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NetApp OnCommand Insight vs SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetApp OnCommand Insight7.9%
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor6.9%
Dell VPLEX6.6%
Other78.6%
Storage Management
Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor6.9%
NetApp OnCommand Insight7.9%
Dell VPLEX6.6%
Other78.6%
Storage Management
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veeam Data Platform5.8%
Commvault Cloud3.4%
Rubrik3.2%
Other87.6%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Anuj_Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Team Lead at Kyndryl
Gives an end-to-end view of your environment and has a very good interface for report creation and customization
NetApp OnCommand Insight is a pretty good tool, and the only concern I have with it is the price. Its price is quite high and could be improved because the licensing feature of this particular tool is on a per GB basis instead of the price being for the complete tool itself. The more you discover, the more you need to pay, and this makes NetApp OnCommand Insight more costly when compared to other tools which are available in the market. My company doesn't have a cloud environment, so all storage is on-premises. I'm not aware of the integration of NetApp OnCommand Insight with the cloud environment, but the tool fits all the marks in terms of what I require and need. It checks all columns for me, so at the moment, nothing comes to mind in terms of additional features I'd like to see from the tool in the future.
AbdulKader Mohandes - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at Al Jazeera Media Network
Custom alerts and rich performance metrics have improved server monitoring and storage planning
We use customizable alerts extensively with different services, because the exchange services are different from Active Directory or DNS or anything else. We have customizable alerts for each service. I do not use the historical data trends that predict future storage needs. Perhaps some of my colleagues use it, but I do not. I would like to see a focus on broadcast services in the future to make it better. Broadcast services, specifically TV broadcast services, would be valuable to us because we come from a broadcast technology background and would appreciate having some features related to that. I would rate this review as an eight out of ten.
JitendraSadaye - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Backup operations have become reliable and reporting now simplifies hybrid cloud protection
Veeam Data Platform has Veeam Enterprise Manager as well as Veeam ONE as valuable features, which allow us to generate various kinds of reports that are required for the customer. Instant VM Recovery is a good feature of the high-speed recovery features in Veeam Data Platform, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) is also a good feature. Ransomware protection is a good feature added in Veeam Data Platform from version 12 onwards, and the ability to create immutable repositories is also a good feature in Veeam. The analytics part of Veeam Data Platform is a good solution because I have worked on various backup technologies such as EMC NetWorker and NetBackup. However, I have not used the analytical parts currently but will check it out. Streamlining processes as well as saving money are benefits that Veeam Data Platform provides for the end user, as it allows for application-aware backups and database backups without the need for various kinds of licenses that other backup software requires. Veeam offers socket-based licenses, instance-based licenses, and capacity-based licenses, which is a great feature.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It gives us the ability to report on all our storage environment, monitor, visualize, and pinpoint problems, focus on and project usage growth, monitor and measure performance of all the stores, and use it for capacity planning, forecasting, and comparing performance over several years and across different vendors."
"NetApp gives our clients the best infrastructure with fast and easy administration."
"It's centralized, it's got a lot of data in there, and we can utilize the data that's in there and the output to other systems to run scripts off of it, so it's pretty versatile."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the reports, the complete analysis of the data. We also like the scalability, since it can work with Hitachi, Isilon, etc."
"It has given us a lot more information than what we could have done ourselves, or with other products."
"It is uniquely valuable because it lets you see everything from the storage to our virtual or VM environment."
"Has made our operations simpler."
"Time to resolution has gone way down, especially when working with the current performance issue."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The performance metrics, especially for CPU and memory, and for the overall performance of the servers have been found most valuable."
"DO IT!!! You will not regret it."
"The fact that you can mix and match, for example, you can replicate off of a backup or off of a backup copy somewhere else, or off of the source machine directly, makes it superior for me."
"The product is very straightforward and very easy to use from the client-side."
"There are many features that include the SQL table-level restore, Instant VM Recovery, and SureBackup, which are valuable to us."
"The technical support is excellent. It's one of the best I've met so far."
"Veeam Backup Replication is easy to use and has high performance. The backups are very fast. It's a complete solution that fulfills our current needs."
"It's a pretty complete product."
"The product is very reliable, easy to manage, and, above all, complete."
"I think this solution does VM back ups very well."
 

