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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Backup

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Backup is a full-featured, automated, agent-based backup and recovery system managed through the Cloud Backup WebCC browser utility.N/A

    Percona XtraBackup

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/APercona XtraBackup is a free, open source, online backup solution for all versions of Percona Server for MySQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. Percona XtraBackup performs online non-blocking, tightly compressed, secure backups of InnoDB, XtraDB, and HailDB storage engines on transactional systems, so that applications remain fully available during planned maintenance windows. Percona XtraBackup can perform streaming, compressed, and incremental MySQL backups. Percona…N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Free and open-source
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    Features
    IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM Cloud Backup and Percona XtraBackup
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Backup
    8.9
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Percona XtraBackup
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Universal recovery10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.04 Ratings8.62 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    BDRShield
    Score6.4 out of 10
    BDRShield
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    The outstanding storage capacity, organized security measures, and appropriate business features of IBM Cloud Backup make it something I'd recommend at any time of day or night. Furthermore, the software is online and hence easily accessible from a distance. The application's stability and strength are further assurances that all authorized business users are in safe hands.
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    Well suited to databases < 10TB. For larger than this, I would go with snapshots.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • The software is very secure.
    • It is scalable which is a plus for business.
    • Restoring data is easy and fast.
    • Recovery process is easy.
    • I would say that IBM Cloud Backup is user friendly.
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    Percona
    • Non-blocking backup : Backup process will not put any lock on the database.
    • Fast recovery : As it's a file level backup so it's quite fast in both backup and recovery.
    • Consistent backup : Xtrabackup always ensures consistent backup.
    • Easy to configure and Use.
    • Integration with clouds
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    Cons
    IBM
    • The set prices for the product is a problem.
    • Secondly, IBM Cloud Backup customer help should be more speedy.
    • IBM Cloud Backup is so automated, and in case of a power failure, accessing some of this data can be challenging.
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    Percona
    • The only feature that could use some improvement is partial backup restores. For example, I have a multi-tenant database at the schema level running on a single Percona Server instance. As a tenant grows too large for the share instance or becomes a noisy neighbour we need to move a the tenants schema to its own instance with minimal downtime, meaning that we would run the new instance as a replica with replication filters until failover. In terms of doing a consistent backup, there may be challenges and it is currently possible with XtraBackup, but it would be great if the process was simplified and ensured to be consistent.
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Percona
    Takes a bit of getting used to when you first set it up.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Percona
    If you pay for support it is great, otherwise you have to google.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Pricing and how easy it is to use. We use other IBM products in our office and it is nice to have everything on one network. The experience for users and managers is better, even new employees who can learn quickly. It also makes it more affordable for us.
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    Percona
    We have evaluated Mysqldump and MySQL Enterprise backup. Mysqldump is not a scalable solution. MEB is a paid and closed source. As we are truly open-source, we were looking for an open-source solution that was reliable and scalable. Xtrbackup has all the required features to fulfill our requirements.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • The fact that it can be scaled up is beneficial to company.
    • The program being on the cloud also makes it more accessible online.
    • The program has a high level of protection.
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    Percona
    • Secure, reliable, fast and consistent backups. Open source with zero cost.
    • We satisfy our regulatory requirements.
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