We performed a comparison between Carbonite Recover and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software."We confirm the server failure before initiating recovery. Once started, this process takes half an hour to an hour, though it can be as fast as 15 minutes. After bringing up the server, we test connectivity to ensure everything is operational."
"It has a good and effective user interface."
"Virtual Machine Recovery during DR situation, with automation and easy to use menus and options."
"The solution helps to improve business continuity processes. Its automatic failover and failback policies have been wonderful."
"The solution is consistent."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"It's very reliable. The solution is stable."
"The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."
"The installation and initial setup are straightforward."
"The main weakness of Carbonite Recover is the fallback process, which can be time-consuming. However, the failover process works well when done properly. Similar to other software programs, there was a technical issue involving duplicates and small glitches."
"I would like to see better integration with other storage solutions. I would hope to see that within the next two or three years."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
"Currently, there is a limitation of consolidating only 15 sites per SRM."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."
"The two vCenters have to be synchronized, which sometimes gives us problems because Keberos does not tolerate more than five minutes in time difference."
"You need a lot of knowledge to work with the interface because it is not really easy to use, and it would be great if the dashboard were simplified."
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Carbonite Recover is ranked 34th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 1 review while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. Carbonite Recover is rated 8.0, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Carbonite Recover writes "Allows you to test and schedule recovery tasks for multiple sites". 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". Carbonite Recover is most compared with Commvault Cloud, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service .
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