We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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."It works quickly and is very stable."
"The solution scales well."
"Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"The product is good for backups."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."
"The solution offers a very straightforward deployment. You click, click, click and it's done. There's not much configuration to do."
"With this product, we now have a reliable backup solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."
"The solution integrates well with other tools."
"The most valuable features of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are you have many possibilities on how to use it. We use it for backups and to create secondary and third copies. It is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."
"The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2."
"Some of the features we find very valuable and use a lot, are retention sets."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"The bare-metal restores could be improved."
"The product could offer more integration capabilities."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"The solution could be a bit easier to use in the sense that they need to make it simpler to backup products and restore items."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"Setting up Avamar wasn't so easy, and we had a partner doing the installation for us. Though it was hard at first, it's getting better. The main difficulty was finding plugins for Oracle Database. It took some time to open a ticket with Dell, but everything was fine after that."
"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."
"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
"The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved."
"There could be better integration with Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Protect Plus, it should be one solution."
"Not particularly user friendly."
"Instead of using the command prompt for troubleshooting and administering the backup, there should be an easy-to-use graphical user interface."
"The solution should allow for backup of iOS snapshots."
"It requires much more automation features."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". 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". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Rubrik. See our Dell Avamar vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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