Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 vs IBM ProtectTIER comparison

The compared AvePoint and IBM solutions aren't in the same category. AvePoint is ranked #30 in B , and holds a 1.5% mindshare in the category. IBM is ranked #13 in DS , and holds a 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of AvePoint users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 60% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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60% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 and IBM ProtectTIER based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Backup and Restore for Shar...

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Backup (30th)

IBM ProtectTIER

Average Rating

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (74th), Deduplication Software (13th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Center Backup solutions, they serve different purposes. Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is designed for SaaS Backup and holds a mindshare of 1.5%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
IBM ProtectTIER, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 1.8% mindshare, up 1.0% since last year.

SaaS Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365	1.5%
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365	9.2%
Commvault Cloud	6.1%
Other	83.2%

SaaS Backup

Deduplication Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM ProtectTIER	1.8%
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain	24.7%
HPE StoreOnce	18.5%
Other	55.0%

Deduplication Software

Featured Reviews

Pramodh Maheshwar

IT Systems Engineer - Wintel at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

A scalable solution for backup and restore that has an easy setup

The solution's updates and rollouts of the patches cause a lot of problems. There's no other way around it. Recently, we have also faced RDS and print server issues. One of our clients experienced some remote desktop service issues. These things keep happening with Microsoft. They have a patch, and then they have some other rollout that fixes it. The solution should be more consistent with its patching updates.

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Avdhesh Garg

Technical Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization

The backup for a large amount of data is slow. When there's a large amount of data, sometimes the backup isn't completed in time. I have a 24 hour cycle, so it doesn't get completed in 24 hours with the large amount of data. With Veritas NetBackup, I can take 20 terabytes of backup in a day.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The stability has always been very good."

"The solution has good scalability."

"Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is easy to use."

"The most valuable feature includes leaving the stub files behind and integrating that with the recenter feature."

"The command-line interface is good."

"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 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."

"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."

"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."

Cons

"We need more options for the backup schedule."

"The user experience needs a little refreshing touch."

"The solution's updates and rollouts of the patches cause a lot of problems."

"I think the solution itself keeps up with everything else. Sometimes it would be nice if they could move a little bit quicker and have faster updates, but in terms of the features, it's absolutely fine and adequate."

"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."

"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Regarding CloudArchiver, you purchase per terabyte."

"The solution could also be cheaper."

"The solution’s pricing is expensive."

"The customer can decide how they want to purchase a license. However, the price of the solution is expensive."

"IBM ProtectTIER is an expensive solution."

"We have a capacity-based license, which is managed centrally for all the sites of my company."

"This solution is very expensive."

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Company Size

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	3

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Compared 24% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Overview

DocAve Backup and Restore for SharePoint provides full-fidelity backup and recovery - from individual content items to entire SharePoint environments and all of their farm-level components - maintaining all metadata, security settings, and version histories. Featuring a highly intuitive user interface, enterprise-strength scalability, and deep integration with leading hardware providers, DocAve Backup and Restore offers simple and truly comprehensive SharePoint protection.

AvePoint

IBM TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway is designed to meet the disk-based data protection needs of the enterprise data center while enabling significant infrastructure cost reductions. The solution offers industry-leading inline deduplication performance and scalability up to 1 petabyte (PB) of physical storage capacity per system, and can provide up to 25 PB or more backup storage capacity. Combined with IBM or third-party storage, TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway provides a powerful disk-based repository to improve the performance, retention and availability of backup and archive data in a small footprint for energy and cost efficiency.

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Sample Customers

Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services, Bunker Holding Group

Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber

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