We performed a comparison between Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] 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 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."
"We've found the support to be very good overall."
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"The solution is fast and it doesn't use any disc space at all. You can also take as many snapshots as you like. These are the solution's most valuable features."
"The most valuable features of NetApp Snapshot are the integration with other vendors and customization."
"The replication and SV protocol features are valuable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the snapshot and clone capabilities."
"It has a user-friendly interface."
"Compared to the traditional way we did backups, with Snapshot it takes us less time. It has improved my organization by saving us time."
"From a functional standpoint, it's been, pretty much bulletproof. I have never gone to a snapshot and not been able to do what I needed to do."
"You never have to worry about protecting your virtual machines."
"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."
"If you are new to the product, the initial setup might be a bit difficult."
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"I would like to see cloud features added to the next release of this solution."
"The UI is probably their biggest weakness. There are always glitches in the HTML UI."
"Although support is good, the global support is lacking depending on location."
"NetApp Snapshot's price could improve to allow them to capture more market shares."
"The licensing cost could be improved."
"The initial setup process of NetApp Snapshot is not easy and needs improvement."
"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."
"I think the automation needs some improvement."
Earn 20 points
Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Data Replication while NetApp Snapshot is ranked 1st in Data Replication with 20 reviews. Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is rated 9.2, while NetApp Snapshot is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] writes "RPO and RTO have improved drastically". 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". Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] is most compared with NetApp SnapMirror, Dell RecoverPoint and Hitachi TrueCopy, whereas NetApp Snapshot is most compared with NetApp SnapMirror, Hitachi Thin Image Advanced, Dell AppSync, DDN DataFlow and Dell RecoverPoint.
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