We performed a comparison between VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We feel the ability to move virtual machines while they are still running to be the most valuable feature."
"Technical support is very proactive and helpful."
"The most valuable features are the backup and disaster recovery services."
"The initial setup is easy depending on the environment you are working with."
"Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the automatic recovery of the virtual machine if it goes down."
"The solution runs well in the background, just in case we need it."
"If you want to do failover, it works without any problem."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"The simplicity of VMware SRM is one of its most important features. SRM console is straightforward to manage. It offers simplicity in monitoring, managing, and deploying, making it a unique value proposition. Additionally, Nutanix solutions also provide a simple GUI, which helps in operational efficiency."
"The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"The automation should be simplified or improved."
"The improvements should be as per customer requirements."
"It would be ideal if they added advanced analytics or AI to the solution."
"VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery could improve by enhancing the network bandwidth from the storage."
"When starting up the replication and converting it to the virtual machine I had some problems. I had to start the process again and that is inconvenient."
"It has a lot of dependencies on VMware infrastructure, and testing can be complex. Testing often requires extensive approval at the organizational level."
"They could enhance the automation features for the product."
"We have had an issue when some customers have traditional designs and sites. For example, on one another site, they are using hyper-converged, using VMware, or Nutanix. We have a problem with the synchronization between the storage for site to site. This is the main issue. We are adding some other tools to support the synchronization to allow the movement of the workload from site to site easily."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"The solution currently has a five-minute RPO, meaning if the VM goes down we can lose up to five minutes of data which is a big deal when it relates to database replication."
"One thing which is lacking from the SRM is reporting."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
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VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is ranked 4th in Disaster Recovery as a Service with 5 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is rated 9.2, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery writes "Application can be migrated from one host to another in respects of virtual machines without the user taking notice". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SRM writes "A scalable solution that integrates well with the VMware platform, but its platform agnostics do not support on-cloud usage". VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is most compared with Zerto, Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Site Recovery, Rubrik and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Commvault Cloud. See our VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery vs. VMware SRM report.
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