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IBM Storage Protect Plus vs. vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Storage Protect Plus
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
IBM Storage Protect Plus (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect Plus) provides data recovery for virtual environments and databases.N/A
vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced (or vDPA), now part of vSphere, was a VMware data protection and recovery offering. The product is no longer available standalone.N/A
Pricing
IBM Storage Protect PlusvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Storage Protect PlusvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIBM Spectrum Protect Plus is available in a monthly license or perpetual license.—
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Community Pulse
IBM Storage Protect PlusvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
IBM Storage Protect PlusvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
IBM Storage Protect Plus
9.0
4 Ratings
10% above category average
vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
9.4
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Universal recovery10.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Instant recovery9.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Recovery verification8.53 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Business application protection8.04 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots9.53 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard9.54 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Platform support9.04 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Retention options9.54 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Encryption8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
IBM Storage Protect PlusvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM Storage Protect PlusvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Storage Protect PlusvSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Discontinued Products
VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced is well suited for a thin client environment, and/or an environment that runs multiple virtual servers. It is also well suited for an environment with disaster recover requirements that require backups of everything. vSphere is very expensive, so it would probably not be a very good choice for a startup that could use a cheaper alternative in the beginning, or a physical machine environment.
Michael Timms | TrustRadius Reviewer
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IT Specialist
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Pros
IBM
  • recovery
  • replication
  • retention
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Diego Xavier Rojas
IT Specialist
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Discontinued Products
  • Maintains backups of all virtual systems for disaster recovery compliance.
  • Supports plugins for backups of Microsoft systems.
  • As with most VMware products vSphere is incredibly easy to use.
Michael Timms | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons
IBM
  • Incorporation of more touchless agents for physical servers.
  • Direct offload to tape - instead of requiring Spectrum Protect.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
  • Reports are too complex, could be made clearer.
  • The interface could be simplified.
  • Backups of physical servers take a very long time.
Michael Timms | TrustRadius Reviewer
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IT Specialist
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Alternatives Considered
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.
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Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
CloudBacko is the only similar product that I have used, and while it worked by backing up my virtual machines to Google Drive, VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced not only backs up the virtual machines, buton databases, physical servers and more, and backs them up to a centralized location, and has 24/7 live support.
Michael Timms | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Timms
IT Specialist
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Cloud backup can be expensive and slow
Parul Patel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Parul Patel
Sr. System Engineer
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Discontinued Products
  • Virtual machines and servers are backed up and secure
  • DR compliance is met
  • Multiple platforms backed up to a central location
Michael Timms | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Timms
IT Specialist
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