We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and OpenText Data Protector 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 most valuable feature of this solution is the centralized enterprise backup."
"The MN backup for a cluster is most valuable because it has made backing up the GSF as a zero-file system easier. I like its stability a lot. Over the years, I very rarely had a problem with it."
"The D2D2T archive of my PACS data improved after I put Spectrum Protect 8.1.4 into production."
"It has to ability to backup DV2, Oracle, and Informix."
"It is a very mature product."
"It scales well. We have grown here in the last year or two, and it has been relatively easy."
"Good deduplication and compression features."
"It has increased our security, scalability, and high availability."
"Regarding scalability, it's unlimited with Data Protector. You can link multiple installations and let them work together. They can share backup devices. You have many possibilities with Data Protector. It's very proficient."
"It is very easy to use and the interaction with various systems is very handy."
"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."
"It is a traditional backup model. If you talk about file server and the official Windows database, it's a stable product."
"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"Backup of SAP/Oracle -- they are more robust than the competition."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Data Protector is very good at automation. From the time of the backup, verification, and copy to tape, it is very good. I don't need to touch it, it will do it by itself."
"There could be various client systems and process integration included in the product."
"Any feature that is compliant with virtualizing the application should be improved."
"There were scalability issues only in the brand new features which were recently released."
"The main admin console from the UI cannot do anything in the product. It just allows us to maintain, maybe, 30% to 40%. For the rest, we have to use the command line."
"There is room for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect, especially regarding its support for virtual environment backups."
"Getting technical support all the necessary diagnostic information is still very painful."
"The features should be a little bit closer together."
"Better integration with other tools and databases is needed."
"I'm uncertain if it supports virtual machine backup and restoration. If they could enhance this aspect, they could gain more support from end users."
"The product can be developed by including functionalities like DR, CDP, and SureBackup, which are currently unavailable in the solution."
"Many of our users complain about the GUI. You still need to rely on the command line interface. Because it originated as a Unix system, Data Protector is still a command line-driven solution, which makes it seem rather dated compared to systems that are built around a GUI from day one. It doesn't affect the functionality, but some people don't find it user-friendly."
"Micro Focus Data Protector must improve its overall evolution record. They need to focus on hardware based instant recovery, client recovery, and cloud ability. Now there is no cloud ability."
"The graphical interface needs to be improved."
"The solution is not intuitive enough. I think they should work on the user experience and the graphical interface. These can be a lot better."
"Virtualization."
"This solution is not scalable."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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