IBM Disaster Recovery Services vs N2W comparison

IBM and N2WS are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of N2WS users who would recommend it.

IBM Disaster Recovery Services

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Disaster Recovery Services and N2W based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Disaster Recovery Services

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.4

Number of Reviews

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Disaster Recovery as a Service (6th)

N2W

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (41st), Cloud Backup (33rd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (24th), AWS Marketplace (36th)

Featured Reviews

Şefik Mert Polatay

General manager at Atlas Consulting Bilisim Hizmetleri Ltd.

Ease of use, performance, availability, and scalability

The initial setup is very easy, user-friendly, and not complex. It mostly comes with all installed, an operating system, database, and security, all included in Power Systems. So users can easily install, configure, and use it. It's integrated with other systems. You can run different systems from IBM Power Systems, AIX Linux, or IBM I operating system. It's also integrated into Windows systems and other databases and servers.

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Hitesh Jethwa

Solutions Architect at Newera Informatique pvt.ltd

User-friendly, easy to deploy, and stable

I give the solution a nine out of ten. We require one engineer for maintenance. I would highly recommend N2WS Backup & Recovery, as I have had no issues and the sales and technical support teams have been excellent. They keep in touch with us every three to six months via email and phone calls.

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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

"Disaster Recovery Services is stable."

"The solution works well for very large organizations. It can scale quite well."

"The initial setup is very easy and user-friendly."

"The backup and recovery are the most valuable features. So, our developers can work with confidence."

"N2WS Backup & Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances."

"The product is successful with the SMB market."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."

"The initial setup is easy."

"The backup and restore functionality is very easy to use and manage."

"The recovery time is fantastic and proven. Also, by providing a simple interface, the solution lowers the cost."

"Provides easy, one-click functionality and flexible backup policies and schedules for AWS workloads."

Cons

"The infrastructure level of IBM's recovery systems could be improved."

"Disaster Recovery Services could provide better value for money."

"Stability could always be better."

"There is room for improvement in stability."

"The solution has the option to take backup on-prem servers, but it's not very efficient."

"The GUI could be slightly improved."

"The GUI has room for improvement."

"The UI is a little dated and hard to use. Some of the buttons are a bit small. You have to go into the menu to get the settings you want."

"More documentation would be helpful, especially some step-by-step documents for recovery scenarios."

"It's a global feature that the customer thinks they don't have enough tools to manage, to copy, to delay, and to classify the object file in the backup directory. So they need more tools to manage files in object directory."

"Additional features I would like to see are the ability to restore to different vendors, AWS and Azure, and/or the ability or take the information out of the AWS cloud."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Disaster Recovery Services is expensive."

"The pricing of the solution is based on the scale of the project or business. It's based on the server amount and the amount of data being stored. For our client, based on the amount of data they have, it may be around $20,000 USD. It could get much more expensive on the customer side."

"The purchasing process through the AWS Marketplace is easy. Just click the button."

"It has very good pricing per instance and comes with three options, for both small and large environments, to fit your needs."

"The price is not cheap, nor is it costly."

"The pricing and licensing on AWS is fine, because you can do it for smaller tiers depending on your number of instances, so it's not that scary."

"AWS adds more features and offer things for free, or cheaply. Therefore, we will be evaluating AWS Data Lifecycle Manager, because it will probably do backups. Thus, make sure the product that you are using is competitive or adds more value than AWS."

"It's very economical and worth the cost."

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Computer Software Company

18%

Healthcare Company

10%

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Government

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?

The pricing is perfect. It's not expensive because it's all-inclusive. The operating system, database, security, different file systems. So, overall, it's cheaper than Oracle or UNIX systems with O...

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What needs improvement with IBM Disaster Recovery Services?

Nothing, it’s almost perfect.

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What is your primary use case for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?

The use case is for high availability and disaster recovery.

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What do you like most about N2WS Backup & Recovery?

N2WS Backup & Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances.

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What needs improvement with N2WS Backup & Recovery?

N2WS Backup & Recovery efficiently takes cloud backups on EC2 instances. The solution has the option to take backup on-prem servers, but it's not very efficient.

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What is your primary use case for N2WS Backup & Recovery?

We use N2WS Backup & Recovery for backing up EC2 instances.

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Also Known As

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N2WS Backup & Recovery, N2WS Cloud Protection Manager, N2W Backup & Recovery for AWS Free Trial/BYOL

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Overview

IBM Resiliency Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) can provide end-to-end integrated services using private, public and/or hybrid cloud. IBM Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) provides continuous replication of critical applications, infrastructure, data and systems to the cloud so users can recover within minutes of an IT outage. Intelligent Orchestration offers a unified DR management approach that delivers real-time readiness validation.

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N2W provides a cloud-native platform for AWS and Azure environments, delivering rapid and secure backup and recovery. With its simplicity and efficiency, N2W addresses modern IT needs for managing diverse workloads.

N2W empowers IT teams with a platform built for real-world AWS and Azure demands. It allows effortless scaling, managing workloads ranging from a single app to thousands. Offering policy-based backups, it ensures rapid recovery, achieving operations under 60 seconds. Its features include ransomware protection, smart data management, seamless low-cost archival, and comprehensive reporting. Trusted by over 1,000 diverse organizations, N2W simplifies protection and reduces complexity.

What features make N2W stand out?

Ridiculously easy to use: Intuitive interface enhances efficiency.
Seriously fast to recover: Recovers data swiftly, reducing downtime.
Highly secure: Built-in security gives users peace of mind.
Immutable backups: Protects against ransomware effectively.
Smart data lifecycle management: Ensures cost efficiency through smart strategies.

What benefits and ROI make N2W attractive?

Time efficiency: Quick recovery minimizes downtime.
Cost savings: Effective data management reduces expenses.
Scalability: Adapts to diverse workload sizes seamlessly.
Reliability: Provides a dependable backup repository.
Security: Networking safeguards enhance data protection.

N2W serves a range of industries by backing up EC2 instances, RDS, virtual machines, and applications like SQL. It supports disaster recovery through automated backup scheduling and integrates cloud repositories for added security. Often used with Veeam, N2W provides an offsite copy for redundancy.

N2WS

Sample Customers

i-Virtualize, QD, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Royal Arctic Line, Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Idwala Industrial Holdings Limited, A-Plant c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover, eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Mobile Mini Inc., TriDatum Solutions Inc., M7 Managed Services Ltd., Hospital de la Concepci‹n

Deloitte, NASA, Johnson & Johnson, Dyson, Deuthsche Bahn, Skechers, Allan Gray, Hewlett Packard, St. John's University, City of Oakland

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