We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker 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."Dell NetWorker's user interface is quite simple and very interactive."
"Data domain is a good feature."
"The solution has a longer lifespan."
"It has the ability to support all kinds of backups. It can be used to back up databases, operating systems, virtual machines, Lotus Notes, and Exchange. It can also do remote image backups for remote sites. It integrates and works with Data Domain. It is an enterprise-class product that can be used for anything and everything across multiple sites and locations. It is also very scalable."
"I like that it's stable and scalable."
"The support for legacy products is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Dell NetWorker is its quick configuration and handling of large databases."
"The GUI is the best feature. It's very good and easy to use."
"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."
"The support from IBM is very good."
"The most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."
"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."
"This solution is very stable and has good support available online."
"The solution integrates well with other tools."
"If the system were to go down, we needed to make sure that the system could be recovered and available as soon as possible. Spectrum Protect provides you access to directly bind the backup volume to the server and make the system available instead of restoring it and copying the system."
"A full-featured data protection solution that is reliable and stable."
"I would like to see the user interface improved, more documentation, faster support, and it could be easier to configure."
"When you're working with VMware, you need to use vProxy machines. You have to install the vProxy for every host in the VMware environment."
"The stability of the NMC could use some attention, as it tends to be a bit shaky during jobs and other operations."
"The deduplication needs improvement and it could use better integration."
"I haven't had a good experience with technical support. It takes them a very long time to resolve issues."
"They need more support for image backups."
"There should be more vendors incorporated into the solution."
"The team does not have enough knowledge to support you."
"It requires much more automation features."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve security."
"I think the graphical reports are a shortcoming of the tool since it fails to provide my company with what we want in terms of reporting. Due to the product's inability to take care of its reporting part, we have to use third-party software."
"The replication feature is not available."
"The tool needs to increase the number of threats."
"Their first level of support can be improved. Often they are too junior to understand the issues we are having, and it takes too much time to get from them to the next level of support, which is what we actually need."
"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."
"There could be better integration with Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Protect Plus, it should be one solution."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". 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 NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, 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 NetWorker vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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