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    Carbonite Availability

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACarbonite acquired Double-Take, a data replication and disaster recovery option, in early 2017. The technology now powers Carbonite Availability, the now Carbonite supported high availability and data replication product.N/A

    IBM Lift

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Lift is a tool provided to migrate on-premise databases to IBM Cloud.N/A
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    Carbonite AvailabilityIBM Lift
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    Carbonite AvailabilityIBM Lift
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Carbonite AvailabilityIBM Lift
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    User Ratings
    Carbonite AvailabilityIBM Lift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
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    Usability
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    7.3
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    User Testimonials
    Carbonite AvailabilityIBM Lift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    I believe it would work well with continuous replication in a DR scenario with no time limits and having the ability to fail back is a bonus, but in a one off move the decision to restrict the time it can sync for has proven to be an issue for us.
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    IBM
    IBM Lift is the most effective tool for migrating mass data from different on-premises applications into the cloud with high speed. I would recommend it since it offers two data migration options; Disk transfer service and cloud mass data migration, which all work perfectly well.
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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • A product is worthless in my opinion if you don't have a great support team to work with. I've had issues with replication jobs that were resolved quickly and easily by the support team.
    • DR - Doubletake is the only tool that I'm aware of that can handle DR replication of both physical and virtual environments. There sre others, but they use a snapshot technology, where doubletake has continuous replication of data.
    • Move - we have moved physical and virtual environments from around the world without ever having to leave the office. One of the companies we migrated started off with their equipment in Switzerland, and after the servers were in a fully protected state in the US, that failover to the new location took 45 min.
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    IBM
    • It extracts data from DB2 at vert fast speed
    • It can resume from last left off
    • The CLI is very easy to use
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    Cons
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • The initial set-up can be challenging in some regard.
    • Would like to see version updates that support all OS. Unfortunately we use several OS and are on an older version with 7 of our 8 servers.
    • Will be doing the upgrades to version 8 shortly and hope the software is compatible with all OS.
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    IBM
    • Even though it can be hectic to migrate data into the cloud with IBM Lift, the support team is free and highly knowledgeable. Also, IBM Lift is well documented in detail explaining all methods to migrate data easily.
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    Usability
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    Cabonite Availability is a very practical and useful tool that can help any business weather any type of IT disaster. The ease and quickness of restoring data helps us provide as seamless an experience as possible. Many times our customers will never know there was an outage. This brings confidence in our brand and improves our organization's standing and reputation.
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    IBM
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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    Once through to support it is very good and they have assisted us through a number of issues. I don't always think that they provide a solution, more a workaround, but in a move situation where each copy is moving once, that isn't an issue. I'd be more concerned if we were using it to manage a DR scenario.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    It is better for critical apps than Veeam due to the lower RPO. Veeam is favoured by some customers due to it's attractive price point. Zerto is a very strong product and is innovating continuously. I don't see so much of this from DoubleTake.
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    IBM
    Before Implementing IBM Lift at SquareTrade, we were using AWS Database Migration Service, which was not only expensive but didn’t offer automatic rapid recovery from common issues during data migration.
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    Return on Investment
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • From data recovery perspective for customers- Carbonite DoubleTake is a good solution.
    • The honest price for Carbonite DoubleTake and for the ROI -it's a good transaction for the customer.
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    IBM
    • It saved us weeks of development time
    • Without Lift, we may not be able to handle several billions of records data every day
    • It can easily transferred to another person to maintain
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