Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

Dell Technologies and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 50% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]

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94% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Oracle Data Guard

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

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Backup and Recovery (15th)

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Umar-Qureshi

Deputy Manager at Reliance Industries Ltd

Speedy and easy setup but it needs to mature

One way this solution could be improved is if they could come up with better options to migrate. As for what could be included in the next release, we have shared a couple of points with them. First, the account should be more in balance and coordinated with us. They already communicated to our project management team that they are going to implement some of these features. I would definitely recommend this solution. But as time goes on and new features are getting added the product will be more comprehensive.

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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

"One of the features I find most valuable, is the good technical support."

"The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex."

"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."

"The solution is really very stable. One good thing about it, compared to other products, is that you can just run it and forget about it. Unless you come across some interruptions in the network, it works like a charm."

"Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution."

"We chose this solution for the availability of the databases. We can't afford Oracle Grid, this is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive."

"We use Data Guard for online replication from data center, to data center for high availability. This is the most important feature."

"It is a top-notch product, super stable, making it our go-to for internal operations."

"Another valuable feature is the possibility of backing up the database from the standby database instead of the primary database, to avoid backup process overhead in the primary system."

"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features."

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Cons

"The interface and documentation need to improve."

"The product has to be more mature, like to be another six to eight months on the market. A lot of maturity needs to be incorporated."

"It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs."

"For Italian medium-sized companies, the main challenge lies in the cost associated with licenses."

"The product could improve its pricing."

"The IP implementation and maintenance are a little bit hard to manage across Oracle solutions, including Oracle Data Guard."

"The deployment cost is expensive."

"The pricing of the solution is quite high. They should do what they can to bring it down so that it is more reasonable for customers like us."

"The initial setup is complex."

"They may need to include the monitoring and the alerting part in Data Guard."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost is expensive."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

19%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

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Large Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	22

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Overview

Dell EMC ProtectPoint technology provides up to 20x faster, more efficient backup and 10x faster recovery while eliminating the backup impact on application servers. By integrating primary storage and industry leading protection storage, ProtectPoint reduces cost and complexity by eliminating traditional backup applications while still providing the benefits of native backups. Overall, ProtectPoint provides the performance of snapshots with the functionality of backups.

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Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

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