IBM Spectrum Archive vs. Unitrends Backup and Recovery

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.

Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery offers a Unified BCDR solution enabling our users to address the challenges of today with a complete, agile solution designed to backup, secure and recover all workloads. The platform encompasses protection for traditional data center infrastructure as well as cloud-based IaaS workloads, SaaS applications and the data being generated on endpoint devices such as laptops and PCs.