Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) vs. vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup and recovery system that contributes to BCDR strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data.N/A
vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
VMware 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
Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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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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Top Pros
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Features
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
8.0
3 Ratings
2% below category average
vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
9.4
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Universal recovery9.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Instant recovery9.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Recovery verification7.13 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Business application protection8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots9.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Flexible deployment7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard7.13 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Platform support8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Retention options6.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Encryption6.93 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager is well suited for Windows domain environments where you need to make backups of Hyper-V virtual machines or bare metal servers. It is possible to backup SQL databases, works pretty well, but sometimes needs consistency checks on backups to properly continue to backup databases. Easy to restore anything to production or to another location.
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Discontinued Products
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
Microsoft
  • Hyper-V backup /restore
  • Bare-Metal backup/restore
  • Good management console
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Discontinued Products
  • 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
Microsoft
  • Integration with some devices
  • Web client
  • Slow interface
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Discontinued Products
  • 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
Microsoft
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Discontinued Products
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
Microsoft
  • It has saved us on licensing costs and through centralized management.
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Discontinued Products
  • 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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