The solution mirrors the data from on-prem to the cloud. BlueXP is software that sits on the cloud, and it's able to look into the data and extract it. We use it for data extraction.
The solution is from NetApp. It's treated like an individual solution. However, it's a full product. It's a backup and recovery tool.
The software interface can extract the data from the backend effectively.
It's a good solution as it natively integrates with other NetApp tools, and they can all work together as one product.
It's useful that it is a single solution.
It's a very expensive product. However, there are no other options if you go ahead with the NetApp product. You can't use other solutions to do this type of activity under NetApp. NetApp does not make it easy for you to integrate with other outside solutions.
The speed of the solution could be better. Sometimes it is pretty slow, depending on the environment.
In the first few versions, we were not able to browse and look into other storage types that replicated from on-premises. However, they've since updated the software.
I have only used the solution for two years.
The stability is rock-solid. I've never had any serious problems. I'd rate the stability ten out of ten.
We're a pretty big company. This solution covers tens of thousands of users.
The solution is very scalable. You can upload hyperscalers in the cloud. Id's rate the scalability ten out of ten.
The initial setup is straightforward. It took a few hours to set up.
For maintenance, we have a third-party vendor that's helping us with support and lifecycle management of IT assets. There's a team of six people managing the maintenance. They are architects.
We had a third party assist us with the deployment of the solution.
The solution is expensive. However, it is in line with what other operators are offering. We do have a separate team that manages licensing. I'd rate the affordability of pricing at five or six out of ten.
There are no extra expenses over and above the core licensing cost.
We did look into Azure File Services and Commvault. We also considered VMware. This solution was the only one that had full integration with NetApp and Azure.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. It's good.
I'd recommend the solution to others.
