We performed a comparison between NAKIVO Backup & Replication and Oracle Data Guard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It was also very easy to configure backups to be sent offsite to a separate repository for disaster recovery needs."
"NAKIVO is easy to use and pretty easy to set up."
"We have been able to set up a failover site that has replicas of our critical VMs."
"It is easy to set up using the included virtual appliance and also includes agents for most NAS systems."
"The chat functionality with Nakivo Support in the web interface is very unique and we love it."
"It is flexible."
"The solution offers reliable copying and fast recovery."
"Nakivo offers direct support through the graphical interface and this is great to have if you need quick help."
"Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution."
"We chose this solution for the availability of the databases. We can't afford Oracle Grid, this is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive."
"If you have a problem with your primary site and can't access your primary database, you can continue working with the database that you have as standby on the other site, by changing its role to primary."
"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features."
"Another valuable feature is the possibility of backing up the database from the standby database instead of the primary database, to avoid backup process overhead in the primary system."
"We have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product."
"The solution has been stable so far."
"One of the most valuable features is real-time replication. The version we're using is reliable and easy to deploy."
"It could be a little bit faster in terms of backup and offer more reliable SQL server backups."
"There could be better integration with other solutions, such as Amazon S3."
"The first implementation is a bit difficult but once is up and running is rock solid and extremely easy to manage."
"The only thing I could say is maybe some more options for job scheduling are needed."
"It'll help if they offered some automation and more usability for partners."
"The only thing we have encountered that we would like to see improved in the future are error messages. They could be more detailed and helpful, without the need to send logs to support. Failing that, the part of the log related to the error could be displayed alongside the error message, so I can investigate the error without looking through all of those logs that I'm able to download."
"Using an independent bootable media to restore full physical machines would enable physical machines that may be serving as Nakivo Director or Transport machines to be reliably restored to service without undue delay, ensuring that an enterprise's local environment remains intact."
"The process for getting unused diskspace back from the data repository is slow."
"The predominant issue lies in the communication link between the secondary and primary databases."
"The product could improve its pricing."
"Sometimes, the technical support team takes time to respond."
"For every standby server you have, you must pay a licensing fee, which is the main disadvantage."
"A significant improvement for Oracle Data Guard would be enabling the disaster recovery site to handle read and write operations, not just data storage."
"The usage of block storage devices in the cloud or migration of a type of storage from one site to another site can be improved. Currently, we have to use multi-node to single node because of the lack of storage support on the Azure side. It did not really work. Our DBA had to spend a lot of time tweaking the Data Guard tools, or the underlying Oracle VMs, to make sure that Data Guard would run on top of different types of storage. So, if it can support transporting or getting from one type of storage to another type of storage in a different site or a different technology, it would be very helpful."
"I think it would be great to have a graphical interface assistant (like DBCA, ASMCA, NETCA, etc.) for initial configuration, monitoring, configuring Oracle Data Guard Broker and all the Data Guard Broker commands, without needing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installed."
"The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. Another area of improvement is support."
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews while Oracle Data Guard is ranked 11th in Backup and Recovery with 31 reviews. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4, while Oracle Data Guard is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Data Guard writes "Ensures our databases stay in sync between the main and disaster recovery sites". NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Zerto, whereas Oracle Data Guard is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Carbonite Server. See our NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs. Oracle Data Guard report.
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