We performed a comparison between IBM ProtectTIER and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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."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."
"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."
"The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete."
"The solution is highly stable."
"The most valuable features of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are you have many possibilities on how to use it. We use it for backups and to create secondary and third copies. It is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"The API is very good."
"With this product, we now have a reliable backup solution."
"What I like about IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its integration, plus it has very good technical support."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is the deduplication functionality. The clients moved to this solution originally because of this feature."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."
"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 backup for a large amount of data is slow."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."
"It requires much more automation features."
"The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy."
"An area that needs improvement is data validation. We currently use another product that gives us immediate validation, information about when the last backup was, and no risk of corruption happening. TSM in IBM Spectrum is not mature so that you can validate on the spot."
"Instead of using the command prompt for troubleshooting and administering the backup, there should be an easy-to-use graphical user interface."
"The tool needs to increase the number of threats."
"There could be better integration with Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Protect Plus, it should be one solution."
"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 7 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.2, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), HPE StoreOnce, DD Boost and Rubrik, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365. See our IBM ProtectTIER vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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