IBM Spectrum Protect vs Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] comparison

"Its incremental forever approach is valuable, so we don't have to load tapes to do a restore."

"Instead of taking three different backups of your systems, you're taking only one. You're able to crack that open and get what you need. The incident recovery, where it creates the VM and then you're running it, technically you're running it on Spectrum Protect. But then in the background, it's doing the storage motion and moving it off the Spectrum Protect back to your VMware environment. The users don't know the difference."

"Incremental backup is highly valuable as it allows for significant time and cost savings."

"It scales well. We have grown here in the last year or two, and it has been relatively easy."

"Since the technology is reliable, it simplifies the backup process significantly. Now, our focus can primarily be on managing full backups and creating some offline copies."

"It is very stable after deployment and will perform in a steady state."

"It is very stable. A plus is to use POWERAge for the SNR copy of the Spectrum Protect, then it is more reliable."

"From a tech perspective, utilizing deduplication is one of the most valuable features."

"The most valuable feature is the instant restore option."

"The user interface is good."

"The flexibility and user-friendliness of Veeam make it very IT operations-friendly."

"Veeam has a "next, next, finish" installer, and the overall deployment is straightforward. The deployment is easy because Veeam is compatible with all our VMware services and VMs. Veeam Backup and Veeam ONE are integrated into vCenter or vSphere site deployments, so we don't need to deploy each server one by one."

"The really amazing feature about Veeam Agent is that when you're using the central deployment model, you can actually use the instant VM recovery feature, which is really a pain point that I find some days."

"I like the incremental backups and their failover."

"What I found most valuable in Veeam Agent for Linux is that it can unify machines and even simplify management."

"The technical support is good."

"It should have the ability to break down the data that's being backed up. It should have better reporting."

"The user interface needs to be improved."

"I would like a little more ease with the virtual platforms, because it is a huge thing that is coming up."

"There were scalability issues only in the brand new features which were recently released."

"Our customers would like to see metadata replication, tearing to tape, and more cloud capabilities."

"It does what we need it to do, but it could be better with VM backups. It could be better integrated with virtual machines or VM backups, but that's why they have their Plus out now. Plus version is more geared toward VM backups. The regular version is more for endpoint clients."

"When it comes to virtualization in IBM it's not perfect."

"This product should be more user-friendly for newcomers."

"In terms of the physical environment, I'd like them to integrate it with other kinds of solutions. We don't just work with Microsoft or Linux, but other kinds of infrastructure data as well."

"The pricing could be lowered if possible."

"They could be more customer-friendly."

"It could use deduplication features."

"More Linux systems should be made compatible with the solution."

"It's scalable, but it's not scalable on every platform."

"In new releases, I hope they can support Oracle cloud."

"We are currently waiting for the continuous backup process."

"The licensing fees are on a yearly basis, which for us it is about R400,000 (approximately $27,000 USD)."

"We are paying for support and maintenance on a monthly basis."

"The product is not cheap."

"One can go with either a PVU licensing model or a capacity based licensing model. Either solution does not block the usage, if over used."

"Technical support is pretty good. It is doing fine, but you pay for it."

"Regarding retro-compatibility of the product between versions, your data is always available and the ROI is unquestionable."

"We have capacity licensing. We use the front end. The capacity licensing is pretty okay on the licensing price. I used to use the old PVU-based licensing in the early environment, but now we use capacity-based licensing."

"I rate the pricing a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is not cost-effective, and ten is cost-effective."

"We have purchased a license to use Veeam Agent for Linux and the additional support. The overall cost of Veeam Agent for Linux is expensive."

"Price-wise it's good."

"Licensing costs are $300,000 USD yearly, and we pay for three years at a time."

"It's a subscription based license, which is started on a yearly basis. Currently the licensing is split between three editions: standard, enterprise, and enterprise plus. As long as you check the comparison between the additions and make sure that you have what you need, there are no extra costs with Veeam."

"The costing is very competitive."

"Veeam Agent is one of the cheapest products in the market."

"The solution is rather expensive and I think the price is too high."

"There's the principal license for Veeam Agent for Linux, and then you need to buy additional licenses for your machines."