Product Comparisons

Simpana 10 vs. Symantec, EMC and IBM

October, 2014
Simpana Software vs. Legacy Approaches
Build vs. Buy

CommVault Symantec IBM EMC

Backup & Networker

Recovery
HomeBase
NetBackup TSM for SharePoint

Archive, Email, Common Centera

Store
Files, eDiscovery
Xtenders
& Compliance SourceOne
Enterprise
Vault

Data Reduction
Deduplication &
PureDisk
Compression

Enterprise
Reporting Ops Center
DPA
Control Center

Replication,
Repl.
Management, Replication Exec
Manager
Recover
& CDP Point Replistor

Desktop /
Continuous Data
Laptop Protection for Files

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 Data & Information Management CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

Data & Information Management

Protect and manage data across physical, virtual and
Server Virtualization and Cloud- cloud with embedded options for scale, application
Ready Data Management awareness and tools to streamline large scale operations

Employs a distributed catalog structure which eliminates

Distributed catalog structure for
the catalog-scale design constraint due to catalog
protection and scalability
backup / restore concerns

Simpana OnePass backup and A single, low-impact scan that incorporates protection,
archive to eliminate operational retention, reporting and access for growing file system
impact & management time and email environments

Integrated Global source and target Deduplicate data across the environment to maximize
side Deduplication storage savings.

Integrated hardware and software Leverage snapshot technology across leading

Snapshot Management supporting heterogeneous arrays to improve RTO/RPO and off load
heterogeneous arrays backup processing from production hosts.

Integrated archiving & eDiscovery Reduce infrastructure and administrative requirements

for file systems, email & SharePoint for archiving data in the environment.
in a single unified solution

Integrated Content Indexing & eDiscovery across archive and backup provides total
Search visibility to data.

Single virtual repository with mobile Access information anywhere through ContentStore .
& web access

Manage large-scale operations and shared services

Automated Workflow efficiently

Provide robust, global reporting including capacity

Integrated global operational
management and planning, SLAs, operational and
reporting
instrumentation level views of environment

Yes Partial NO

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 Virtual Environment Protection CommVault Advantage
Feature Benefit
Virtual Environment Protection
Array-based snapshots for
scalable protection
Scalable off-host protection for
both VMware and Hyper-V
Custom auto-protection and
filtering
Enhanced restore and recovery
options
Self Service access to data
Faster restores leveraging
change block tracking
VM Archiving
Integrated operations reporting
Accelerated disaster recovery
by leveraging the VI
Yes Partial NO
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Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM
Leverage hardware snapshot technology to
automatically protect large VM environments quickly
with IntelliSnap for VMware and Hyper-V.
Leverage platform APIs (like VADP) along with scalable
grid architecture and off-host proxies for backups
Automatically discover and protect VMs based on
business value. Filter out specific VMs for full
customization
Advanced, flexible recoveries that go beyond file,
volume, VM, including: extended capabilities such as
power-on, VM-renaming, datastore browsing, single
step restore for vCloud.
Restore data through web console and vCenter plug-in.
Leverage Change Block Tracking to accelerate restores.
Automatically archive stale VMs based on policies, to
recover space in data stores
Optimize storage resources and operating environment
in the virtual environment, with a rich set of analysis,
trending, and reporting tools.
Perform automated DR operations by leveraging
automated conversion of a backup copy into the VI with
Virtualize Me
2013 DCIG Virtual Server Protecting
Backup Software Buyer's Guide Converged Virtual
Infrastructures
 Snapshot Capability CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

Snapshot Capability
Integrated Backup & Initiate backup and archiving operations with
Snapshot management consolidated reporting, auditing and security
controls from a hardware-based snapshot
operation.
Off-Host Processing Minimize production system impact with built in
proxy capabilities for indexing, backup
generation (including deduplication and
encryption), granular access and recovery.
Federated search across Provide searchable recoveries across multiple
snapshots for Granular snapshots/backups at a granular object level.
Recovery
Improved DR Readiness Execute snapshot and clone operations as
frequently as required to deliver on increasingly
tight SLA requirements.
Support for snapshots of Leverage hardware snapshot technology to
virtual environments automatically protect large VM environments.

Supports major Hardware Integrated snapshot and clone techniques with

Arrays the industries leading providers of the latest
arrays and applications.
Eliminates scripting Reduce risk and eliminate manual scripting by
using an automated policy-based approach.

Application consistent Integration with applications to ensure consistent

snapshots point in time images.

Yes Partial NO

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 Deduplication CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

Deduplication
Simple Management Use a simple check box to switch between
source and target-side deduplication to meet
business needs.
Integrated Source and Eliminate redundant backup and archive data at
Target-side deduplication the client before sending it across networks,
transferring up to 90 percent less data across the
network.
Rapid Recovery From Disk, No artificial limit on resource availability for
Tape or Cloud Storage restores, ensures rapid recovery with minimal
business disruption.
Hardware agnostic Scale out easily and cost effectively with open
systems hardware.

Enterprise scalability and Scale to support Petabytes of data with a grid

resiliency architecture that allows for load balancing and
failover to a shared DDB
Global Deduplication Maximize data reduction by deduplicating data
globally across hundreds of clients in different
locations with different protection policies.
Deduplicate to Tape Write backup/archive data to tape storage in
deduplicated, encrypted, format, reducing the
cost of storing data.
Deduplicate to Cloud Write backup/archive data to cloud storage in
deduplicated, encrypted, format, reducing the
cost of storing data.

Yes Partial NO

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 Replication CommVault Advantage
Feature
Replication
Integrated Continuous
Data Protection
Deduplicated replication
enabled
Scale out easily and cost
effectively with open
systems hardware
Unique Application
Recovery Points
Leverage remote or virtual
sites for disaster recovery
Centralize disaster
recovery for remote sites
Replicate data over thin
WAN connections
Recover granular
information from replicas
Yes Partial
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Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM
Meet Recovery Point and Recovery Time
Objectives (RPO/RTO) without taking production
systems offline by leveraging continuous capture
byte-level replication to continuously protect your
data.
Integrated replication of data in a deduplicated
state to reduce network traffic.
Utilize inexpensive storage for replicas.
Leverage existing storage arrays.
Eliminate the risk of application corruption by
recovering your file or application to a specific
point-in-time.
Eliminate exposure from site disaster, costly off-
site tape storage and lower TCO
With remote data replication, data and
applications can be reliably protected with replica
copies at the central site for Disaster Recovery
Minimize costs of infrastructure changes.
Leverage replica copies to recover granular
information as part of a single pass operation.
NO
 Reporting CommVault Advantage

CommVault Symantec EMC IBM

Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

Reporting
Detailed reports on Understand the environment and the status
environment configuration of the components in it.
Reporting on operational Detailed information on the status of data
status of backups and protection and recovery jobs executed in the
recoveries environment.
Detailed reporting on Analyze and view physical and virtual
storage utilization storage utilizations and maximize their
usage.
Detailed analytics on Make informed decisions on how best to
virtual environments deploy an application in a virtualized
environment.
File-level reporting on Identify stale data and make informed
data age and usage decisions on your archiving rules and
storage policies.
Usage reporting to enable Produce chargeback reports based on
chargebacks physical and virtual machine capacities.

Yes Partial NO

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 CommVault Edge Technology CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 DLO Avamar TSM

Edge Protection
Single Platform Data Reduces complexity with a single platform for all backup,
Management recovery, and archive management, with consolidated
reporting, security controls and auditing.
Device/OS Diversity Provide an enterprise-class solution that delivers efficient,
centralized laptop/desktop data protection with multiple OS
support and provides anytime, any device access to the data.
Empower the mobile workforce with the ability to download
backup files to tablets/smartphones and backup Windows,
Linux and Mac OS devices.
Auto Discovery and Auto discover new desktops and laptops; install backup agents
Setup automatically to reduce administrative workload.

File Synchronization Ability to synchronize files between devices

Optimized Resource Enable rapid, efficient, reliable, and transparent protection

Utilization through dynamic bandwidth management and ensuring a small
backup footprint by reducing network impact with the ability to
specify bandwidth, CPU and power utilization.
Search with HTML Keep data view and recovery easy and efficient by leveraging
previews for content indexing to provide insight into the data through HTML
enhanced access and previews. Preserve, protect, and access business critical
eDiscovery information captured from desktops and laptops whenever
necessary to meet any eDiscovery or compliance challenge. .

Protecting Data at the Critical Need For

Yes Partial NO Edge More Effectively Edge Data Protection

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 Archiving & eDiscovery CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

Archiving & eDiscovery

Integrated File-system Centralized management of backup and archiving.
archiving.

Simpana OnePass Single pass archiving of file system and eMail data
Technology. with stubs for end user recovery.

Automate policies to keep only Reduce up to 70% of retention costs by

what has business value with specifying items of a particular content type(s) that
Content Based Retention can be applied to different retention. Provide the
ability to design policies and storage location by
content type.

Email and SharePoint Single point of control for management of backup and
archiving integrated with archiving.
Backup in unified solution. Reduced infrastructure requirements.

Integrated enterprise search, Knowledge of the information you have and the ability
Compliance and e-Discovery to locate it quickly.

Supports discovery across Find data and information not just in archives, but
archives, backups, replicas across all the data in the environment.
and online file data.

Retention and review of all ESI Enable legal hold on discovered data and easy search
and review of information.

Early Case Assessment Automated classification and preservation with

technology detailed reporting to prove authenticity and chain of
custody.

Yes Partial NO
DEMO
Reducing Data Management
Reference Copy DEMO Costs, Risks & Complexity - A
OnePass Datasheet Datasheet Strategic Archive Approach

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 Archiving & eDiscovery CommVault Advantage
HP
Symantec Autonomy
Feature Benefit CommVault Enterprise Consolidated EMC
Simpana 10 Vault Archive SourceOne

Archiving & eDiscovery

Simpana OnePass Single pass backup and archiving of file system
Technology Archiving. and eMail data with stubs for end user recovery.

Reduce the space and Eliminate up to 90% of redundant data with

processing of enterprise data integrated global deduplication and compression,
saving on network, media and storage costs.

Automate policies to keep Reduce up to 70% of retention costs by

only what has business value specifying items of a particular content type(s) that
with Content Based Retention can be applied to different retention. Provide the
ability to design policies and storage location by
content type. Data tiering can be applied based on
content rules to any target, including tape or cloud.

Email and SharePoint Single point of control for management of backup

archiving integrated with and archiving.
Backup in unified solution. Reduced infrastructure requirements.

e-Discovery across archives, Find data and information not just in archives, but
backups, replicas and online across all the data in the environment.
file data.

Early Case Assessment Automated classification and preservation with

technology detailed reporting to prove authenticity and chain
of custody.

Data analytics to determine Leverage integrated reporting, retention and

the right policy deduplication capabilities to improve visibility.

Yes Partial NO Archiving to Meet

Compliance & eDiscovery
Reference Copy
OnePass Datasheet Datasheet DEMO Requirements in the Big
Data Era
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 Cloud Data Protection CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

Cloud Data Protection

Built-in multi- Security with customizable role based data
tenancy protection and access.
Deep vCD Protection vCD implementations for resource pools,
Integration provider/org vDCs, and VMs. Single step recovery
directly into vCloud
Secure Data Full encryption at all stages and HTTPS can be used
transfer together instead of a VPN for strong security that is
cost effective and easy to manage.
Optimized Source-side deduplication technology, coupled with
Resource intelligent backup scheduling and bandwidth
Utilization throttling to reduce network impact.
Streamline Workflow automation streamlines repetitive and
large scale complex tasks. Operations reporting lets users
operations optimize the environment.
End-User End-users can find and restore files from any backup
Restore on any client they are authorized to access
Multiple Cloud Ability to select from multiple cloud providers for
providers services
Yes Partial NO

Simpana Software A
Unique Cloud-Enabled
Platform

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 Disaster Recovery Protection CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC BRS IBM TSM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NBU BMR BRM FBBMR/Sysbk

Disaster Recovery Protection

Reduced Complexity Integrated backup, recovery and DR in a single,
software-based solution.
Point in Time Restore Restore the system state of a client, backed up on a
specific date and time
Cross Hardware Restore systems to completely different hardware
Restore configurations, including different NICs, CPU, memory,
storage, etc.
Automated scheduling Streamline DR preparedness with scheduling options for
options replication, dedupe and restores

Workflow automation Automate complex DR runbooks from end to end with

fully customizable workflow automation

Fully unattended Initiate the recovery process of a single or multiple

operating system clients from a central location for unattended restore.
reinstall
Accelerated disaster Perform automated DR operations by leveraging
recovery by leveraging automated conversion of a backup copy into the VI with
the VI Virtualize Me
Integrated Cloud Seamlessly extend offsite disaster recovery with deep
storage Options cloud storage integration

Broad OS support Support for Windows, Linux, and Unix Operating

Systems including HP-UX, AIX and Solaris

Yes Partial NO Balancing Cost, Risk and Complexity

Virtualize Me
in Your Disaster Recovery Strategy

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 Oracle Protection CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

Oracle Protection
Near Instant Better protection for Oracle using array-based
Snapshot Capabilities snapshots that deliver rapid-fire, application
consistent copies of Oracle data with near zero
impact on production environments.
Automated Point-in- Comprehensive automated support for Oracle
time Recovery for RAC nodes and configurations plus snapshot
Oracle RAC Nodes integration with RMAN for database point-in-
time-recovery.
Global Block-Level Eliminate up to 90% of redundant data at the
Deduplication of source with global deduplication while
Oracle Managed increasing storage and network efficiency. Use
Data open systems storage, including cloud.
Granular Recovery Reduce complexity and enhance protection
for Oracle Leveraging with flexible, granular recovery options
Hardware Snapshots including individual tables, databases, entire
applications and out of place database restores
for clone copies.
Comprehensive Gain clear insights into your Oracle
Storage Resource environments with integrated file-level reporting
Reporting and analytics.

Yes Partial NO
Backup &
Recovery for Chivas Brothers
Oracle Case Study
Datasheet

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 SharePoint Protection CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

SharePoint Protection
Near Instant SharePoint data that is highly available, and
Snapshot Capabilities easier to manage with near zero impact on
production environments.
Out of Place Restore Release Independent, rapid migration of data
and Granular from SharePoint 2003, 2007, 2010 & 2013.
Recovery Ease administrative burden with faster, easier
recoveries.
Global Block-Level Eliminate up to 90% of redundant data at the
Deduplication of source with global deduplication while increasing
SharePoint Managed storage and network efficiency. Use open
Data systems storage, including cloud.
External Blob Storage Improved usability and manageability with
(EBS) Support & SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013.
Remote Blob Storage Enable a faster, trimmer, better performing
(RBS) SharePoint server and data retrieval that is
transparent to the end-user.
Integrated Archiving Single platform for backup, archiving and
and e-Discovery reporting, which minimizes server and network
impact. Full text search across backup and
archive data sets for compliance and legal holds.
Comprehensive Gain clear insights into your SharePoint
Storage Resource environments with integrated reporting and
Reporting analytics for better management.

Yes Partial NO Data Management for SharePoint Archiving

Microsoft SharePoint
Datasheet
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 Exchange Protection CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

Exchange Protection
Near Instant Snapshot Exchange data that is highly available, and easier to
Capabilities manage with almost zero impact on production
environments.
Simpana OnePass backup A single, low-impact scan that incorporates protection,
and archive to eliminate retention, reporting and access for growing file system
operational impact & and email environments
management time

Out of Place Restore and Release independent protection for Exchange data.
Granular Recovery Faster, easier recoveries of files, messages,
attachments, etc.

Global Block-Level Eliminate up to 90% of redundant data at the source

Deduplication of Exchange with global deduplication while increasing storage and
Managed Data network efficiency. Use open systems storage,
including cloud.

Automated Point-in-time Simplified point-in-time recovery options with

Recovery Features automated log playback features for Exchange
databases and right-click version selection for
individual email files.

Integrated Archiving and e-
Discovery
Comprehensive Storage
Resource Reporting
Single platform for backup, archiving and reporting,
which minimizes server and network impact. Full text
search across backup and archive data sets for
compliance and legal holds.
Gain clear insights into your Exchange environment
with integrated file-level reporting and analytics.

Yes Partial NO Data Management for Show Me Simpana -

Microsoft Exchange Protect
Datasheet

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 SQL Protection CommVault Advantage
CommVault Symantec EMC IBM
Feature Benefit Simpana 10 NetBackup BRS TSM

SQL Protection
Near Instant SQL data that is highly available, and easier to
Snapshot Capabilities manage with near zero impact on production
environments.
Automated Backup of Reliable protection without administrator
SQL Databases involvement through auto-discover and backup
of new SQL Server databases.
Global Block-Level Eliminate up to 90% of redundant data at the
Deduplication of SQL source with global deduplication while
Managed Data increasing storage and network efficiency. Use
open systems storage, including cloud.
Automated Point-in- Any point-in-time recovery options simplified
time Recovery with automated log playback features for SQL
Features databases.
Browsing and Flexibility and convenience of retrieving backup
Restoring Data by data from a wider time span rather than the
Relative Time need to remember an exact time range in which
something was backed up
Comprehensive Gain clear insights into your SQL environments
Storage Resource with integrated file-level reporting and analytics
Reporting for better management.

Yes Partial NO
Backup & Recovery for Show Me Simpana -
SQL Server Datasheet Protect

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