IBM ProtectTIER Reviews

Name: IBM ProtectTIER
Brand: IBM
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

Vendor: IBM

4.0 out of 5

3 reviews

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IBM TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway is designed to meet the disk-based data protection needs of the enterprise data center while enabling significant infrastructure cost reductions. The solution offers industry-leading inline deduplication performance and scalability up to 1 petabyte (PB) of physical storage capacity per system, and can provide up to 25 PB or more backup storage capacity. Combined with IBM or third-party storage, TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway provides a powerful disk-based repository to improve the performance, retention and availability of backup and archive data in a small footprint for energy and cost efficiency.

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Avdhesh Garg

Technical Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Sep 17, 2022

What is our primary use case We use IBM ProtectTIER as a short-term backup and archive. This solution is used in internal IT, so we provide it to our company. We're using the latest version of the solution. It's deployed on-premises. There are at least 20,000 people using this solution. The…

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Alexandre Tchikalov

Sr. Consultant, pSeries & Open Systems at Glasshouse Systems

Oct 29, 2021

What is most valuable One of the most valuable features in IBM ProtectTIER is the ability to automatically move a workload to the different tiers in the storage without the need for human intervention. What needs improvement? IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly. For…

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reviewer1776204

Service Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Feb 14, 2022

What is our primary use case The solution can be deployed in many ways, such as hybrid or on-premise. The deployment method depends on the customer's environment. IBM ProtectTIER is used mostly to back up the customer's databases. What is most valuable? Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great…

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Pricing

"This solution is very expensive."
"IBM ProtectTIER is an expensive solution."
"The customer can decide how they want to purchase a license. However, the price of the solution is expensive."

Valuable Features

"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"In terms of stability, I've found it to be very stable. I've walked into the server room when it was at 60 degrees Celcius, and it was still running fine."
"The command-line interface is good."

Room For Improvement

"I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."

Pricing

"This solution is very expensive."
"IBM ProtectTIER is an expensive solution."
"The customer can decide how they want to purchase a license. However, the price of the solution is expensive."

Valuable Features

"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"In terms of stability, I've found it to be very stable. I've walked into the server room when it was at 60 degrees Celcius, and it was still running fine."
"The command-line interface is good."

Room For Improvement

"I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."

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IBM ProtectTIER is the #12 ranked solution in top Deduplication Software and #47 ranked solution in best Backup and Recovery Software. PeerSpot users give IBM ProtectTIER an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. IBM ProtectTIER is most commonly compared to Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain): IBM ProtectTIER vs Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). IBM ProtectTIER is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 59% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 28% of all views.