Arcserve UDP and Microsoft DPM are both data protection solutions competing in the data backup and recovery category. Arcserve UDP is preferred for its competitive pricing and comprehensive features, while Microsoft DPM stands out due to its seamless integration with Microsoft environments.
Features: Arcserve UDP offers support for physical systems, agentless backup for VMware and Hyper-V, and global deduplication. It provides robust cross-platform capabilities, enabling backup and restoration across Windows, Linux, Hyper-V, and VMware. Microsoft DPM is recognized for its integration with Microsoft workloads, facilitating item-level recovery and compatibility within the Microsoft ecosystem.
Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP could enhance its support services and cloud integration while improving deduplication efficiency. Users also suggest a more intuitive interface. Microsoft DPM needs better support for non-Microsoft platforms alongside improvements in user-friendliness and reporting capabilities.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP offers flexible deployment options including on-premises and hybrid cloud, though experiences with support vary. Microsoft DPM, focusing on on-premises deployment, provides support through established channels, though customer satisfaction with technical assistance is inconsistent.
Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is noted for its competitive pricing and straightforward licensing, offering good ROI through operational efficiencies. Microsoft DPM is cost-effective within the Microsoft ecosystem, with licensing bundled under Microsoft agreements, providing good ROI for users leveraging Microsoft infrastructures.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Arcserve UDP | 1.1% |
| Microsoft DPM | 0.9% |
| Other | 98.0% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 23 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 10 |
| Large Enterprise | 9 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 9 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 7 |
| Large Enterprise | 7 |
Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup system that can be used to back up data from a source location to a target secondary location. Microsoft DPM allows you to back up application data from Microsoft servers and workloads, and file data from servers and client computers. You can create full backups, incremental backups, differential backups, and bare-metal backups to completely restore a system. Microsoft DPM can store backup data to disks for short-term storage, to Azure Cloud for both for short-term and long-term storage off-premises, and to tapes for long-term storage, which can then be stored offsite. Backed up files are indexed, which allows you to easily search your recovered data.
Microsoft DPM contributes to your business continuity and disaster recovery strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data, ensuring resources are available and recoverable during planned and unplanned outages. When outages occur and source data is unavailable, you can use DPM to easily restore data to the original source or to an alternate location.
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Reviews from Real Users
Microsoft DPM stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust and flexible backup capabilities and its being easy to manage with one central dashboard.
William M., the head of ICT infrastructure & security at a tech services company, notes, "The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require. The compatibility is very good. We have an IBM AS/400 machine in our office that we're using, and we're able to back it up fine. This is the same for other systems, as well. I think that overall, it is really adaptable, compatible, and scalable."
Mohammed I., a managing director at Adalites, notes, "I would definitely recommend data protection DPM. It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor. It works flawlessly, never a problem."
Rodney C. a system analyst at a financial services firm, writes, "The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched. This is our primary tool for recovering deleted files or folders. Once we implement a System Center Operations Manager, all of our DPM servers can then be seen on one dashboard."
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