nice.""I think Zerto could do better with size planning because it would be nice to analyze a server for a week and give an estimate on sizing the Journal.""I would like to see better notifications when the sync is off for an extended length of time." More Zerto Cons »

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is very expensive."

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"The solution is very cost-effective and very easy to set-up but does not compromise on features.""While we find the twenty-five VM license somewhat inflexible, the actual setup costs are minimal as the product is so easy to install.""You are getting what you pay for, as this is a solution that requires minimal management after it is configured.""We found that in an event that was massive enough to cause an entire cluster to go offline we would be happy with our core services up and running.""The cost is not dirt cheap but also is not terrible.""The cost per VM is a bit high.""You need to figure out how many critical servers and applications you have in your environment so you will know how many Zerto licenses to buy.""Zerto is not cheap but is an invaluable asset."

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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	What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard? Top Answer: Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1 =… more » Read all 10 answers What do you like most about Zerto? Top Answer: The mobile application is very useful as a real-time monitoring, reporting tool. When asked the status of our machine backup and recovery ability, an easy answer is to display the status on the… more » Read all 16 answers What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto? Top Answer: Work with your local representative on running a live test to see if the solution fulfills your needs. Read all 13 answers
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	3rd out of 73 in Backup and Recovery Software Views 19,654 Comparisons 12,740 Reviews 28 Average Words per Review 1,152 Rating 9.3
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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.	Zerto helps customers accelerate IT transformation by eliminating the risk and complexity of modernization and cloud adoption. By replacing multiple legacy solutions with a single IT Resilience Platform, Zerto is changing the way disaster recovery, backup and cloud are managed. At enterprise scale, Zerto’s software platform delivers continuous availability for an always-on customer experience while simplifying workload mobility to protect, recover and move applications freely across hybrid and multi-clouds. Zerto is trusted by over 6,000 customers globally and is powering resiliency offerings for Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, AWS, SunGard AS and more than 350 cloud services providers.
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Sample Customers
Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber	Tencate, Spirit Airlines, Woodforest National Bank, UW Health
Top Industries
VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company47% Comms Service Provider12% Construction Company7% Manufacturing Company4%	REVIEWERS Healthcare Company14% Insurance Company12% University10% Manufacturing Company8% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company36% Comms Service Provider13% Media Company5% Manufacturing Company4%
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No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business26% Midsize Enterprise28% Large Enterprise46% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business6% Midsize Enterprise51% Large Enterprise43%

IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 46th in Backup and Recovery Software with 3 reviews while Zerto is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery Software with 32 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 6.0, while Zerto is rated 9.4. 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 Zerto writes "Instead of one mass disaster recovery exercise, we're easily able to perform up to 12 in the year". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Zerto is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, VMware SRM, Commvault, Rubrik and Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines. See our IBM ProtectTIER vs. Zerto report.

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