We performed a comparison between Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] and NetApp Snapshot based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Fivetran, Dell Technologies and others in Data Replication."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."
"We've found the support to be very good overall."
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"It centralizes your data."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the snapshot and clone capabilities."
"NetApp Snapshot's most valuable features are the snapshot capabilities, you can take snaps of shared directories, files, and VMs."
"SnapMirror and Snapshot are both very reliable products."
"This mature product is the leader in the backup industry with unique features and capabilities for users with advanced backup needs."
"The most important feature to us is creating live snapshots without impacting user access to the file. NetApp's processes are transparent to users and allow us to create point-in-time snapshots, enabling us to replicate that data into the cloud in real time without any impact."
"It doesn't occupy a lot of space and is very easy to use once you schedule the snapshots."
"From a functional standpoint, it's been, pretty much bulletproof. I have never gone to a snapshot and not been able to do what I needed to do."
"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 company could update their products more regularly."
"The solution could include more databases and make it accessible to the DBAs. The automation process should be run in a way where it could be run from the database itself."
"The price could be a bit lower."
"The solution needs to ensure it has higher availability or business continuity."
"The dashboards are in need of improvement."
"I would like some sort of notification that lets me know when a snapshot is done or not done."
"NetApp Snapshot's price could improve to allow them to capture more market shares."
"The initial setup process of NetApp Snapshot is not easy and needs improvement."
Earn 20 points
Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Data Replication while NetApp Snapshot is ranked 1st in Data Replication with 20 reviews. Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is rated 9.2, while NetApp Snapshot is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] writes "RPO and RTO have improved drastically". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp Snapshot writes "A highly scalable and mature solution that integrates well with other tools and provides excellent features". Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is most compared with NetApp SnapMirror, Dell RecoverPoint and Hitachi TrueCopy, whereas NetApp Snapshot is most compared with NetApp SnapMirror, Hitachi Thin Image Advanced, Dell AppSync, DDN DataFlow and Dell RecoverPoint.
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