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We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Stonefly VSO Backup And Disaster Recovery Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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A stable and steady solution that recovers and restores data fast
The product has helped our organization recover and restore data faster.
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  • "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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    Top Answer:IBM Spectrum Protect is stable.
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    Also Known As
    IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
    VSO Backup And Disaster Recovery Appliance
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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.

    StoneFly, Inc, is an innovator of cost-effective, full-featured enterprise storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions. Our products include hyperconverged, hyperscale, iSCSI storage appliances, scale out nas Storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions, cloud storage and backup for organizations in education, oil and gas, legal, non-profit, healthcare, government and many other industries.

    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
    Department of Defense, Western Michigan University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Disney 
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Healthcare Company13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Insurance Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer8%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company11%
    Legal Firm11%
    Real Estate/Law Firm9%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise65%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business47%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise31%
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    IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Stonefly VSO Backup And Disaster Recovery Appliance is ranked 73rd in Backup and Recovery. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Stonefly VSO Backup And Disaster Recovery Appliance is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance". On the other hand, IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas Stonefly VSO Backup And Disaster Recovery Appliance is most compared with ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage and Rubrik.

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