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IBM Storage Protect
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IBM Storage Protect vs. IDERA SQL Safe Backup
May 2024
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We performed a comparison between IBM Storage Protect and IDERA SQL Safe Backup 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.
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Featured Review
Maik Zutz
A stable enterprise solution for backup and restore
The tool needs CPU, but it works fine.
Anonymous User
You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the...
We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size, even though it doesn't de-duplicate very well on the ExaGrid backup appliances.... Read more →
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Pros
"The tool's backup engine is very powerful. Previously, our client finished backup with HPE product in 48 hours. IBM Storage Protect completes backup in 8 hours.""The best point about IBM Storage Protect is that it can use IBM tape environments, which we still use and will continue to use in the future."

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"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space.""It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."

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Cons
"The solution is expensive.""The product should improve its GUI. It should also support Windows clustering."

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"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason.""The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection.""I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "IBM Storage Protect is not expensive and fits the needs of all business types. The licensing is based on a capacity-based model. You can take a license for one, two, or three terabytes."

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  • "The product's pricing is a good value. They have a straightforward licensing model."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about IBM Storage Protect?
    Top Answer:The best point about IBM Storage Protect is that it can use IBM tape environments, which we still use and will continue to use in the future.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Storage Protect?
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive. I rate the product’s pricing a three out of ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap.
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    What needs improvement with IBM Storage Protect?
    Top Answer:New workloads are not good for storage protect like container or virtual machines. IBM acknowledges that users and partners with companies do it better and integrate it into the product. It takes too… more »
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    43rd
    out of 132 in Backup and Recovery
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    77th
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    Overview

    IBM Storage Protect is a data backup and recovery software. Storage Protect is part of the software defined storage products in the IBM Storage portfolio. For backup and recovery of SaaS applications, see Storage Protect for Cloud.

    IBM Storage Protect provides comprehensive data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments and a wide range of applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server. Clients can reduce backup infrastructure costs with built-in data efficiency capabilities and the ability to migrate or copy data to tape, public cloud services, and on-premises object storage. IBM Storage Protect can also store IBM Storage Protect Plus data, allowing companies to take advantage of their existing investment for long-term data retention and disaster recovery.

    SQL Safe Backup helps database administrators to back up and recover instantly across SQL Servers. Unlike its competition, it provides virtual databases with access to back up files without consuming disk space, instant restore, centralized management across SQL Servers, and alert notifications for success and failure of operations.

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    Woman's Hospital; Sisters of Mercy Hospital System; University Medical Center; MetTel; PPG Industries; 3M; Abbott Laboratories; Comcast; Daimler; GameStop; Hormel Foods; Marriott International; Merck; NCR; United Technologies; City of Lynnwood; Linfosys B.V.; TRI-KES; American Customer Care; Merck & Co., Inc.; Service Corporation International; Fresenius Vascular Care Inc.; Bates White; TechPro Inc.; TW Metals, Inc.; Tulane University; ISO Group; Ameriben Solutions; Instron Corporation; Sentric, Inc.; SPIE; GAS Distribution Company of Thessaloniki and Thessaly SA; American Printing House for the Blind; Paysafe; Freeman Decorating Services, Inc.; Sentric, Inc.; Auburn University; Corporate Communications Group; Sagicor Financial Corporation; Crystal Run Healthcare; Principality Building Society; Experiencias Xcaret; Missoula County; Shellpoint Partners LLC; Solix Inc.; Advicent Solutions, Inc.; Phoenix Newspaper Inc.; Park Place Technologies; Kelly & Associates Insurance Group; Boston Medical Center; Service Corporation International; eResearchTechnology, Inc.
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    Financial Services Firm22%
    Government14%
    Computer Software Company10%
    University10%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    IBM Storage Protect is ranked 43rd in Backup and Recovery with 2 reviews while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 77th in Backup and Recovery. IBM Storage Protect is rated 8.0, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0. The top reviewer of IBM Storage Protect writes "A stable enterprise solution for backup and restore". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". IBM Storage Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, whereas IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with Rubrik and IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact. See our IBM Storage Protect vs. IDERA SQL Safe Backup report.

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