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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dell RecoverPoint

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ADell RecoverPoint replication provides the continuous data protection to recover any application, on any supported storage array, in any location, to any point in time. Users can meet recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) with instant access to data, and use RecoverPoint to support disaster recovery, operational recovery, and testing.N/A

    IBM Storage Protect

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AIBM Storage Protect (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect, or Tivoli Storage Manager) provides data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server.N/A
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    Dell RecoverPointIBM Storage Protect
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Dell RecoverPointIBM Storage Protect
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    Dell Technologies
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    Dell RecoverPointIBM Storage Protect
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Dell RecoverPoint and IBM Storage Protect
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    Ratings
    IBM Storage Protect
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
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    Cove Data Protection
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Dell RecoverPointIBM Storage Protect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Usability
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    Dell RecoverPointIBM Storage Protect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    It is well suited if your whole environment is virtualized to integration with vmware SRM for automation. It isn't suited if you are not using a fibre channel switch network and could get expensive if you have a lot of storage to replicate.
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    IBM
    IBM Storage Protect is well-suited for large heterogenous environments, with skilled IT staff on-hand. You need a person (or group of people) to monitor day-to-day operations, tweak schedules where needed and be mindful of things that might go wrong. It is also well-suited if you have other IBM products that integrate well with Storage Protect, like Storage Protect Plus or IBM Defender. It is less suited for small companies, with only one person responsible for IT. Employing Storage Protect would be overkill and use too much time of the administrator.
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    Pros
    Dell Technologies
    • Automatically discover and register VMware ESXi hosts for replication.
    • Auto-registers shared datastores , pre-defined failover Network Configuration. EMC RecoverPoint saved a lot of time and helped our team to minimize our disaster recovery window.
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    IBM
    • Tight integration with Db2. As an IBM product, it works seamlessly with Db2. You can query what is stored in TSM via Db2 itself. You can also use DB scripts to maintain the items being stored there.
    • Like most of its competitors, Tivoli handles deduplication well.
    • Provides a GUI for browsing and maintaining items stored there. I rarely use this feature, due to the next item I will post:
    • Command-line interface directly from my Db2 database servers.
    • Both client and server-side deduplication, compression and encryption are available.
    • If the requirements are zLinux and DB2 support then it's the most solid solution.
    • Can be complex to implement, but once up and running, it is rock-solid and immensely scalable.
    • Scalability is huge. Can be added onto easily.
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • User interface
    • Pricing
    • Local support
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    IBM
    • Deployment and configuration is not easy for an unexperienced IBM Spectrum Protect administrator
    • Operations center uses a lot of data and needs a lot of storage for larger environments
    • Have not seen a redbook about it in the past 10 years
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dell Technologies
    EMC been good to use as of now.
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    IBM
    Not required, company closed. TSM is not used in my current role at my current job.
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    Usability
    Dell Technologies
    Product is easy to use with details what is replicated and you can easily tag your datastores
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    IBM
    In the present, a backup solution is a must-have, but then companies start using a solution for virtual machines, another solution for bare-metal servers, and another solution for their ERP. By using Spectrum Protect you can have all of that in a single pane of glass. This way you can have a simple recovery plan for all your information assets.
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    Support Rating
    Dell Technologies
    I don't really have to call support too much, but when I have to they are always there to help.
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    IBM
    The few times we've called for support we eventually got an answer, but it's IBM and a very big company and getting to a support agent is hard.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dell Technologies
    Zerto was selected to compete against recoverpoint.. Zerto was a virtual solution that doesn't work for physical solutions. Recoverpoint was chosen over Zerto because of the need to replicate and protect physical systems, versus just VMs. Zerto is under strong consideration as the environment is becoming more virtualize through the next few months.
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    IBM
    IBM Spectrum Protect is related to the other IBM Spectrum products listed because it is part of the suite and is also the main backup product for backup and restoration of information. With Veeam it is related as they present competence in different lines of technology, often the integration of both tools can be the best solution for clients looking for a successful backup strategy.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Dell Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    Not at the moment, but it can leverage the billing outcomes as per the scales.
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    Return on Investment
    Dell Technologies
    • Dell EMC RecoverPoint requires certain things to be implemented that can only be done by EMC / Dell support.
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    IBM
    • Tivoli does well running file-level backups, but Exchange is clunky and restores are really hard. With no SharePoint agent, if you use SharePoint you will need another product like AvePoint DocAve. The web-based GUI console is MUCH improved over earlier versions, but you will still need to be a command-line guru to make Tivoli do everything, and local (node) config files still rule. This product was originally ported from Unix and retains may of its 'nix roots.
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