We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and NovaStor NovaBACKUP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."
"This solution is very stable and has good support available online."
"The most valuable features of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are you have many possibilities on how to use it. We use it for backups and to create secondary and third copies. It is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."
"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."
"This is a multi-platform backup solution where you can take a backup from AIX, Windows, or Linux servers and restore from CD, disk, or tape."
"The tool has enough documentation; you don't need to contact the support team."
"What I like about IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its integration, plus it has very good technical support."
"The feature I find most valuable is the offload to Spectrum Protect for long-term retention. I think the deduplication and replication are quite nice on Plus."
"It is a very good and easy-to-use tool for non-technical people."
"In the future, I would like to see support for global deduplication."
"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
"The replication feature is not available."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. It can be difficult to administer. The initial configuration can be difficult for entry-level teams or deployment teams, and it might be difficult to integrate. There's just too much content involved in the solution. The documentation is way too large."
"It requires much more automation features."
"You end up needing to do a lot of troubleshooting to get things to work effectively."
"I think the graphical reports are a shortcoming of the tool since it fails to provide my company with what we want in terms of reporting. Due to the product's inability to take care of its reporting part, we have to use third-party software."
"An area that needs improvement is data validation. We currently use another product that gives us immediate validation, information about when the last backup was, and no risk of corruption happening. TSM in IBM Spectrum is not mature so that you can validate on the spot."
"The price of NovaStor NovaBACKUP is an area that can be considered as a weakness or drawback, where improvements are required."
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews while NovaStor NovaBACKUP is ranked 34th in Backup and Recovery with 2 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0, while NovaStor NovaBACKUP is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NovaStor NovaBACKUP writes "A product that offers good support and performance while also being user-friendly". IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Rubrik, whereas NovaStor NovaBACKUP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis Cyber Protect.
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