IBM

IBM Storage Protect

6.9 /10

What is IBM Storage Protect?

IBM Storage Protect™ provides comprehensive data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and a wide range of applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server. Clients can reduce backup infrastructure costs with built-in data efficiency capabilities and the ability to migrate or copy data to tape, public cloud services, and on-premises object storage. IBM Storage Protect can also store IBM Storage Protect Plus data, allowing companies to take advantage of their existing investment for long-term data retention and disaster recovery.

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IBM Storage Protect Ratings

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76 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+81 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Storage Protect?

4% Negative

5% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Trustworthy
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Virtual Machine Backup

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Application Awareness

Backup Automation

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Deduplication Implementation

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Replication for High Availability

Integration With Storage Arrays

Analytics

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

IBM Storage Protect Reviews

Bogdan B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Reliable, difficult to set up

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates IBM Storage Protect from other similar products?

Reliability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

reliability

What do you dislike most about this product?

CLI plays a big part in administering it...not my favorite

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you worked with TSM(Tivoli Storage Manager) you would like this more than I do...as not very CLI savvy, I've found this difficult to administer/implement

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Cons

Commodity Features
Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation

Mark E.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Energy
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Excellent and reliable product to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Storage Protect from other similar products?

IBM Spectrum Protect can be used in different platforms and very useful for backup and recovery of data.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It ensures data protection and works well for businesses and customers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The pricing is extremely high unfortunately.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommend the software for backup of data and applications. It doesn't disappoint.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Juetetta A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2020

Not hard to follow; high quality!

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates IBM Storage Protect from other similar products?

It is more user friendly and has a great support system

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use features

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricy and harder for people who unfamiliar

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use customer support for easy help with features

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Commodity Features

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Awards & Recognition

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

IBM Storage Protect Ratings

76 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+81 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Storage Protect?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Virtual Machine Backup Automatically discovers and protects VMs as they come online, move, and change. Production VMs are replicated to a secondary data store.

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery Onsite backup data is replicated and stored to a public cloud (AWS, Azure). Can also include restore-to-cloud capabilities for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

Application Awareness Application consistent backup and granular restore for application data from core applications such as MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint.

Backup Automation Solution automates backup, recovery and remediation tasks using RestAPI and CLI to integrate with 3rd party solutions, reduce cost and enforce standards.

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms Backs up data and system info for non-virtualized systems. Primarily Windows and Linux servers but also, potentially, AIX, Unix and others.

Deduplication Implementation Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Backup of Cloud Based Data In addition to targeting backups to the cloud, the solution also has the capability to back up primary data and services already in the cloud.

Replication for High Availability Beyond secondary copy backup, the solution also manages replication of primary data host-to-host and site-to-site for live failover and high availability.

Integration With Storage Arrays Integrates with APIs from major storage vendors (NetApp, HP, Dell EMC) to leverage capabilities in these arrays such as data snapshots and replication.

Analytics Built-in real-time and historical reporting and analytics on SLAs, performance, and resource consumption, as well as predictive capabilities to plan & optimize.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

IBM Storage Protect Reviews

Bogdan B.

Reliable, difficult to set up

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Mark E.

Excellent and reliable product to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Juetetta A.

Not hard to follow; high quality!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Virtual Machine Backup

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Application Awareness

Backup Automation

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Deduplication Implementation

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Replication for High Availability

Integration With Storage Arrays

Analytics

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness