IBM Storage Protect vs. SharePlex

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Storage Protect
Score 7.1 out of 10
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IBM Storage Protect (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect, or Tivoli Storage Manager) provides data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server.N/A
SharePlex
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
SharePlex from Quest Software is a data replication software offering near real-time replication and supporting a wide variety of databases.N/A
Pricing
IBM Storage ProtectSharePlex
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Storage ProtectSharePlex
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 Storage ProtectSharePlex
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
IBM Storage Protect
1.8
4 Ratings
128% below category average
SharePlex
-
Ratings
Universal recovery3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery3.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification2.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Business application protection1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations2.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification2.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression2.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Storage ProtectSharePlex
Likelihood to Recommend
3.8
(10 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Storage ProtectSharePlex
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Tivoli does well running file-level backups, but Exchange is clunky and restores are really hard. With no SharePoint agent, if you use SharePoint you will need another product like AvePoint DocAve. The web-based GUI console is MUCH improved over earlier versions, but you will still need to be a command-line guru to make Tivoli do everything, and local (node) config files still rule. This product was originally ported from Unix and retains may of its 'nix roots.
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Quest
SharePlex really shines when set alongside GoldenGate. The licensing costs of the two products would appear to place them in entirely different ballparks yet they perform nearly identically in practice. SharePlex is suitable for heterogenous replication of one database to another. The list of targets is ever increasing, with support for all major RDBMS vendors as well as support for popular NoSQL and JSON replication. SharePlex is effective when replicating from on-premise to cloud. Whether that's migrating data, creating a high-availability presence in a public or private cloud, or populating a data mart, it does the job quite well.
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Pros
IBM
  • Tight integration with Db2. As an IBM product, it works seamlessly with Db2. You can query what is stored in TSM via Db2 itself. You can also use DB scripts to maintain the items being stored there.
  • Like most of its competitors, Tivoli handles deduplication well.
  • Provides a GUI for browsing and maintaining items stored there. I rarely use this feature, due to the next item I will post:
  • Command-line interface directly from my Db2 database servers.
  • Both client and server-side deduplication, compression and encryption are available.
  • If the requirements are zLinux and DB2 support then it's the most solid solution.
  • Can be complex to implement, but once up and running, it is rock-solid and immensely scalable.
  • Scalability is huge. Can be added onto easily.
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Quest
  • SharePlex is highly configurable and versatile. It can handle virtually any kind of data replication needs.
  • SharePlex is very robust. Its message queuing mechanism provides fast data transfer from the source to the target.
  • SharePlex software is very stable and mature, and it is highly scalable and reliable.
  • SharePlex support is exceptionally good. We are very satisfied with its support engineers.
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Cons
IBM
  • Deployment and configuration is not easy for an unexperienced IBM Spectrum Protect administrator
  • Operations center uses a lot of data and needs a lot of storage for larger environments
  • Have not seen a redbook about it in the past 10 years
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Quest
  • When first introduced the Change Data Capture process was awkward. Each subsequent release has improved the process.
  • Sometimes the Shareplex monitoring service in Foglight gets overly aggressive in sending out error notifications and can end up spamming the admins with email alerts for one problem. We have had to tone that down.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
Not required, company closed. TSM is not used in my current role at my current job.
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Quest
We depend on it to supply data to our various OLTP and Data Warehouse environments
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Usability
IBM
In the present, a backup solution is a must-have, but then companies start using a solution for virtual machines, another solution for bare-metal servers, and another solution for their ERP. By using Spectrum Protect you can have all of that in a single pane of glass. This way you can have a simple recovery plan for all your information assets.
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Quest
It is very usable once you get over the initial setup.
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Support Rating
IBM
The few times we've called for support we eventually got an answer, but it's IBM and a very big company and getting to a support agent is hard.
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Quest
Support is very responsive. They take ownership of the problems and see them through to the finish. When a bug is found they work towards developing testing and making the fix available to us to solve the problem.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
IBM Spectrum Protect is related to the other IBM Spectrum products listed because it is part of the suite and is also the main backup product for backup and restoration of information. With Veeam it is related as they present competence in different lines of technology, often the integration of both tools can be the best solution for clients looking for a successful backup strategy.
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Quest
SharePlex support is an award-winning team, which is available for 24 hours, and any time they have solutions with perfect expertise. Besides, SharePlex has supported data migration, with multiple reporting features that ensure there are comprehensive database evaluations. The simplicity of SharePlex installation also gives it a higher mark, is very efficient, and allows companies to understand it easily.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
IBM
Not at the moment, but it can leverage the billing outcomes as per the scales.
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Quest
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Simple, care free backups, especially if you do not use tapes and do not have to manage those.
  • Very fast restores as the libraries have everything available online.
  • Ease of locating the necessary data to restore
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Quest
  • Postive: easy to replicate data for non-prod use
  • Negative: we spent a lot time due to data out of sync
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