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Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] pros and cons

4.6 out of 5
 

Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] Pros review quotes

it_user157635 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 22, 2014
Customer service for this product was top notch.
it_user158790 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT & Comm Infrastructure Operations at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Oct 27, 2014
Customer Service: Very good. Technical Support: Very good.
it_user155781 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 28, 2014
Customer Service: Top notch. Technical Support: Excellent.
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reviewer173349 - PeerSpot reviewer
AGT Infrastructure Operations at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 14, 2020
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.
it_user1564485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 28, 2021
We've found the support to be very good overall.
 

Dell SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility ) [EOL] Cons review quotes

it_user157635 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 22, 2014
Our ROI was minimal, because we use it for a cold, disaster recovery method.
it_user158790 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT & Comm Infrastructure Operations at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Oct 27, 2014
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).
it_user155781 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 28, 2014
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.
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reviewer173349 - PeerSpot reviewer
AGT Infrastructure Operations at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 14, 2020
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.
it_user1564485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 28, 2021
If you are new to the product, the initial setup might be a bit difficult.