We performed a comparison between Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] and NetApp SnapMirror 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 user interface is very easy to manage. The replication is also very easy to set up."
"The solution is very stable."
"NetApp is one of the best products in this field of storage solutions."
"With SnapMirror, the solution is the feature itself that is most valuable. It just replicates the data. It's very difficult to speak about, in the sense that it's similar to the features of a wheel. It is round and it's a part of an automobile."
"The tool seamlessly moves data over the network without putting pressure on the network."
"The most valuable feature is the snap shot."
"Overall, the product is very good. It's an easy to use tool."
"The performance and stability are valuable features. It seems to fulfill all the requirements."
"If you are new to the product, the initial setup might be a bit difficult."
"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."
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"It is not as efficient as it needs to be. It doesn't compress the data really well when it is forwarded to a secondary site. The download performance could be better."
"Compression and deduplication could be improved."
"There is probably some limitations when it comes to the scalability of the solution."
"We have different families of storage, such as the E-Series and Flash systems, but NetApp cannot be set up between them."
"The solution's dashboard and reporting could be improved."
"The price could be cheaper."
"The price needs to be improved."
"We must be able to integrate Flash Pool with SnapMirror."
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Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Data Replication while NetApp SnapMirror is ranked 2nd in Data Replication with 23 reviews. Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is rated 9.2, while NetApp SnapMirror 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 SnapMirror writes "Protects our data during any emergency or disaster". Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is most compared with Dell RecoverPoint and Hitachi TrueCopy, whereas NetApp SnapMirror is most compared with NetApp Snapshot, Hitachi TrueCopy and Dell AppSync.
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