IBM ProtectTIER and NetApp Cloud Backup compete in the data protection solutions category. Based on user feedback, NetApp Cloud Backup generally offers superior features and is perceived as worth the price, making it the preferred solution.
Features: IBM ProtectTIER is known for its deduplication capabilities, performance efficiency, and manageable setup. NetApp Cloud Backup is valued for its seamless cloud integration, comprehensive backup features, and wide range of functionalities, making it a leader in this area.
Room for Improvement: IBM ProtectTIER needs enhancements in scalability, error reporting, and advanced analytics. NetApp Cloud Backup requires improvements in restore speeds, user-friendly administrative tools, and faster processing times.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM ProtectTIER has a straightforward deployment process but mixed feedback on customer service. NetApp Cloud Backup offers a quick deployment and is recognized for strong customer support, making it easier to deploy and better supported.
Pricing and ROI: IBM ProtectTIER users find the setup cost reasonable but have mixed opinions on the ROI. NetApp Cloud Backup users feel the initial cost is justified given the strong ROI, delivering better value despite higher initial costs.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| NetApp Cloud Backup | 0.5% |
| IBM ProtectTIER | 0.5% |
| Other | 99.0% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 3 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 1 |
| Large Enterprise | 3 |
IBM TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway is designed to meet the disk-based data protection needs of the enterprise data center while enabling significant infrastructure cost reductions. The solution offers industry-leading inline deduplication performance and scalability up to 1 petabyte (PB) of physical storage capacity per system, and can provide up to 25 PB or more backup storage capacity. Combined with IBM or third-party storage, TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway provides a powerful disk-based repository to improve the performance, retention and availability of backup and archive data in a small footprint for energy and cost efficiency.
NetApp Cloud Backup is a fully integrated service for cloud backup and restoration. It was created to comply fully with NetApp's native data management software ONTAP, used for hybrid cloud experience. NetApp Cloud Backup is used to create backup and restoration for the protection and archiving of data, databases, and virtual machines related to the Cloud and On-Premises data in ONTAP. The way NetApp Cloud Backup works is by automatically creating block-level incremental backups. This ensures that the created backups are very fast and easy to restore. It is suitable for data protection regarding on-premises software as well as in the public cloud. NetApp Cloud Backup provides users with the ability to protect their cloud data at affordable prices and with a user-friendly interface so they don't need a lot of technical knowledge to be able to secure their cloud storage.
The copies created by NetApp Cloud Backup can be stored in the user's personal object storage in the cloud as well as on premises with StorageGRID - NetApp's storage platform. The backup copies can be restored to the original source or to a different source in Cloud Volumes ONTAP. NetApp Cloud Backup provides backups to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
The features NetApp Cloud Backup provides include:
In addition to enhanced security and protection from malicious attacks, the advantages of using NetApp Cloud Backup include:
Abbasi P., a User at a financial services firm, likes that NetApp Cloud Backup is a completely agentless solution.
A Service Manager at a tech services company values its stability, scalability, and good technical support.
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