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Dell Technologies DataIQ [EOL] vs IBM Storage Protect comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Technologies DataIQ [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Storage Protect
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (20th)
 

Featured Reviews

Jan Zentgraf - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at IXPACK GmbH
A stable and scalable tool that can be used to monitor and analyze data
The product is used to analyze data. It was purchased as part of a package including Isilon installation The product can be used to analyze data usage. I have a big confusion between InsightIQ and DataIQ. I do not know which product is going to be retired. There are many rumors, but we have no…
reviewer2787573 - PeerSpot reviewer
Interim Head of Infrastructure at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Backup coverage has supported immutable protection and now needs a more modern, intuitive interface
IBM Storage Protect is from a previous generation of backup software. In those days, backup software was complex in setting up and complex to manage. The new software, such as Rubrik, is very easy to use and more relatable to younger engineers because its interface design is more similar to Office 365 and the newer controls and labels that we are accustomed to. The difficulty that we now have with IBM Storage Protect is that for this day and age, compared to other products that are out there, it seems complex. If we look back 15 years ago, all enterprise class backup software was complex, so IBM was not any different. However, many of these older systems, such as Commvault, still have the same complaint that they are very complex because they have tried to keep that same interface and the same way it works. This suits them, but it probably needed a complete overhaul to bring it into the ease of use that we have with modern software. However, that upgrade has not been done. IBM Storage Protect has not been upgraded into a modern platform. It still looks a legacy platform.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product can be used to analyze data usage."
"IBM Spectrum Protect provides us with the scalability and growth that we need."
"Forever incremental - allows TSM to optimize storage needs."
"It is very stable after deployment and will perform in a steady state."
"Instead of taking three different backups of your systems, you're taking only one, and you're able to crack that open and get what you need."
"Since the technology is reliable, it simplifies the backup process significantly. Now, our focus can primarily be on managing full backups and creating some offline copies."
"I like its stability a lot; over the years, I very rarely had a problem with it."
"The solution has excellent performance overall."
"It is perhaps one of the best products on the market, and it does a good job."
 

Cons

"The solution’s GUI is a little bit confusing."
"Technical support will always be a challenge."
"The price of IBM Spectrum Protect is expensive."
"Stability is very good now. It used to be rocky years ago."
"The difficulty that we now have with IBM Storage Protect is that for this day and age, compared to other products that are out there, it seems complex."
"In terms of room for improvement, I would like to see better interfaces."
"This solution itself protects the data, but the solution itself should be recoverable quickly in case of disaster on the production side or something. So this solution is not mature in terms of disaster recovery and could be improved."
"We would like to see capabilities of long-term archiving and more support for hardware platforms."
"High availability (HA) is a challenge, but we do deploy it in certain situations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is expensive."
"We have found that the pricing is high in our country."
"The solution has a capacity based licensing, front and back-end license."
"The platform is neither highly priced nor inexpensive. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
"The most important feature which I wish to be added involves the GUI, the user interface."
"License-wise regarding IBM, it's licensed per terabyte. And that is after compression and deduplication."
"The product is not cheap."
"The licensing fees are between $8,000 and $10,000 per year."
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Financial Services Firm
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Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Small Business54
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise95
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Storage Protect?
I do not know the current licensing cost for IBM Storage Protect and how we get our support because our licensing model is not quite standard. We do not buy IBM Storage Protect direct from IBM. We ...
What needs improvement with IBM Storage Protect?
IBM Storage Protect is from a previous generation of backup software. In those days, backup software was complex in setting up and complex to manage. The new software, such as Rubrik, is very easy ...
What is your primary use case for IBM Storage Protect?
IBM Storage Protect is my primary tool for backup and recovery. We also use it for immutable backups to protect against ransomware. We use IBM Storage Protect for everything on-premises. The benefi...
 

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