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Informatica Data Archive (legacy) vs. vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Informatica Data Archive (legacy)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AInformatica Data Archive is used to control data growth in production databases and retire legacy applications. It is a legacy product and will not receive further updates.N/A

    vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AVMware 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
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    Editions & Modules
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    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
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    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Informatica Data Archive (legacy) and vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Informatica Data Archive (legacy)vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Informatica Data Archive (legacy)vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    To manage users, go to the admin dashboard, here is a section for users. In this users section here you can see which users are configured and you have the ability to suspend a user. If you want to edit or add users, you need to go to the Organization section, then click on another user section there, which then gives you the ability to edit or add users.
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    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.
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    Pros
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    • Works well with curated data
    • Allows you to monitor data movements within an organisation
    • Advisable to use ILM if already using Informatica PowerCenter
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    • 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.
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    Cons
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    • As we are still piloting the product at our company at this time the feedback is highly limited.
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    • Reports are too complex, could be made clearer.
    • The interface could be simplified.
    • Backups of physical servers take a very long time.
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    Alternatives Considered
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    [The] customer support is quite good. Cost also has another point to add, along with process integration and ease of using new tool.
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    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.
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    Return on Investment
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    • it is also fully integrated with all other AWS services
    • manages the entire life cycle of the Certificates by itself, so it will reduce your work by a really big amount
    • it can also be easily integrated with ELB and front-end cloud services.
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    • Virtual machines and servers are backed up and secure
    • DR compliance is met
    • Multiple platforms backed up to a central location
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