We performed a comparison between VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the backup and disaster recovery services."
"Technical support is very proactive and helpful."
"The initial setup is easy depending on the environment you are working with."
"We feel the ability to move virtual machines while they are still running to be the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of operations."
"VMware is one of the best products in the industry when it comes to virtualization."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"We find the back up feature of this solution to be particularly valuable."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"VMware SRM is a very nice tool for disaster recovery for virtual environments."
"SRM's best feature is automation."
"The solution is very flexible."
"It would be ideal if they added advanced analytics or AI to the solution."
"The automation should be simplified or improved."
"The improvements should be as per customer requirements."
"VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery could improve by enhancing the network bandwidth from the storage."
"When starting up the replication and converting it to the virtual machine I had some problems. I had to start the process again and that is inconvenient."
"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."
"This product is not appropriate for those moving to a broader cloud footprint."
"Sometimes it can cause a bit of downtime during switchovers."
"The configuration process could be improved."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
"They could enhance the automation features for the product."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
"We've had configuration issues on occasion. We start to fail over, and then we have to call it off because the configuration is not right, or the data stores aren't configured correctly in the secondary data center. Oftentimes, it is just the experience level of the team, and we have to bring in the vendor to help and validate our configuration."
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VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is ranked 4th in Disaster Recovery as a Service with 5 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 69 reviews. VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is rated 9.2, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery writes "Application can be migrated from one host to another in respects of virtual machines without the user taking notice". 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". VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is most compared with Zerto, Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Site Recovery, Rubrik and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, 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 . See our VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery vs. VMware SRM report.
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