Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] vs NetApp SnapMirror comparison

"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."

"Customer service for this product was top notch."

"In all the companies in which I have used the product the ease of Disaster Recovery was implemented in such a manner that the risk of a site disaster was mitigated in an efficient way, and it made the migrations of complete data centers to other new data centers at other locations a piece of cake."

"Customer Service: Very good. Technical Support: Very good."

"The SRDF solution has improved our disaster recovery RPO to near zero or less than 15 minutes with RTO getting drastically reduced."

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

"Customer Service: Top notch. Technical Support: Excellent."

"NetApp SnapMirror's ease of use and reliability are valuable features."

"My understanding is that the technical support is good, but we don't need much support because it's working fine."

"The product has good performance."

"Overall, the product is very good. It's an easy to use tool."

"Technical support is excellent."

"With SnapMirror, the solution is the feature itself that is most valuable. It just replicates the data. It's very difficult to speak about, in the sense that it's similar to the features of a wheel. It is round and it's a part of an automobile."

"This solution is easy to implement and easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is the data replication tool. There is also a lot of ability for data migration."

"Our ROI was minimal, because we use it for a cold, disaster recovery method."

"SRDF compared with EMC Recover Point has less capabilities, for ex. CDP (local or remote) is missing, only EMC assets compatibility, as a TCO is more expensive than implementing IBM SVC or EMC VPLEX virtualization and replication (more supported assets)."

"As of late I have seen the replication drop but this was not due to the SRDF, it was due to the high rate of IO changes on the OS side."

"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."

"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."

"In general, it’s very stable although some time SRDF don’t behave as expected specially if the link is not stable or saturated."

"It is not as efficient as it needs to be. It doesn't compress the data really well when it is forwarded to a secondary site. The download performance could be better."

"The tool should also work on third-party solutions."

"The price needs to be improved."

"Technical support is only available if there is a problem."

"There are some limitations when it comes to the scalability of the solution, but I don't know where the limitation is."

"You need too many separate licenses for the features. Sometimes our customers choose other replication services because of the initial cost of the licenses."

"In the next release, I would like to get an active IP number solution."

"In the next release, I would like to get an active IP number solution."

"SnapMirror is extremely expensive. We had a hard time adjusting to our budget. If rated on a scale of one to ten, with ten being the most expensive, I would definitely rate it ten out of ten."

"The product price is reasonable."

"The solution has monthly and yearly licensing options."

"The pricing can be improved."

"It's part of the NetApp Firewall, so it's free."

"It's a highly cost-effective solution"

"The pricing could be improved."

"The cost is low compared to different vendors."