We performed a comparison between IBM ProtectTIER and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete."
"In terms of stability, I've found it to be very stable. I've walked into the server room when it was at 60 degrees Celcius, and it was still running fine."
"The solution is highly stable."
"The command-line interface is good."
"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."
"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."
"The Live Mount feature is excellent; it's useful for the backup administrator and end user."
"The search functionality is second to none as the speed of the search is fast across the whole system and predictive."
"It has also saved us time managing backups. It's pretty stable. So it sends us a report if something goes wrong, then you get a report. You don't really need to manually monitor this software over time. If something happens, you'll get an error and you'll get an email notification and then address it. We found the product pretty stable if it's configured correctly. So it has reduced management time."
"Rubrik is a faster unit from a hardware perspective. Things, like Live Mount, mean we can bring services back straightaway, then have them transition back into the live storage in the background. Because we can use Live Mount to do instant restores, a restore is now a five-minute job. Then, the rest of it is done in the background, rather than doing something for an hour before you actually get the restore back."
"The fact that the API is so available to us with the playground — there's an internal and public playground — is also valuable. We can write API calls — and although I'm sure there's a way we could hurt the data — we write those calls with a lot of certainty that we won't be destroying anything. We write these API calls using really easy mechanisms and generate automation a lot faster."
"Management is so simple that anyone can check the backups and do restores when necessary."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The backup for a large amount of data is slow."
"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."
"I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM."
"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. After the licensing, the price tends to go up as time goes by."
"When errors do occur, it can be a somewhat painful process to get to the bottom of issues."
"They need to find a solution for SMBs. It is currently only suitable for enterprises or big customers. They need to find a solution that suits SMBs."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"I would like for unmanaged backups to be able to be saved in a separate policy."
"The reporting, in particular the customization of reports, needs to be improved."
"Rubrik needs to continue to listen to their customers and what they want/need, not just care about money and the bottom line."
"I would like a way to set monthly backups on a certain date and time."
IBM ProtectTIER is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 7 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. IBM ProtectTIER is rated 7.2, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of IBM ProtectTIER writes "Provides a short-term backup, archive, and cataloging for 20,000 people in our organization ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". IBM ProtectTIER is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), HPE StoreOnce, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and DD Boost, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our IBM ProtectTIER vs. Rubrik report.
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