IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] comparison

"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that the product works and helps with restoration areas whenever there is a need to restore something."

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

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."

"The solution's stability is high because it is derived from Spectrum Protect."

"Large-scale recoveries are very straightforward."

"The tool has enough documentation; you don't need to contact the support team."

"The API is very good."

"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."

"I like that they have some new devices that are simpler to use because they kind of tie right into the cloud."

"The most valuable feature is the backups."

"The one issue we are facing is related to file restores."

"The security must be improved."

"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 Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy."

"Rooms for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are installation and configuration because those were difficult. They should try their best to improve those areas. In the next release of the product, better implementation and administration are what we're expecting."

"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."

"Not particularly user friendly."

"There's significant room for improvement. They are not yet where I want them to be."

"StorageCraft ShadowXafe should improve the on-premises console management controls and protection and recovery."

"Their restoration protocols could be better. I pulled all my clients out of their cloud mostly because I wasn't confident that they could restore out of the cloud. This was backed up by friends who had been burned by stuff like that. We moved away because of the lack of resources to restore from a potential catastrophic failure. It's challenging, and in some cases, they couldn't do it because they didn't have enough resources. For example, if there was a major disaster, and everybody needed their images out of the cloud, they couldn't give them to everybody."

"The licensing model of Spectrum Protect Plus is more efficient and cheaper compared to the original."

"If you need to extend it, it can be extended acting like a normal Spectrum Protect with a long archive."

"Depends on the licensing options that you choose."

"The initial cost of the product is perpetual but the support fees are billed annually."

"Unlike some other solutions, such as Veritas NetBackup where you have to pay for different licenses to use different features, there is a single license that allows you to use all of the features."

"Clients prefer to buy a perpetual license, but the majority opt for a yearly subscription."

"There is an annual license required to use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. The cost of the license could improve, it is expensive."

"The price is lower than that of some competing products."

"They are more expensive than some of the others out there. We have gone away from their cloud due to pricing."