We performed a comparison between Barracuda Backup and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The solution’s scalability is good because its space is unlimited. We can start in Office365 with one terabyte bit of information and leverage through an enterprise solution of 1000 users."
"We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."
"This is a multi-platform backup solution where you can take a backup from AIX, Windows, or Linux servers and restore from CD, disk, or tape."
"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"Virtual snapshots that offer incremental backups."
"The solution integrates well with other tools."
"The API is very good."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its ease of use. Additionally, it does backups of all of the things we need, such as OS, files, and databases."
"An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix."
"The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved."
"The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy."
"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve security."
"I would like more integration with security. We need to show the value of the product in regards to handling security. For example, how it handles current malware or viruses. IBM should be more proactive in this direction."
"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."
"It requires much more automation features."
"Rooms for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are installation and configuration because those were difficult. They should try their best to improve those areas. In the next release of the product, better implementation and administration are what we're expecting."
Barracuda Backup is ranked 38th in Backup and Recovery with 3 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews. Barracuda Backup is rated 8.6, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda Backup writes "An enterprise solution for backup and ransomware protection". 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". Barracuda Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Veritas NetBackup.
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