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IBM Elastic Storage Server vs. Netvault Backup

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Elastic Storage Server

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AIBM Elastic Storage Server (IBM ESS) is a software-defined storage option.N/A

    Netvault Backup

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ANetvault Backup is backup and recovery software from Dell, based on technology obtained via that company's acquisition of BakBone Software in 2011.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Elastic Storage ServerNetvault Backup
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Elastic Storage ServerNetvault Backup
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM Elastic Storage ServerNetvault Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM Elastic Storage Server and Netvault Backup
    Feature
    IBM Elastic Storage Server
    -
    Ratings
    Netvault Backup
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Elastic Storage ServerNetvault Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Elastic Storage ServerNetvault Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Reliable data storage and access is a big challenge in AI applications and IBM ESS is a service you need to solve the problem. If you are building an AI service and you already use the IBM ecosystem for AI compute requirements, ESS can serve as an excellent software based storage solution. Integration with other platforms such as EMR/Databricks is still a challenge and should be improved.
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    Quest Software
    If you are using NV for backups and restores, it does the job very well. You can rely on the functions and time it as you prefer it to be executed. They have a great plug-in library which provides integrations of many applications and many databases. The updated versions support better job creations and restorations. You can easily depend on your backups without a hassle. However if you go ahead with its advanced features, you many need further support. Would not recommend using the Cleaning Tape module.There are issues in the reports provided. Also you may face with disk latency issues.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Powerful processing power, literally support unlimited scale out storage capabilities
    • well integrated and supported with multi flavor environment and file systems.
    • Huge capacity with in a very reduced form factor of disks/enclosures
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    Quest Software
    • Rapid recovery helping in data protection.
    • Daily backup of entire physical and storage environments.
    • Supported on Windows, Linux, VMware, Unix and HyperV platforms.
    • Backup different file servers on SQL
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Integration and configuration need a bit more technical expertise which is I guess expected.
    • There can be some improvement in integration with Legacy applications.
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    Quest Software
    • Smartdisk disconnect oftenly.
    • Web interface can be improved as it is clunky and looks outdated.
    • User guides and support services need to be improved.
    • Limited with VMWare plugin.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    IBM ESS is optimized for AI and Big Data usecases while S3 is a general purpose storage solutions. EMR and Databricks have lakehouse/data warehousing solutions for distributed computing but are more optimized for just the big data pipelining solutions and not essentially for AI usecases, especially for inference, when you need to load model artifacts really quickly.
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    Quest Software
    Pricing was on point with our requirement. A great deal compared to the other products we evaluated. We had recommendations from existing users in the region. Since our requirement was basic backups and restores and NV provided that, we were compelled to go with it as the implementation was very very easy.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • When the cost and price dynamics comes into account, we have replaced age old traditional arrays with almost negligible cost with ESS
    • able to extend the capabilities of global teams to work and share their experiences and knowledge with other teams.
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    Quest Software
    • Highly reliable system backups
    • Great pricing compared to competitors.
    • Manual interference has gone down from almost 40% to initiate backups/recoveries.
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