We performed a comparison between Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] and NetApp Snapshot based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Fivetran, Dell Technologies and others in Data Replication."The feature of taking snapshots from the replicated volumes has allowed us to use them for DR testing to validate the application consistent point of recovery."
"We've found the support to be very good overall."
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"The most valuable features of this solution are the snapshot and clone capabilities."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the repurposing and backup features."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The replication and SV protocol features are valuable."
"The consistency of Snapshot is very significant."
"We are able to easily do Azure backups and restores."
"SnapMirror and Snapshot are both very reliable products."
"It has a user-friendly interface."
"The main pain point that we experienced is during device creation. For every newly provisioned volume, creating replication relationships between production and DR site, creating snapshots for third copy at DR site, and configuring them in appropriate replication groups and device groups means that there are lot of steps involved and a lot of room for error. There has to be a lot of checks and balances which need to be incorporated to make sure that the solution is set up correctly."
"If you are new to the product, the initial setup might be a bit difficult."
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"NetApp Snapshot's price could improve to allow them to capture more market shares."
"Although support is good, the global support is lacking depending on location."
"If your data is more dynamic and changes frequently, you need more granular retention levels and need to save it for a longer duration, then this becomes a real challenge."
"Not a perfect ten because there is one point off to give it room for improvement."
"The solution could include more databases and make it accessible to the DBAs. The automation process should be run in a way where it could be run from the database itself."
"I think the automation needs some improvement."
"The next release should include developments on the step center for purpose or bandwidth."
"The price could be improved a little bit."
Earn 20 points
Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Data Replication while NetApp Snapshot is ranked 1st in Data Replication with 20 reviews. Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is rated 9.2, while NetApp Snapshot is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] writes "RPO and RTO have improved drastically". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp Snapshot writes "A highly scalable and mature solution that integrates well with other tools and provides excellent features". Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is most compared with NetApp SnapMirror, Dell RecoverPoint and Hitachi TrueCopy, whereas NetApp Snapshot is most compared with NetApp SnapMirror, Hitachi Thin Image Advanced, Dell AppSync, DDN DataFlow and Dell RecoverPoint.
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