We performed a comparison between Hitachi ShadowImage 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 most valuable feature of Hitachi ShadowImage is high-speed data transfer from one server to another. Other solutions would have problems with transferring 50 TB of data. I also like that Hitachi ShadowImage is easy to use."
"This is a very mature product that does exactly what it needs to in taking temporary pictures of data states."
"This mature product is the leader in the backup industry with unique features and capabilities for users with advanced backup needs."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"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."
"The solution is fast and it doesn't use any disc space at all. You can also take as many snapshots as you like. These are the solution's most valuable features."
"Compared to the traditional way we did backups, with Snapshot it takes us less time. It has improved my organization by saving us time."
"NetApp Snapshot's most valuable features are the snapshot capabilities, you can take snaps of shared directories, files, and VMs."
"It doesn't occupy a lot of space and is very easy to use once you schedule the snapshots."
"API and script configuration in Hitachi ShadowImage is sometimes complicated, so this is an area for improvement. Another area for improvement is that the Hitachi ShadowImage interface isn't as user-friendly."
"The price could be improved a little bit."
"The dashboards are in need of improvement."
"The UI is probably their biggest weakness. There are always glitches in the HTML UI."
"If your data is more dynamic and changes frequently, you need more granular retention levels and need to save it for a longer duration, then this becomes a real challenge."
"I think the automation needs some improvement."
"The price could be a bit lower."
"The licensing cost could be improved."
"Not a perfect ten because there is one point off to give it room for improvement."
Hitachi ShadowImage is ranked 7th in Data Replication with 1 review while NetApp Snapshot is ranked 1st in Data Replication with 20 reviews. Hitachi ShadowImage is rated 8.0, while NetApp Snapshot is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Hitachi ShadowImage writes "Easy to use and can do high-speed data transfers from one server to another". 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". Hitachi ShadowImage is most compared with Hitachi TrueCopy and Hitachi Thin Image Advanced, whereas NetApp Snapshot is most compared with NetApp SnapMirror, Hitachi Thin Image Advanced, Dell AppSync, Dell RecoverPoint and DDN DataFlow.
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