We performed a comparison between NetApp SnapCenter 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 central pane view is the most valuable feature. You have one console where you can monitor all your jobs, as opposed to going to different vCenters."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"A feature that stands out is cloning databases. If you have a SQL database and it's huge, like one terabyte, the classical SQL way would be to do a backup-restore to create a clone of your database for test purposes. With SnapCenter now, we can clone a database but through the Snapshot technology, which means if you right-click and you click Clone, the one terabyte database is there instantly."
"The reporting feature has been particularly beneficial to upper management... When you do manual backups, you do not get the benefit of seeing successes and failures and how often you have to do restores. With SnapCenter, you get all of that."
"The backup process finishes very quickly."
"Restoring and cloning are easy to do."
"The product’s most valuable feature is cloning."
"The backup features are the most valuable because they allow the DBAs to replace SnapManager for Oracle (SMO), which is going away, and to do cloning as well. We can also clone to different servers and have the actual backup clone mounted on different servers. And we can split easily too."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"I have used Micro Focus Data Protector for the file backup facilities. My primary use of the software is to backup file data."
"I like that it supports HPE UNIX servers since many backup solutions do not - this is the main reason why we chose this solution."
"What we find most valuable in Micro Focus Data Protector is that it provides Japanese data protection, for example, it protects information such as the full Japanese name, address, etc."
"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"Data Protector is quite simple and easy to deploy. The deployment is always the same. It's on a server, and the agents are deployed to the machines in a straightforward way. We have two engineers who deploy and manage all our backup solutions."
"The solution is easy to use."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"We have experience some difficulties with our current support. We are engaging in engineering level support because some of our problems are more technical."
"Some of the minor functionalities from SnapManager did not transfer over to SnapCenter. These should be added in future releases."
"Reporting of the jobs could be better."
"The DBAs are comparing it to SMO but it doesn't have a lot of the functionalities that SMO has."
"The tool could be faster."
"The documentation could be a little bit better so that we could handle more of the troubleshooting ourselves, rather than having to go through support."
"I'm waiting for SnapCenter for hybrid solutions. Right now, we only have SnapManager for hybrid. I need agents for that. People are looking to install SnapCenter in a SQL environment, but where they're running SQL on Hyper-V and using virtual files. Currently, we don't have support for hybrid."
"The product lags in terms of availability."
"The downside of the flexibility on offer is if you over-configure it, it may fail to function as some configurations may not match."
"Virtualization."
"It would be ideal if they could improve their level of support."
"I don't like this solution so much because it's very technical and compared to Commvault and Veeam, it's not so user-friendly. The interface needs improvement."
"Other tools seem to be easier to use."
"The online backups of Office 365 have room for improvement. This is now available for the Exchange Online part of Office 365, but we're still waiting for SharePoint Online, Teams, etc. We know that it's coming, but it takes time."
"People prefer Veeam because the interface is easier, and Data Protector is difficult in comparison."
"Microfocus needs to build a partnership with other vendors in addition to HPE as far as cloud consolidation of backups."
NetApp SnapCenter is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 24 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. NetApp SnapCenter is rated 8.0, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of NetApp SnapCenter writes "A stable solution that is mostly used by banks and financial institutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". NetApp SnapCenter is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, NetApp Cloud Backup and Veritas NetBackup, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention. See our NetApp SnapCenter vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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