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."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"We are able to easily do Azure backups and restores."
"You never have to worry about protecting your virtual machines."
"It doesn't occupy a lot of space and is very easy to use once you schedule the snapshots."
"Compared to the traditional way we did backups, with Snapshot it takes us less time. It has improved my organization by saving us time."
"It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It centralizes your data."
"This mature product is the leader in the backup industry with unique features and capabilities for users with advanced backup needs."
"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 UI is probably their biggest weakness. There are always glitches in the HTML UI."
"The initial setup process of NetApp Snapshot is not easy and needs improvement."
"The solution needs to ensure it has higher availability or business continuity."
"The initial setup of NetApp Snapshot is not straightforward. It's not something that you can do just by clicking on the next step button. It has to be designed and it has to be implemented according to your network capabilities and the use case scenario."
"The next release should include developments on the step center for purpose or bandwidth."
"The dashboards are in need of improvement."
"I think the automation needs some improvement."
"NetApp needs to take a look at their pricing in comparison to the competition and make the appropriate change to attract more customers and gain in market share."
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, DDN DataFlow and Dell RecoverPoint.
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