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We performed a comparison between Barracuda Backup 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Barracuda Backup vs. IBM Storage Protect Report (Updated: May 2024).
770,428 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"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."

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"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."

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Cons
"An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix."

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"The product should improve its GUI. It should also support Windows clustering.""The solution is expensive."

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  • "IBM Storage Protect is not expensive and fits the needs of all business types. The licensing is based on a capacity-based model. You can take a license for one, two, or three terabytes."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix. Also, it should take a granular amount of time to do the backup and allow more devices, including Azure data machines.
    Top Answer:We use the solution for enterprise solutions with sensitive data and customers to protect against ransomware. The backup solution from Barracuda is immutable data. So, it's suitable for ransomware… more »
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive. I rate the product’s pricing a three out of ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap.
    Top Answer:New workloads are not good for storage protect like container or virtual machines. IBM acknowledges that users and partners with companies do it better and integrate it into the product. It takes too… more »
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    38th
    out of 133 in Backup and Recovery
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    277
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    Average Words per Review
    320
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    43rd
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    Average Words per Review
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    Overview

    Barracuda Backup Appliance. Purpose built backup physical appliance for onsite data protection.

    IBM Storage Protect is a data backup and recovery software. Storage Protect is part of the software defined storage products in the IBM Storage portfolio. For backup and recovery of SaaS applications, see Storage Protect for Cloud.

    IBM Storage Protect provides comprehensive data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments and a wide range of applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server. Clients can reduce backup infrastructure costs with built-in data efficiency capabilities and the ability to migrate or copy data to tape, public cloud services, and on-premises object storage. IBM Storage Protect can also store IBM Storage Protect Plus data, allowing companies to take advantage of their existing investment for long-term data retention and disaster recovery.

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    Computer Software Company25%
    University16%
    Educational Organization14%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Barracuda Backup vs. IBM Storage Protect
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Barracuda Backup vs. IBM Storage Protect and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    770,428 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Barracuda Backup is ranked 38th in Backup and Recovery with 3 reviews while IBM Storage Protect is ranked 43rd in Backup and Recovery with 2 reviews. Barracuda Backup is rated 8.6, while IBM Storage Protect 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 Storage Protect writes "A stable enterprise solution for backup and restore". Barracuda Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas IBM Storage Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Barracuda Backup vs. IBM Storage Protect report.

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