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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Storage Protect

    Score7.3 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

    Veritas NetBackup

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AVeritas NetBackup is a backup-as-a-service product providing data recovery and protection for enterprises. It supports physical, virtual, and cloud systems and features an automated disaster recovery capabilities.N/A
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    IBM Storage ProtectVeritas NetBackup
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    IBM Storage ProtectVeritas NetBackup
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    IBM Storage ProtectVeritas NetBackup
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Cohesity
    Chose Veritas NetBackup
    From a stablity standopoint against bigger vendors , Veritas NetBackup has a upper hand , one being a pioneer in this field with vast number of years of experience.
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    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM Storage ProtectVeritas NetBackup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM Storage Protect and Veritas NetBackup
    Feature
    IBM Storage Protect
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Veritas NetBackup
    7.9
    18 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Universal recovery8.03 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.05 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.03 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Business application protection8.03 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.04 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.04 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud8.01 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.04 Ratings5.018 Ratings
    Snapshots8.02 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.01 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Management dashboard7.04 Ratings4.015 Ratings
    Platform support7.05 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Retention options7.05 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Encryption9.04 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of IBM Storage Protect and Veritas NetBackup
    Feature
    IBM Storage Protect
    -
    Ratings
    Veritas NetBackup
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Cove Data Protection
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    IBM Storage ProtectVeritas NetBackup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage ProtectVeritas NetBackup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Cohesity
    Backuping complex infrastructures (VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle, and MSSQL databases, etc.). Regarding product price, it's not the most affordable for small businesses, but it can handle nearly all infrastructures and systems. With good training people, it's a Swiss knife of company data backup, no stress about keeping backups in a safe place!
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    Pros
    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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    Cohesity
    • The activity monitor allows me to easily see if there are issues with backup jobs or the environment.
    • Community support for NBU is very good. I've been able to research issues with ease and find other users that have been in similar situations.
    • Policy management for backups is very easy and there are lots of options.
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    Cons
    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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    Cohesity
    • Admin console
    • SAP HANA application Templates should also be introduced instead of scripting
    • SAP MAXDB application template should also be introduced
    • Tape Management need improvement
    • MOBILE connectivity is missing
    • Admin console is so simple it should be more funcky or stylish
    • Small database should also be considered for backup
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    Not required, company closed. TSM is not used in my current role at my current job.
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    Cohesity
    Veritas continues to keep up with the backup game. There virtual machine backup capabilities are now top notch, and I believe they will prove valuable when our cloud presence demands a backup solution.
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    Usability
    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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    Cohesity
    NetBackup provides a complete, flexible data protection solution for a variety of platforms. The platforms include Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems. NetBackup lets you back up, archive, and restore files, folders or directories, and volumes or partitions that reside on your computer.
    During a backup or an archive, the client sends backup data across the network to a NetBackup server. The NetBackup server manages the type of storage that is specified in the backup policy. During a restore, users can browse, then select the files and directories to recover.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Cohesity
    Support is pretty good but it is split between America and outsourced companies so it is hit or miss sometimes. I have actually had to argue with the outsourced support as they sometimes have no practical experience using the software which makes troubleshooting difficult when they have no practical experience using the system.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Cohesity
    CrashPlan has the capability to sync data with a cloud storage source. This is great for a workstation where data is typically only for one user. However, Netbackup does a much better job for maintaining multiple levels of file restores for Enterprise Servers. Netbackup has a superior management console that does not rely on Cloud services in the event of an internet outage.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    IBM
    Not at the moment, but it can leverage the billing outcomes as per the scales.
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    Cohesity
    Veritas NetBackup is very expensive, and I think price is the main reason which some customers don't want to use this solution. The price is fair. Most people have felt this solution was somewhat expensive.
    licensing model is based on the number of NetBackup clients, agents, servers, and options that NetBackup will be protecting or run on. A customer purchases the same number of licenses as the count of clients, agents, servers, and options.
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    Professional Services
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Cohesity
    Education, Consulting and Managed services to keep our business running smooth.They provide the expertise needed to help you bridge the gap between excellent information management solutions and the information essential to help you reach maximum business value. They Meet information management goals with agility and flexibility.
    Comprehensive 24x7 monitoring, management and support of your backup and archiving environments.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Cohesity
    • We never experienced a significant system or data loss during the time we used NetBackup. We restored individuals files and small databases based upon user mistakes, but we never had to implement a DR plan. From that aspect, it is difficult to evaluate the ROI. Backups are a commodity service. Features are very similar across multiple tools. Once you decide to stay on-prem or move to the cloud, the list of options are narrowed. Then it becomes a matter of price.
    • From an administration and support perspective, the ROI is low. Vendor technical support is not always responsive. The first two tiers of support are not knowledgeable and their typical recommendation is to read the white paper. My small team spent a lot of time troubleshooting NetBackup, often without much vendor help.
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