We performed a comparison between IBM ProtectTIER and Veritas NetBackup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."In terms of stability, I've found it to be very stable. I've walked into the server room when it was at 60 degrees Celcius, and it was still running fine."
"The solution is highly stable."
"The command-line interface is good."
"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."
"The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete."
"The most valuable feature is its stability."
"The tool's most valuable feature is backups."
"It is very easy to back up and recover files compared to other products."
"The VM portal and the CloudCatalyst are two of the solution's most valuable features."
"The tool's information transfer and patching up is easy. The solution offers protection from ransomware which is also a valuable feature."
"Veritas NetBackup provides good backup performance, and I can mount the snapshot without an installer."
"Veritas released a new feature in version 8 of NetBackup called VRP. It's kind of like replication management from VMware. The great thing about this feature is that Veritas gave it to us for free."
"It is easy to use, and you can run it with all kinds of client software environments. It works well with the most popular software, file systems, and operating systems. It is very useful to us."
"The backup for a large amount of data is slow."
"I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The licensing costs could be more affordable."
"Enhancing reporting across the board would be beneficial."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of a Sandbox feature like Veeam Sandbox."
"Support for the solution needs improvement."
"We had some issues with the hardware backup appliance."
"Like the other enterprise solutions, Veritas NetBackup isn't easy to implement. It's a little bit hard compared to other solutions like Data Protector for HPE. You have to struggle to learn a lot of features that Veritas NetBackup offers to customers."
"It's not a user-friendly solution. It's a little bit complicated. The UI is not very friendly."
"Endpoint backup capability is needed."
IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 43rd in Backup and Recovery with 7 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 110 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.2, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), HPE StoreOnce, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Rubrik and DD Boost, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veritas NetBackup Appliance and Veritas Backup Exec.
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