Microsoft DPM and NetApp SnapCenter compete in data protection and management. Pricing and support favor Microsoft DPM, while NetApp SnapCenter's extensive features make it a strong contender.
Features: Microsoft DPM supports live VM migrations, manages redundant data storage efficiently, and provides robust recovery tools for deleted files. It excels in integration within Microsoft ecosystems and backing up Microsoft workloads. NetApp SnapCenter centralizes backup management, integrates tightly with NetApp storage, and allows quick data restoration. It supports role-based access control and provides seamless integration with VMware.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft DPM could enhance its cross-platform support beyond Microsoft environments and improve backup speed compared to competitors. Its user interface might need modernization, and the file system's reliability has faced issues in recent updates. NetApp SnapCenter's complexity can be a barrier for new users, and the software's deployment can be challenging. Licensing costs could be reduced to improve accessibility for smaller companies, and documentation could be better streamlined for ease of understanding.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft DPM offers straightforward deployment within Microsoft-centric environments and reliable customer support. It's beneficial for enterprises familiar with Microsoft infrastructures, offering continuity and simplicity. NetApp SnapCenter, while complex, compensates with extensive support and detailed documentation. Its comprehensive feature set may require additional training, but it provides robust multi-platform capabilities.
Pricing and ROI: Microsoft DPM generally has a lower setup cost, especially for businesses with existing Microsoft licenses, providing favorable ROI in those environments. NetApp SnapCenter may incur higher initial costs, but its comprehensive features and long-term scalability offer significant ROI in complex data environments.
Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup system that can be used to back up data from a source location to a target secondary location. Microsoft DPM allows you to back up application data from Microsoft servers and workloads, and file data from servers and client computers. You can create full backups, incremental backups, differential backups, and bare-metal backups to completely restore a system. Microsoft DPM can store backup data to disks for short-term storage, to Azure Cloud for both for short-term and long-term storage off-premises, and to tapes for long-term storage, which can then be stored offsite. Backed up files are indexed, which allows you to easily search your recovered data.
Microsoft DPM contributes to your business continuity and disaster recovery strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data, ensuring resources are available and recoverable during planned and unplanned outages. When outages occur and source data is unavailable, you can use DPM to easily restore data to the original source or to an alternate location.
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Reviews from Real Users
Microsoft DPM stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust and flexible backup capabilities and its being easy to manage with one central dashboard.
William M., the head of ICT infrastructure & security at a tech services company, notes, "The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require. The compatibility is very good. We have an IBM AS/400 machine in our office that we're using, and we're able to back it up fine. This is the same for other systems, as well. I think that overall, it is really adaptable, compatible, and scalable."
Mohammed I., a managing director at Adalites, notes, "I would definitely recommend data protection DPM. It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor. It works flawlessly, never a problem."
Rodney C. a system analyst at a financial services firm, writes, "The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched. This is our primary tool for recovering deleted files or folders. Once we implement a System Center Operations Manager, all of our DPM servers can then be seen on one dashboard."
Unified, scalable platform for application-consistent data protection and clone management. This software simplifies backup, restore, and clone lifecycle management with application-integrated workflows.
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