IBM

IBM Storage Protect

6.9 /10

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

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77 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 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?

4% Negative

4% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Application Awareness

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Deduplication Implementation

Analytics

Replication for High Availability

Integration With Storage Arrays

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

IBM Storage Protect Reviews

Daniel U.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Powerful and dependable data protection solution

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Storage Protect from other similar products?

IBM Storage Protect stands out for its scalability, robust data protection across diverse environments, advanced automation, and seamless integration with IBM Cloud.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect is its robust scalability, allowing seamless data protection across diverse and growing environments.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The complexity of its initial configuration can be challenging and time-consuming.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Thoroughly plan the setup and consider leveraging IBM’s support resources to navigate the complex configuration process effectively.

Pros

Reliable
Unique Features
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Harry M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Secure Yours Cloud Data

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Storage Protect from other similar products?

Its a tool that any organization should embrace. The tool with the ease of use and customization, it allows you to protect all your data and recover it in case of disaster and resilient recovery of data. You are able to create a wonderful and effective data back up. Your data is always protected with the tool.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ease of customization and user friendly interface. The tool is responsive and meets the requirement.

What do you dislike most about this product?

For the time of usage, nothing that i have found to be annoying about the tool.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Everything about the tool is worthy. Highly recommended.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Virginia R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

An OS-independent back-up solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM Storage Protect from other similar products?

Reducing the load on production servers by offloading backups using Spectrum Protect Snapshot Although the product is excellent, there is still room for improvement in terms of implementation and customisation.. We've been using Spectrum Protect for a long time, and we're completely satisfied. A major weakness is a lack of ability to compete with other vendors in new areas, such as virtual machines (VMs).

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Because of its sturdiness, it does its job quietly and effectively, but it does like to be pampered, so proper care is required to get the most out of it. Once you've figured it out, it's a piece of cake. Backup servers do not need to be rebooted on a monthly basis, at least not on AIX, which I have on some of my servers. Spectrum Protect is a one-stop shop for all your backup and restore needs; it works with anything you throw at it.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I believe the most pressing issue is the lack of compatibility between various IBM products, such as tdp and gskit, as well as issues with snapshot manager and other products like SVC. Implementation and configuration should only be attempted by those who are intimately familiar with the product, and even then, it may be difficult to uncover all of the available options.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Although the product is very stable, it works better if it is maintained on a daily basis, like most things, like most things. We'd conduct a thorough, POC-driven evaluation to determine which product best meets our requirements. At the time we began using Spectrum protect (then known as ADSM), the backup and recovery market had only a few options to choose from. Many options are available today.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

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Awards & Recognition

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

IBM Storage Protect Ratings

77 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Daniel U.

Powerful and dependable data protection solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Harry M.

Secure Yours Cloud Data

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Virginia R.

An OS-independent back-up solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Application Awareness

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Deduplication Implementation

Analytics

Replication for High Availability

Integration With Storage Arrays

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration