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Precisely Assure MIMIX

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VMware SRM

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Precisely Assure MIMIX and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Featured Review
Ganesh Subbian
A decently stable tool that ensures a high return on investment for its users
Anonymous User
Reliable with the capability to extend but is very expensive
We have a system that can now move us to a DR site. I have yet to experience any major crisis, however, so I haven't yet tried it.
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
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Pros
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and simple.""Database replication is most valuable. It is multi-platform, so it can replicate from a variety of different database types to a variety of different database types."

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"The thing I like the most about SMR is the reduced cost of management.""The solution is scalable.""The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy.""The solution is very flexible.""The most valuable feature of the solution is the automatic recovery of the virtual machine if it goes down.""The installation and initial setup are straightforward.""The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly.""VMware SRM is a very nice tool for disaster recovery for virtual environments."

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Cons
"It does data manipulation language (DML) replication, but it does not do data definition language (DDL) replication. In my opinion, it is a disadvantage. It would be nicer if it was able to do both DML and DDL. I'm not 100% certain of this, but it seems Oracle Golden Gate does both DML and DDL. MIMIX only does DML, and it would be very nice if they included DDL replication. This is one feature that would be very helpful to have.""The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

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"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier.""It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra.""The configuration process could be improved.""I would like to see this solution be more scalable.""I would like to see better integration with other storage solutions. I would hope to see that within the next two or three years.""The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated.""In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved.""SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The licensing provides the access to support. I do know that there's an annual charge for being able to call into their support line and get a technical team from Precisely to assist with any issues we may have. I don't think there are any additional costs other than what we incur internally in terms of the infrastructure that we need to run and operate the product."
  • "The cost of the product is too high."

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  • "Compare to hardware-based replication, I think software based replication is best and cheap."
  • "Licensing costs explode after 75 VMs."
  • "The price of this solution is on the expensive side."
  • "The cost of SRM is a little bit high, especially for smaller companies."
  • "The cost of SRM is on par with market rates."
  • "The licensing costs are increasing."
  • "It is about $3,000 a year for the 25 pack. The package gives you the ability to protect up to 25 virtual machines."
  • "There is an annual license to use this solution."

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    Anonymous User
    VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
    Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to recovery sites, but many of the disaster recovery tools today still function at the storage layer. Legacy technologies like storage array snapshots, and LUN based replication restrict the configuration options of upstream technologies like VMware Storage DRS. If you wanted to replicate a virtual machine you had to replicate the entire LUN is resided on. You weren’t free to leverage Storage DRS for its automated performance balancing features because a VM could be migrated from one LUN mucking up your storage based replication. Fortunately over the past few years there’s been great advancement in hypervisor based replication technologies. There’s a wealth of competing products vying for customer attention. As always competition drives innovation and value for the consumer. This will be the first of a 4 part blog series that looks at various hypervisor based disaster recovery products. Note this isn’t a review of backup products which is a separate category, we are looking at products specifically designed to assist companies in a disaster scenario. Before talking about products; however, we should understand their underlying architectures, and how it relates to their… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about Precisely Assure MIMIX?
    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and simple.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Precisely Assure ...
    Top Answer:The cost of the product is too high.
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    What needs improvement with Precisely Assure MIMIX?
    Top Answer:The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required. The cost of the product should be reduced a little bit, especially compared to the products offered by the other… more »
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    What do you like most about VMware SRM?
    Top Answer:The solution is consistent.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware SRM?
    Top Answer:I rate the product price a five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one is a very high price, and ten is a very low price.
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    What needs improvement with VMware SRM?
    Top Answer:The solution must provide better integration with third-party vendors.
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    Ranking
    12th
    out of 43 in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
    Views
    764
    Comparisons
    402
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    680
    Rating
    9.0
    6th
    out of 43 in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
    Views
    8,245
    Comparisons
    6,440
    Reviews
    26
    Average Words per Review
    397
    Rating
    8.2
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    MIMIX Availability, Syncsort MIMIX Availability, Syncsort Assure MIMIX
    VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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    Overview

    Assure MIMIX DR protects your business from lost data and extended downtime by maintaining a real-time replica of your production server on a recovery server located on-site, off-site, or in the cloud.

    VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager) is a business continuity and disaster recovery solution that is part of the vSphere virtualization suite. It helps you plan, test, and run the recovery of virtual machines between a protected vCenter Server site and a recovery vCenter Server site. VMware SRM aims to minimize data loss and system downtime by letting you automate backups and orchestrate the recovery of entire VMware storage systems. VMware SRM is offered on-premises and on the AWS cloud.

    VMware SRM is most commonly used for:

    • Disaster recovery
    • Disaster avoidance
    • Data center migrations
    • Site-level load balancing
    • Maintenance testing for enterprise applications

    As a disaster recovery tool, VMware SRM:

    • Provides replication technology.
    • Supports policy-based management of backup programs.
    • Lets you run non-disruptive testing of disaster recovery plans.

    VMware SRM Key Features

    Some of VMware SRM’s key features include:
    Good scalability and stability, fast and reliable recovery, automated orchestration workflows, automated recovery of network and security settings, non-disruptive recovery testing, orchestrated cross-vCenter vMotion, stretched storage support, and self-service provisioning.

    VMware SRM Benefits

    The main benefits of using VMware SRM include:

    • Integration: VMware SRM integrates with other VMware technologies and architectures.

    • Non-disruptive testing: VMware SRM allows you to conduct tests during business hours without disruptions.

    • Reduced recovery time: By using automated orchestration workflows, VMware SRM helps to decrease recovery time to just minutes.

    • Automated failback: With automated failback, you can resume business operations as normal very quickly.

    • Extensibility for custom automation: With VMware SRM, you can use the Orchestrator plug-in to build custom automation workflows.

    • Automated network mappings: You can automatically map network settings across the two sites when creating a recovery plan.

    • Eliminate the need to re-configure IP addresses: With VMware SRM’s automated recovery of network and security settings, it is not necessary to e-configure IP addresses on recovered VMs via integration with NSX. Configurations are also reduced post-recovery by implementing security policies.

    • Centralized recovery plans: VMware SRM’s centralized recovery plans help you protect thousands of VM’s and also make it possible to eliminate manual runbooks.

    • Protect investments: With supported replication, VMware SRM helps protect investments and tailor RPOs.

    • Lower TCO: By using VMware SRM, you can lower your TCO and incur lower expenses for disaster recovery.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are reviews from PeerSpot users who are currently using the solution:

    PeerSpot user Eslam E., Senior Solution Architect at ICT Misr, explains his experience using the solution and says that "VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."

    A founder at a comms service provider commented on the solution's efficiency, noting, "If you want to do failover, it works without any problem."

    Reviewer Rakesh-P., who is a consultant at Ashtech Infotech (India) Pvt.Ltd., mentions why he finds VMware SRM to be a good product, commenting that “The most valuable feature is disaster recovery testing. The reports are very good.”

    Ahmed F., a consultant at Daniyals Inc, says that the solution doesn’t require a lot of resources and that "The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."

    Sample Customers
    Toyota Material Handling Australia, Westpac Pacific Banking, Symphony Health, Wimbledon, OCBC Bank
    Acorda Therapeutics, Columbia Sportswear, Mainfreight, Nippon Express, Sin Chew Media, Fisher & Paykel, Siam City Bank
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Insurance Company11%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Government14%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Precisely Assure MIMIX is ranked 12th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 2 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 69 reviews. Precisely Assure MIMIX is rated 8.6, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Precisely Assure MIMIX writes "A decently stable tool that ensures a high return on investment for its users". 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". Precisely Assure MIMIX is most compared with Precisely Assure QuickEDD, Vision Solutions Double-Take, IBM Disaster Recovery Services and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery.

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