We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM Storage Protect 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 amount of data that it protects with very little storage by doing incremental forever is one of its most valuable features."
"It is pretty easy to use and maintain."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the centralized enterprise backup."
"The most valuable features are compression and de-duplication."
"The tool proves invaluable in scenarios where systems need recovery, such as restoring damaged data."
"Data reduction definitely reduces costs, not only software costs, but from the infrastructure needed."
"Once it is completed properly, it is low maintenance. Most of the functions do not require much deliberation. It is all the blueprints and technologies laid out, and it is straight forward."
"The most valuable feature for data recovery in IBM Spectrum Protect is its database protection capabilities."
"The best point about IBM Storage Protect is that it can use IBM tape environments, which we still use and will continue to use in the future."
"The tool's backup engine is very powerful. Previously, our client finished backup with HPE product in 48 hours. IBM Storage Protect completes backup in 8 hours."
"There is room for improvement in the service aspect."
"For Spectrum Protect Plus, I would like to see more enhanced reporting features and integration with Spectrum Protect."
"They took some of the funding off of it for a while. Therefore, instead of being a market leader, they took their position for granted. Then some competitors developed new bells and whistles that they advertise, and due to that lag a few years ago, there are not the resources to explain the differences."
"IBM Spectrum Protect is not a very user-friendly tool."
"It's difficult in terms of the configuration at set up. In our case, it required another admin, one person dedicated to the backup."
"We would like to see capabilities of long-term archiving and more support for hardware platforms."
"Perhaps some better documentation, which I believe was better in the past."
"It needs some software upgrades to fix some of its current bugs."
"The solution is expensive."
"The product should improve its GUI. It should also support Windows clustering."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while IBM Storage Protect is ranked 43rd in Backup and Recovery with 2 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while IBM Storage Protect is rated 8.0. 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 IBM Storage Protect writes "A stable enterprise solution for backup and restore". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud and Rubrik, whereas IBM Storage Protect is most compared with . See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. IBM Storage Protect report.
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