We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and Veeam Backup & Replication based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."
"The solution's stability is high because it is derived from Spectrum Protect."
"The support from IBM is very good."
"What I like about IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its integration, plus it has very good technical support."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"If the system were to go down, we needed to make sure that the system could be recovered and available as soon as possible. Spectrum Protect provides you access to directly bind the backup volume to the server and make the system available instead of restoring it and copying the system."
"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."
"A full-featured data protection solution that is reliable and stable."
"Its performance is fine. It supports us very well. It is able to support our policy for RTO, RPO, and other things that we need."
"Features with the most value are Instant VM Recovery, SQL Explorer and Exchange Explorer."
"Get only one interface to manage all backup sites, secure them with replication, and manage outside LTO media."
"Before Veeam, we had backup infrastructure sprawl. Veeam was able to reduce our overall backup windows while reducing our dedicated backup infrastructure."
"Replication and restore object in Exchange boxes with possibility to select part of Microsoft directory."
"The direct SAN backup feature perfectly integrates with our 3PAR storage infrastructure."
"The most important part is that you actually know you have a backup of the whole virtual server."
"The restore capabilities are the most valuable features."
"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
"It requires much more automation features."
"There could be better integration with Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Protect Plus, it should be one solution."
"The replication feature is not available."
"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."
"Their first level of support can be improved. Often they are too junior to understand the issues we are having, and it takes too much time to get from them to the next level of support, which is what we actually need."
"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."
"Not particularly user friendly."
"It needs to offer an automatic check for backups."
"My main concern about Veeam is that I hope our backups will still be secure in the event of a security incident such as a ransomware attack. In Veeam version 11 they do state that there is ransomware protection, but until it has been proven to be effective, I don't have any assurance that it will prevent data loss."
"Margins should not be distinct; instead, they should seamlessly integrate with the Veeam Backup and Replication tools, requiring minimal separation."
"I would like to have the capability of backing up a physical machine, as opposed to just a VM."
"The one downside to Veeam is that they don't have a cloud product of their own."
"While the Veeam Backup Replication tool can mostly back up all the data in the environment, the AIX from IBM backup capabilities nowadays could stand improvement as they are not featured on a single pane of glass."
"The orchestration feature can be improved. They can improve the virtual machine orchestration to make it similar to VMware. They can also provide an option to automate the backup and recovery and schedule a backup."
"The initial setup is not always easy, and customers often need a lot of help to get Veeam up and running successfully."
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 328 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. 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 Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup, Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Zerto. See our IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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