"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."
"The solution is highly stable."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"It is almost perfect for Microsoft products. It is not a very powerful tool, but it is okay for small sites and small businesses with Microsoft products. It is easy to use for backup and restore. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers such as Exchange and SharePoint servers."
"The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Additional Hyper-V knowledge would be great."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"It needs portability for other vendors. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers, but it doesn't support third-party solutions such as Oracle Database. It depends on Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy, especially for Hyper-V, which has a lot of problems. They should enhance the Volume Shadow Copy functionality. Its reporting should also be better. Reporting is too weak in DPM."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"Compatibility and integration with other products needs improvement."
"The user interface can be improved quite a bit."
IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 52nd in Backup and Recovery Software with 2 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 26th in Backup and Recovery Software with 6 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 0.0, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "Scalable, beneficial automatic workload transfer, and highly stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Easy to use and scalable but needs to be easier to install". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), HPE StoreOnce, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Commvault Complete Data Protection and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our IBM ProtectTIER vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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