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IBM Storage Protect Plus vs. IDERA SQL Safe Backup

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Storage Protect Plus

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Storage Protect Plus (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect Plus) provides data recovery for virtual environments and databases.N/A

    IDERA SQL Safe Backup

    Score5.3 out of 10
    N/ASQL Safe Backup from Houston based software company Idera is a data recovery and protection option.

    $1,036

    per instance with first year maintenance included

    Pricing
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard via eCommerce
    1,036.00
    per instance with first year maintenance included
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    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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    Features
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM Storage Protect Plus and IDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Feature
    IBM Storage Protect Plus
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    IDERA SQL Safe Backup
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Universal recovery10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery9.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.53 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Business application protection8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.13 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.04 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.04 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.03 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Snapshots9.53 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.54 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.54 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Platform support9.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Retention options9.54 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Encryption8.03 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    SQL Safe is appropriate and well-suited for any backup scenario. Having used SQL Safe, I probably wouldn't want to manage a set of servers in the future without it. If you only have a couple of SQL servers, it might not be worth the spend as there are well-maintained free options that are very functional (though they do require more technical knowledge). But I can't think of a scenario where SQL Safe wouldn't be appropriate.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • recovery
    • replication
    • retention
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    • History visibility
    • Very intuitive
    • Easy to set up
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Incorporation of more touchless agents for physical servers.
    • Direct offload to tape - instead of requiring Spectrum Protect.
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    Idera, Inc.
    • When you're adding a new SQL server, sometimes the install from the management server to the SQL server will fail. I'm guessing this happens because of some version difference in Windows components or similar. Not a huge deal because you can just copy the agent to the SQL server and install it there, but considering how easy everything else is, I would expect this to be a little more fluid.
    • I ran into a situation where part of our business decided to move their servers to a third-party data center. When they took away a SQL server that I was managing with SQL Safe, anything having to do with that policy took forever. Click. Wait 10 minutes. Window reacts. I'm guessing this is because the Management Console is trying super hard to contact the server in question, but I wish it handled losing a server better than it does.
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    IDERA SQL Safe Backup winning thanks to the pricing, nothing more.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Cloud backup can be expensive and slow
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    Idera, Inc.
    • SQL Safe allows me to spend less time managing my DR plan and still maintain confidence that my backups and restores are solid. Saving my time means saving money.
    • SQL Safe does an amazing job at backup compression over and above SQL's native compression. SQL backups are probably our single largest consumer of network drive space. Any product that helps reduce my network footprint, saves money.
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