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."We've found the support to be very good overall."
"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."
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"NetApp SnapMirror's ease of use and reliability are valuable features."
"The solution is very stable."
"There are a lot of features that are excellent. The data compression during the transfer, for example, is good. The replication is great. The durability of the solution and the speed of the data moving from one site to another is impressive."
"The user interface is very easy to manage. The replication is also very easy to set up."
"The tool seamlessly moves data over the network without putting pressure on the network."
"The most valuable feature is the data replication tool. There is also a lot of ability for data migration."
"The performance and stability are valuable features. It seems to fulfill all the requirements."
"The most valuable feature is the snap shot."
"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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"The solution's dashboard and reporting could be improved."
"Compression and deduplication could be improved."
"The user interface could be simplified. They might want to have fewer options on it, to make it less complicated. There are a lot of options we never use ourselves. They're often very specialized and don't apply to us."
"It's necessary to install NetApp simulator to avoid complications."
"The price could be cheaper."
"We have different families of storage, such as the E-Series and Flash systems, but NetApp cannot be set up between them."
"At the moment, we are not using the synchronous mirror, but we can implement the synchronous mirror. The only thing is that it needs another license. This is the same issue we have with business continuity. It needs another license to be implemented. You need too many separate licenses for the features. They should add some of the aspects of the premium bundle into the basic bundle. Sometimes our customers choose other replication services because of the initial cost of the licenses."
"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 8 reviews. Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is rated 9.2, while NetApp SnapMirror is rated 8.8. On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp SnapMirror writes "Provides great data loss recovery and real time replication". 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, Vision Solutions Double-Take and Dell AppSync.
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