We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Microsoft DPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The MN backup for a cluster is most valuable because it has made backing up the GSF as a zero-file system easier. I like its stability a lot. Over the years, I very rarely had a problem with it."
"We can freeze and start databases for consistent backups."
"Scalability, performance, mass platform coverage. It's one of the few backup products on the market right now which an organization can bring in and it will serve all of their backup needs. It's a completely centralized solution."
"It has a lot more capabilities and functions than a lot of other products. Even though it is more complex, the reason is because it gives you a lot more features. This is what I prefer, especially for a long retention."
"The solution can back up every kind of workload in the environment."
"It is more efficient than most traditional backup solutions."
"The technical support for Spectrum Protect is very mature. It is very committed to giving a top-notch support experience."
"Disk-based implementation of a data protection solution for multiple sites is a better fit for my complex data protection needs."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"I could back up all the stuff we had, even the VMs we have for Hyper V."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"The solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market."
"It is almost perfect for Microsoft products. It is not a very powerful tool, but it is okay for small sites and small businesses with Microsoft products. It is easy to use for backup and restore. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers such as Exchange and SharePoint servers."
"The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require."
"I like the core backup feature. I also like the file server backup feature. I find Microsoft DPM interesting because it has fantastic integration with Microsoft products. For example, in Exchange and SharePoint, DPM is excellent when it comes to backing up data. It also does a decent job with open-source products."
"We would like to see capabilities of long-term archiving and more support for hardware platforms."
"In the next version of the solution, I would like to see cloud support."
"The Hyper-V and SQL Server backup could be improved. In the 2016 version there was a significant improvement, but I think IBM has a big challenge with these technologies."
"We recently had a situation where we quickly got code, and the number of tapes exceeded the library capacity so we were waiting a while to change. We got a fix for this right away."
"In a future release, it would be a benefit to have the ability to add an application as a storage target, as a storage pool. Additionally, they should add more functionality to the administration for the Operation Center."
"Integration with some applications in the healthcare field could be added, as that is a big part of our business."
"This product should be more user-friendly for newcomers."
"It lacks reporting and an efficient alert mechanism. The GUI could also be improved."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
"Additional Hyper-V knowledge would be great."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
"Compatibility and integration with other products needs improvement."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"The user interface can be improved quite a bit."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Commvault Cloud. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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