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IBM Storage Protect

Composite Score

7.1 /10

CX Score

7.4 /10

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What is IBM Storage Protect?

IBM Storage Protect™ provides comprehensive data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and a wide range of applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server. Clients can reduce backup infrastructure costs with built-in data efficiency capabilities and the ability to migrate or copy data to tape, public cloud services, and on-premises object storage. IBM Storage Protect can also store IBM Storage Protect Plus data, allowing companies to take advantage of their existing investment for long-term data retention and disaster recovery.

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IBM Storage Protect Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

80 Likeliness to Recommend

3
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Storage Protect?

3% Negative

4% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Reliable
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Analytics

Application Awareness

Replication for High Availability

Integration With Storage Arrays

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Deduplication Implementation

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

IBM Storage Protect Reviews

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2020

Easy to use and navigate once installed properly.

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

Pros

Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Caring

Cons

Commodity Features
Vendor Friendly Policies
Inhibits Innovation

Heather K.

Role: Operations
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2020

The best part is that it just worKs.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates IBM Storage Protect from other similar products?

I really like that it just works and we haven't had any problem with it, whatsoever. It is very flexible in terms of schedules for different types of retentions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It helps insomuch as that it is a run solution. The issues that I've had with IBM are few and far between. It runs right out of the box.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The user interface (UI) for the admin is still not good. It is mostly a command line and you're stuck in a terminal a lot.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The best part of this IBM Spectrum Protects is that it just works.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2020

Good product. Definitely one to consider.

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Security Protects

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Awards & Recognition

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

IBM Storage Protect Ratings

80 Likeliness to Recommend

3 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Storage Protect?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Virtual Machine Backup Automatically discovers and protects VMs as they come online, move, and change. Production VMs are replicated to a secondary data store.

Backup Automation Solution automates backup, recovery and remediation tasks using RestAPI and CLI to integrate with 3rd party solutions, reduce cost and enforce standards.

Analytics Built-in real-time and historical reporting and analytics on SLAs, performance, and resource consumption, as well as predictive capabilities to plan & optimize.

Application Awareness Application consistent backup and granular restore for application data from core applications such as MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint.

Replication for High Availability Beyond secondary copy backup, the solution also manages replication of primary data host-to-host and site-to-site for live failover and high availability.

Integration With Storage Arrays Integrates with APIs from major storage vendors (NetApp, HP, Dell EMC) to leverage capabilities in these arrays such as data snapshots and replication.

Backup of Cloud Based Data In addition to targeting backups to the cloud, the solution also has the capability to back up primary data and services already in the cloud.

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery Onsite backup data is replicated and stored to a public cloud (AWS, Azure). Can also include restore-to-cloud capabilities for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

Deduplication Implementation Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms Backs up data and system info for non-virtualized systems. Primarily Windows and Linux servers but also, potentially, AIX, Unix and others.

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

IBM Storage Protect Reviews

Easy to use and navigate once installed properly.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Heather K.

The best part is that it just worKs.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Good product. Definitely one to consider.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Analytics

Application Awareness

Replication for High Availability

Integration With Storage Arrays

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Deduplication Implementation

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration