We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and IBM ProtectTIER based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is live replication."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."
"It's simple to set up."
"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"I would recommend it if there is a general case."
"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"The command-line interface is good."
"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."
"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 solution is highly stable."
"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"Its interface can be improved. I find it unintuitive."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."
"Backups are very slow and time consuming."
"The problem is just reliability. If the promises in the marketing material were realized in real life, it would be the perfect solution, but it's just the reliability issues."
"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved."
"The tool doesn't provide cloud integration in India."
"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."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."
"The backup for a large amount of data is slow."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 41 reviews while IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 7 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization ". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Rubrik, whereas IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), HPE StoreOnce, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Rubrik and DD Boost.
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