Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] Reviews

Name: Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL]
Brand: Dell Technologies
Rating: 4.6 (7 reviews)

4.6 out of 5

7 reviews
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What is Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL]?

The Symmetrix Remote Data Facility family of software is the gold standard for remote replication in mission critical environments. Built for the industry-leading high-end VMAX hardware architecture, the SRDF family of solutions is trusted for disaster recovery and business continuity.

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Featured Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] reviews

it_user1564485

Storage Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I have not seen any such opportunities where there was a demand for scaling just yet. When I say scalable, I mean that they are customizing the build of new storage, based on the customer requirement. It's not fully populated. Once we understand the demand, we can put the correct solution in place. If we don't understand the demand, it's hard to line up a deliverable.

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reviewer173349

AGT Infrastructure Operations at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

SRDF has a lot of features that are valuable for us in the enhanced DR solution. 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. Device groups and replication groups help us to group the replicated volumes by DR recovery tier. Integration with VMware SRM vis Dell EMC SRDF SRA adapter has enabled us to perform automated recovery testing. The rest of the open systems platforms have automated the recovery process.

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it_user155781

Sr. Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Replication, once it's setup it can just run The replication works great from prod site to DR site. It's a solid product and that's been out on the market for over a decade. 6 years. Some minor issues but not really any big ones. As of late I have seen the replication drop but this was not…

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Valuable Features

"We've found the support to be very good overall."
"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."

Room for Improvement

"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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