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We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Oracle Data Guard 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.
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Pros
"Because of the flexible parameters, everything can be fine-tuned to the customers’ needs in their environment.""It is an IBM product. With SAP, you are using IBM software to protect it. DB2 and AIX servers are both IBM. Therefore, it is a total IBM solution, which helps.""Data reduction definitely reduces costs, not only software costs, but from the infrastructure needed.""The most valuable features of Spectrum Protect would be the compression and the deduplication.""Scalability is pretty much unlimited.""When I have to do disaster recoveries, I can do it with this tool.""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 is a really scalable solution. We can scale it up. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten."

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"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features.""With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations.""It is a top-notch product, super stable, making it our go-to for internal operations.""Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution.""If you have a problem with your primary site and can't access your primary database, you can continue working with the database that you have as standby on the other site, by changing its role to primary.""The most valuable features are the backup and restore. With this in place along with the clustering, the database is safe from hacking, hardware failure, power failures, and system crashes.""You can see how the logs are applied, check the apply time, and how far behind the standby is at any given time.""We chose this solution for the availability of the databases. We can't afford Oracle Grid, this is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive."

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Cons
"The administration tools for GI need improvement, as the current assessment suggests shortcomings in the back-end system.""The GUI has long been a problem for TSM/Spectrum Protect.""It has a lot of areas for improvement. Its reporting for job completion or incompletion can be improved. It should also provide a granular recovery, ease of operation, data life cycle management, and media management. It should support a backup in such a format that in case of a disaster, one can start the virtual machine out of the backup itself. Its reliability can also be better. It is also expensive, and their support is also poor.""The software is very complicated. You have to do a lot of configurations to build a server, and you would need to backup and restore.""If IBM could provide a partial module, that would be great.""The product should be improved to save more space.""I want to see better compression than what it currently does.""Our customers would like to see metadata replication, tearing to tape, and more cloud capabilities."

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"The predominant issue lies in the communication link between the secondary and primary databases.""Sometimes, the technical support team takes time to respond.""I think it would be great to have a graphical interface assistant (like DBCA, ASMCA, NETCA, etc.) for initial configuration, monitoring, configuring Oracle Data Guard Broker and all the Data Guard Broker commands, without needing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installed.""Overall, there are some operational issues that need to be dealt with.""When the data replicates into the standby database there is a possibility of having a microsecond amount of data loss. The data loss occurs when there is a network disconnection between the primary and secondary standby database located in the data centers or if there is a crash in the primary database.""A significant improvement for Oracle Data Guard would be enabling the disaster recovery site to handle read and write operations, not just data storage.""For Italian medium-sized companies, the main challenge lies in the cost associated with licenses.""The initial setup is complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Technical support is pretty good. It is doing fine, but you pay for it."
  • "Licensing can be either complicated or simple depending on what type of licensing you wish to use and what works best for your environment."
  • "At scale, the consumption license (per TB) is very expensive."
  • "Use capacity licensing. It's easier and cheaper."
  • "We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective.​"
  • "We chose IBM Spectrum Protect, because they actually have something called MSP pricing, which means managed services provider pricing. The pricing was attractive, and it seems to be a platform that IBM is totally investing on in terms of new functions and new capabilities."
  • "Spectrum Protect is not expensive, and it is simple to use."
  • "It is very scalable, but the downside is that it costs money."
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  • "​Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."
  • "This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."
  • "If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."
  • "It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."
  • "The cost is expensive."
  • "The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."
  • "It's a cost-effective solution."
  • "The licensing cost is significantly high."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The platform’s most valuable feature is its ability to verify the recoverability of backups.
    Top Answer:The platform is neither highly priced nor inexpensive. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten.
    Top Answer:The product’s recovery process in terms of agent installation needs improvement. There could be an agent-less backup and recovery mechanism. In the next release, I would recommend the inclusion of a… more »
    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 »
    Top Answer:It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a seven… more »
    Top Answer:We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine out… more »
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    Also Known As
    IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
    Active Data Guard
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    Overview
    IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) is a data protection platform that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery. It is the flagship product in the IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) family. It enables reliable, cost effective backups and fast recovery for virtual, physical and cloud environments of all sizes.

    Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

    Sample Customers
    CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America, Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV, Arkansas Tech University, British Columbia Institute of Technology
    Athenahealth, Discover Financial Services
    Top Industries
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    Healthcare Company13%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Insurance Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer8%
    Government8%
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Transportation Company11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Consumer Goods Company11%
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    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Oracle Data Guard
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Oracle Data Guard and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Oracle Data Guard is ranked 11th in Backup and Recovery with 30 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Oracle Data Guard is rated 8.4. 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 Oracle Data Guard writes "Ensures our databases stay in sync between the main and disaster recovery sites". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas Oracle Data Guard is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Zerto, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Oracle Data Guard report.

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