We performed a comparison between Dell AppSync, Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL], and NetApp SnapMirror based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Delphix, IBM, Hitachi Vantara and others in Copy Data Management."I believe one of the advantages we saw was that the configuration was manageable."
"This solution is very helpful and easy to use."
"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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"Overall, the product is very good. It's an easy to use tool."
"The solution is very stable."
"The user interface is very easy to manage. The replication is also very easy to set up."
"The most valuable feature is the snap shot."
"The tool seamlessly moves data over the network without putting pressure on the network."
"Data protection is a valuable feature."
"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 most valuable feature is the data replication tool. There is also a lot of ability for data migration."
"I would like to have the ability to bit the same system with multiple AppSync replications would definitely be beneficial to us. And general flexibility enhancements."
"It would be helpful if this product has features for transferring to the cloud."
"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 price needs to be improved."
"If they can make the application free like other vendors or include it in all the packages, it would be great."
"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."
"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."
"We have different families of storage, such as the E-Series and Flash systems, but NetApp cannot be set up between them."
"The new coursework models need to be improved. The bandwidth monitoring could also be better."
"We have to do manual verifications about the subscriptions often."
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