Carbonite Availability vs IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Manager in Information Technology

Building Materials Company, 1001-5000 employees

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I think that larger environments with a higher percentage of physical systems that require backup along side the virutalization environment sticking with a single backup/archive solution such as Spectrum Protect with Spectrum Protect for VE is still the most efficient use of administrators' time and energy.For small shops that are looking for ease of use - this is a perfect fit.

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Technician in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Carbonite Availability

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Universal recovery

Live recovery

Recovery verification

Business application protection

Multiple backup destinations

Incremental backup identification

Backup to the cloud

Deduplication and file compression

Snapshots

Flexible deployment

Management dashboard

Platform support

Retention options

Encryption

Pros

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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John Stalzer

System Engineering Manager

Versiant CorporationInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Can meet my SLA
File Level Restore
Can clone the VM for reuse

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Parul Patel

Sr. System Engineer

Einstein Healthcare NetworkHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

More verbose error messages. So we can fix problems with more ease
More bandwidth settings for throttling.
Ability to restart services on servers from the double take console

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Adhir Kamal

NGDC Engineer

Dimension Data Middle East and AfricaInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Incorporation of more touchless agents for physical servers.
Direct offload to tape - instead of requiring Spectrum Protect.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Carbonite Availability 8.2

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the product UI is user friendly and product is straightforward to use.

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Artur Estanqueiro

Cloud Solution Architect

DXC TechnologyInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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No score

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Support Rating

Carbonite Availability 7.3

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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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Manager in Information Technology

Building Materials Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Technician in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

It has allowed us through DR testing to meet contractual requirements of our major accounts..
It gives us peace of mind that in the event of a major issue we can perform our daily business with a relative success rate.

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Ron Sisler Jr

IT Support Specialist

TNT Management ResourcesFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Cloud backup can be expensive and slow

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Parul Patel

Sr. System Engineer

Einstein Healthcare NetworkHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Rating Summary

Carbonite Availability

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Carbonite Availability

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Carbonite Availability

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus