G2 Vendor Directory

IBM Spectrum Archive vs. Disk Archive

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricIBM Spectrum Archive

by IBM

Disk Archive

by Disk Archive

Overall rating4.24.3
Review count1111
Ease of use9.09.5
Ease of setup9.68.6
Quality of support8.89.2
Meets requirements8.98.8
NPS54.54545545.454545
Small Business45.5%27.3%
Mid-Market36.4%45.5%
Enterprise18.2%27.3%
Total page views5721
Total LLM citations125

IBM Spectrum Archive

IBM Spectrum Archive, a member of the IBM Spectrum Storage family, gives you direct, intuitive and graphical access to data stored in IBM tape drives and libraries by incorporating the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) format standard for reading, writing and exchanging descriptive metadata on formatted tape cartridges. Spectrum Archive eliminates the need for additional tape management and software to access data. Spectrum Archive offers three software solutions for managing your digital files with the LTFS format: Single Drive Edition, Library Edition and Enterprise Edition.

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    Disk Archive

    Disk Archive provides easy, secure and affordable technology for archiving and cold data storage, ALTO - the Alternative to LTO.

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