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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure StorSimple

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AStorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.

    $4.11

    Per Day

    IBM Storage Protect Plus

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Storage Protect Plus (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect Plus) provides data recovery for virtual environments and databases.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure StorSimpleIBM Storage Protect Plus
    Editions & Modules
    Virtual Appliance
    $4.11
    Per Day
    Cloud Array
    $4.11
    Per Day
    Physical Appliance
    $43.84
    Per Day
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure StorSimpleIBM Storage Protect Plus
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is available in a monthly license or perpetual license.
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    Features
    Azure StorSimpleIBM Storage Protect Plus
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Azure StorSimple and IBM Storage Protect Plus
    Feature
    Azure StorSimple
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Storage Protect Plus
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Azure StorSimpleIBM Storage Protect Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure StorSimpleIBM Storage Protect Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    Good for daily operational backups and their replications and areas like VM backup, when it comes to resting the backups in a cloud environment especially features like BYOL is an edge to IBM over its near competitors. On the other hand, a lot of scopes to improve to have native/application-aware backups for modern applications like AI and microservices.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Performance via the SSD drives.
    • Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure.
    • Easy to Admin via Web client interface.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • recovery
    • replication
    • retention
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Additional fail-over functionality
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Incorporation of more touchless agents for physical servers.
    • Direct offload to tape - instead of requiring Spectrum Protect.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    IBM Spectrum Protect Plus doesn't allow taking backup of the Meditech HIMS application, due to the unique nature of the database and its functionality. As it's a special case, the vendor supports only a few fully integrated backup solutions which resulted in using Bridgehead as a trustable backup option specific to the application.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team
    • Great value on year 2
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Cloud backup can be expensive and slow
    Incentivized
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