We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The ability to do dedupe in the product is nice to have."
"We apply the new dedupe and compression technology, using maintenance and time to give more time for the backup window and less time for the overhead related to the daily housekeeping."
"The software-defined ability to do data reduction through deduplication and compression, as well as being able to replicate data to a cloud container."
"It covers all the different operating systems. If you need backup, it can pretty much do everything."
"Good deduplication and compression features."
"We have been using it for several years, and it is quite reliable and predictable. We are quite comfortable with this solution. They're coming up with new features as well. It has good scalability, and it provides good integrations with business-critical applications or databases, such as SAP HANA. It works as expected, and we don't see any issues."
"The addition of the retention set feature provides a reduction in storage costs. It also reduces RTO and RPO so that you can respond quickly to your clients and services in case of data loss."
"Performance and recoveries are better. Our clients and customers are happier with the performance of it."
"The storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"Flexible and reliable storage solution with multiple features such as cloning, replication, and deduplication. Data migration can be done without any performance implications on the production systems."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"The SnapMirror is a good tool because, as long as you're going NetApp to NetApp, it's ultimately the fastest way to move data. We replicate everything to another site for disaster recovery."
"They do not have a unified GUI, they only work on CLI and operations center, which is really complicated for the installation and configuration."
"They should have a proper technical support team serving the customers and get issues resolved earlier."
"There is room for improvement in the service aspect."
"I should be able to backup Linux. I would like SUSE for Linux on POWER. Right now, we have to use Storex, which is a pain to use."
"The user interface (UI) for the admin is still not good. It is way too complicated to manage the product, as we still need to use command line. IBM launched the Operations Center (OC), but there are still functions lacking, especially since we cannot manage all our scheduled tasks by using the GUI."
"If IBM could provide a partial module, that would be great."
"The initial setup is complex."
"I would like to see a way to have "always on" implemented."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
"The biggest issue we face is parts delivery. There's no local warehouse in Myanmar, so if a customer encounters a technical problem like an IMEI issue, they have to wait a long time for replacement parts."
"The one aspect of the solution that's negative for us is also more unique to us due to the fact that we did a MetroCluster. The tiebreaker piece that does the monitoring of the two different locations, and determines if one is not talking to the network normally (or if it's truly down) is a little difficult. It feels like it was not designed from the beginning to fit well into the other pieces. It feels like it was thrown in at the last minute and it is not smooth."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. 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 NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem.
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