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IBM Storage Protect vs. NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Storage Protect

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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

    NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ANetApp's ONTAP Data Management Software is a storage and data management and protection solution. ONTAP 9 allows users to build an intelligent hybrid cloud that is the foundation of a NetApp Data Fabric that spans flash, disk, and cloud. Flexibly deploy storage on a choice of architectures—hardware storage systems, software-defined storage (SDS), and the cloud—while unifying data management across all of them.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Storage ProtectNetApp ONTAP Data Management Software
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    IBM Storage ProtectNetApp ONTAP Data Management Software
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM Storage Protect and NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software
    Feature
    IBM Storage Protect
    8.1
    6 Ratings
    4% below category average
    NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Storage ProtectNetApp ONTAP Data Management Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage ProtectNetApp ONTAP Data Management Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM Storage Protect is well-suited for large heterogenous environments, with skilled IT staff on-hand. You need a person (or group of people) to monitor day-to-day operations, tweak schedules where needed and be mindful of things that might go wrong. It is also well-suited if you have other IBM products that integrate well with Storage Protect, like Storage Protect Plus or IBM Defender. It is less suited for small companies, with only one person responsible for IT. Employing Storage Protect would be overkill and use too much time of the administrator.
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    NetApp
    I have highly benefited from the performance of this great tool. Storage and data management programs have been running as planned since we deployed this system. Under NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software our data and customers contacts are always secure. It has helped our company in reducing storage costs as we can safely use cloud storage services. It gives us continuity guarantee even after our systems fail to function due to strong backup system.
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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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    NetApp
    • Cloud tool for easy multiple data management.
    • Creating reports is incredible through the package.
    • Data transportation and the real-time data analytics, this tool is the best ever.
    • Data threats Protection capability is amazing.
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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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    NetApp
    • More details on network interfaces are available in CLI. Would like to see similar visibility on the GUI.
    • Deleting volumes that have been snapmirrored have to be released at the snapmirror destination first. Would be nice to have that feature at the source where you are deleting the volume.
    • When creating a volume in the GUI it adds to the default junction point. Would be nice to choose the junction point as you were creating the volume (this is a feature available in the CLI).
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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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    NetApp
    No answers on this topic
    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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    NetApp
    Functionality is very impressive, practical, and useful. GUI could use several improvements.
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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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    NetApp
    NetApp support is always second to none. That being said I have never once had to contact support for the NetApp System Manager software. It is simple, stable and easy to use. Given that their support is stellar in all other areas I don't see how this would be any different
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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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    NetApp
    I have only used NetApp ONTAP Select platform in our organization in data storage and file management. It has efficiently managed all data-related problems and gives us the right roadmap of managing data from all sources effectively. Data migration from our company to the cloud storage datasets has been easy and secure. It provides reliable intelligence from all information gathered from our data sources that enhances better operations and smart decisions.
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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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    NetApp
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    NetApp
    • Previously were were running with just locally attached storage across all of our estate. With this tool we are not able to simplify the management of storage saving on resource usage across our Ops teams allowing us to focus on "more important" tasks.
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