We performed a comparison between NetApp SnapCenter and Veeam Backup & Replication based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The backup features are the most valuable because they allow the DBAs to replace SnapManager for Oracle (SMO), which is going away, and to do cloning as well. We can also clone to different servers and have the actual backup clone mounted on different servers. And we can split easily too."
"It's integrated with VMware vCenter. You can also see the backups there and you can do a restore completely out of vCenter."
"Restoring and cloning are easy to do."
"Technical support has been very helpful when we have issues."
"The Exchange plugin is the most valuable because we have a lot of customers that use SnapManager Exchange and have to migrate to SnapCenter."
"The main advantage is its fast backup and restore."
"The most valuable feature is the RBAC, the Role-Based Access Control. In our managed service, we can have different layers of security."
"The central pane view is the most valuable feature. You have one console where you can monitor all your jobs, as opposed to going to different vCenters."
"I know it's not exactly a feature, but I accept it works and it's easy to use. With the Veeam Backup & Replication, we have no problems in managing restore. Obviously, the most important thing about backup software. I used to say that every backup software can make backups, but only good ones can make a restore."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Provides lots of reporting and visualization of how much data has been transferred."
"The technical support is excellent. It's one of the best I've met so far."
"Veeam Backup Replication's snapshotting and cloning are the most valuable features."
"It is a global major solution for quite a lot of people."
"The backup and replication capabilities are quite good."
"Replication and restore object in Exchange boxes with possibility to select part of Microsoft directory."
"We tend to have a lot of Hyper-V... so now we have two management consoles and we would ideally like to leverage SnapCenter to include Hyper-V."
"The DBAs are comparing it to SMO but it doesn't have a lot of the functionalities that SMO has."
"I would like to see replication support between systems. Right now, it's kind of limited. We manage them separately from the storage system interface, not from SnapCenter. It would be nice if it was integrated into SnapCenter."
"Since the solution's initial setup is complex, it should make training documents available in the public space."
"The documentation could be a little bit better so that we could handle more of the troubleshooting ourselves, rather than having to go through support."
"The Dashboard view needs to be more compressed with better ease of access and drill-down features. They should also reinstate Linux filesystem backups of storage volumes (which existed in the prior version)."
"Plugins should be developed in shorter times. Performance generally could be a little bit faster."
"The UI, the User Interface, needs to be improved. It's not as clean or modern as it could be."
"The initial setup is not always easy, and customers often need a lot of help to get Veeam up and running successfully."
"The endpoint protection console is not centralized."
"I would like to see the licensing model improved. They have recently changed the model and have made it more complicated."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups or snapshots. That's a nice functionality that Veeam doesn't have."
"Multithreading of health check process: This can take too much time to process on large jobs and/or large VMs."
"We try to compare Veeam with other solutions because we are the operations. Then we can give the answers for improvement which is the specific additional system features that other solutions provide."
"It is always nice to get products cheaper."
"The replicating from Veeam Backup Replication to Azure cloud could be improved."
NetApp SnapCenter is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 24 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. NetApp SnapCenter is rated 8.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of NetApp SnapCenter writes "A stable solution that is mostly used by banks and financial institutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". NetApp SnapCenter is most compared with Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, NetApp Cloud Backup, Veritas NetBackup and Delphix, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our NetApp SnapCenter vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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