We performed a comparison between Hitachi Thin Image Advanced 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."Hitachi Thin Image is stable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the snapshot and clone capabilities."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the repurposing and backup features."
"SnapMirror and Snapshot are both very reliable products."
"The most important feature to us is creating live snapshots without impacting user access to the file. NetApp's processes are transparent to users and allow us to create point-in-time snapshots, enabling us to replicate that data into the cloud in real time without any impact."
"We are able to easily do Azure backups and restores."
"It centralizes your data."
"The consistency of Snapshot is very significant."
"This mature product is the leader in the backup industry with unique features and capabilities for users with advanced backup needs."
"We are having problems with the speed of synchronization and transferring of data."
"I would like some sort of notification that lets me know when a snapshot is done or not done."
"The next release should include developments on the step center for purpose or bandwidth."
"The UI is probably their biggest weakness. There are always glitches in the HTML UI."
"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."
"I would like to see cloud features added to the next release of this solution."
"The solution could include more databases and make it accessible to the DBAs. The automation process should be run in a way where it could be run from the database itself."
"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 solution needs to ensure it has higher availability or business continuity."
Hitachi Thin Image Advanced is ranked 5th in Data Replication with 1 review while NetApp Snapshot is ranked 1st in Data Replication with 20 reviews. Hitachi Thin Image Advanced is rated 8.0, while NetApp Snapshot is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Hitachi Thin Image Advanced writes "Direct contact with technical support was good, stability is evident, with defined scalability". 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 Thin Image Advanced is most compared with Hitachi ShadowImage, whereas NetApp Snapshot is most compared with NetApp SnapMirror, Dell AppSync, DDN DataFlow and Dell RecoverPoint.
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