Cons

"It would be helpful if it were easier to create queries. It's not very intuitive."
"Just make it one product, not in pieces like performance and discovery. Stop having all these individual pieces."
"We suffer a little bit from stability. At each batching cycle, we find some services that need to be restarted."
"Its only drawbacks are it's expensive and the upgrades are somewhat difficult."
"Perhaps integration with other platforms; any other monitoring, other kinds of storage platforms."
"OnCommand Insight is really limited compared to what Cloud Insights is doing."
"I would like them to change the licensing model. It costs too much."
"NetApp OnCommand Insight is a pretty good tool, and the only concern I have with it is the price. Its price is quite high and could be improved because the licensing feature of this particular tool is on a per GB basis instead of the price being for the complete tool itself. The more you discover, the more you need to pay, and this makes NetApp OnCommand Insight more costly when compared to other tools which are available in the market."
"Scalability is my sore spot."
"The solution could always be more easily scalable."
"The number of similar alerts is the main area for improvement."
"It should support physical servers, and as far as I know, v9 will do this."
"In the next release, I would like replication directly to the cloud to be included."
"The pricing is increasingly becoming more and more expensive."
"Occasionally, in the course of upgrading one's virtualization platform, the backup can be ruined."
"I would like to see improvements in the GUI and in navigation."
"The appliance doesn't have a domain. If there was a competitor with a domain, I'd likely use them."
"Veeam Backup & Replication could improve by making it more user-friendly."
"However, this is a very critical environment, and if you do not enable other things, such as instant recovery or something similar, and you don't have the expertise, it can be painful for the customer."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for NetApp OnCommand Insight could be cheaper. On a scale of one to five, I would rate its price a four."
"The cost: It is expensive as a solution. You need to be an expert to get anything out of it and we don't have that kind of expertise."
"We like that it is one license and everything is bundled in together."
"Pricing by terabytes, not the end of the world, and that's okay. Stop if I want this, I have to buy that. Just release it as a single product."
"We just made a major investment back in May of this year, so we'll have it for another four and a half or five years easily. Thus, we have a five year bumper to bumper agreement."
"The company has saved money by narrowing down issues faster using servers and performance."
"For me, it is always too much. Licensing is on TBs, and I think, nowadays that is outmoded."
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"The product is expensive."
"Setup cost and licensing of Veeam are nothing to complain about when compared to similar products for enterprise backup recovery solutions."
"The solution is expensive, but it's value for money."
"When it comes to pricing for a backup solution for data centers, you do not care about the price. We just care about the service and want it to be reliable. In terms of subscription, it really makes sense. When you want to use all the functionalities it is good that Veeam did the subscription-based model, this is what gives it the most strength on the price."
"The price of Veeam Backup & Replication is high and that is why I am choosing an alternative."
"I don't pay for the solution, so I can't comment on the cost."
"Veeam products are less expensive than other products. The licensing costs are low and they're pretty affordable."
"It is reasonably very cheap. I would rate the licensing model a one out of ten, where one is very affordable and ten is extremely expensive."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 9, 2014
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Top Industries

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Marketing Services Firm
13%
Healthcare Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
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Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise31
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Company SizeCount
Small Business220
Midsize Enterprise98
Large Enterprise141
 

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?
The number of similar alerts is the main area for improvement. Alert noise would be great to reduce.
What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?
We are still working with SolarWinds and use the NPM product along with SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor.
What advice do you have for others considering SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?
We use customizable alerts extensively with different services, because the exchange services are different from Acti...
Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup ...
How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file syste...
How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup...
 

Also Known As

OCI
SolarWinds SRM
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication
 

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