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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Storage Scale

    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    IBM Storage Scale (formerly IBM Spectrum Scale) supports storage management of unstructured data for big data analytics.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 Storage ScaleNetvault Backup
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    IBM Storage ScaleNetvault Backup
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM Storage ScaleNetvault Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM Storage Scale and Netvault Backup
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    IBM Storage Scale
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    Ratings
    Netvault Backup
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    3% 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 Storage ScaleNetvault Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage ScaleNetvault Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    When you get a Spectrum Scale solution from IBM you are certain of two things. 1) You will need a specialized storage admin who will be able to take all of its advantages and make available for your organization. It is an appliance that not so many storage admins would be comfortable working on. Invest properly on both hardware and human resources. 2) You will scale forever. We started with a couple of hundred of Terabytes and grew to dozens of Petabytes.
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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
    • Secure data storage platform.
    • Secure environment to handle big data through.
    • Creating reports from multiple platforms easily.
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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
    • Not suited for HPC.
    • Doesn't work well for retail.
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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
    It was the solution that fit the requirements of our customers.
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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
    • Allowed reuse of existing storage
    • Flexibility to provision storage quickly, allowing us to right size storage.
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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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