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NetApp SnapMirror vs. VMware Site Recovery Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NetApp SnapMirror
Score 10.0 out of 10
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NetApp offers SnapMirror, a data replication option.N/A
VMware SRM
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
VMware's Site Recovery Manager (VMware SRM) is a disaster recovery option, used to automate orchestration of failover and failback to minimize downtime and improve availability with VMware Site Recovery Manager.N/A
Pricing
NetApp SnapMirrorVMware Site Recovery Manager
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NetApp SnapMirrorVMware SRM
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
NetApp SnapMirrorVMware Site Recovery Manager
Considered Both Products
NetApp SnapMirror
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose NetApp SnapMirror
We chose NetApp's SnapMirror solution primarily because it was already integrated and licensed on our storage platforms. This allowed us to have a very fast implementation time and really allowed us to quickly close the learning gap of our administrators. Not only is NetApp …
Sarthak Panchal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sarthak Panchal
Consultant, Storage Operations - Shell, G.E.G
Chose NetApp SnapMirror
Well, the different products have different portfolios and their ups and downs. ONTAP select is used for deploying HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure ) solutions or deploying the VM on the cloud. Whereas if we see the NetApp FAS series it is a NetApp NAS solution. NetApp …
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Brandon Burch
Coordinator of Network and Technical Services
Chose NetApp SnapMirror
We originally had an EMC storage device. We had quickly outgrown the device and looked for alternatives. We were drawn to NetApp because of the great software solution surrounding it. We had been using a combination of backup solutions previously combining the Dell EMC box with …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose NetApp SnapMirror
Over the years we have transitioned to NetApp SnapMirror for all our storage needs. However, due to the short life cycle of support, it is cost prohibitive to maintain after support is ended. The main reason we have liked NetApp SnapMirror due to the many options and …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose NetApp SnapMirror
NetApp SnapCenter integrates very well with SnapMirror. A single SnapCenter job creates local backups and then kicks off pre-created SnapMirror jobs immediately thereafter.

Veeam has a great product for use when content is not on NetApp storage. It has a lot of similar …
VMware SRM
Ravinder Gupta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ravinder Gupta
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
Chose VMware SRM
Veeam Backup & Replication is slower than VMWare SRM and doesn't suits our RTO (Recovery Time Objective).
Alejandro Contreras | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alejandro Contreras
Infrastructure Architect
Chose VMware SRM
If SRM worked as advertised, it would be comparable, however, Veeam also provides you with the ability to create real time labs with your machines, and they can be accessed via a proxy. This allows you to failover some machines and test them from outside the DR bubble.
Dan Forlano | TrustRadius Reviewer
Dan Forlano
Supervisor LAN Support
Chose VMware SRM
Entertained Veeam, however with SRM's tight integration and "brand" it was an easy decision. The cost for a 25 server license also weighed in the decision for using a VMware product. Plus I am a VMware fan and feel this option to go with SRM will transcend jobs.
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Kunal Gupta
Senior Manager
Chose VMware SRM
[We selected VM Site Recovery Manager based on] VMware Snapshots, functionality and integration.
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User Ratings
NetApp SnapMirrorVMware Site Recovery Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
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7.3
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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10.0
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Usability
-
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9.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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7.0
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User Testimonials
NetApp SnapMirrorVMware Site Recovery Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
It is fantastic for disaster recovery. We've used it in DR tests for years and it just works. This is the primary reason I can think of why a company would use this feature set.
Verified User
Anonymous
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SRM is a must-have tool if your business requires you to failover your VMs to a disaster recovery site and provide valid testing and real-time numbers. Our VP office is always amazed at how easily we are able to satisfy our annual testing and show actual results with time stamps and the sequence of each VM that is up and running. SRM may not be needed in a very small business that does not have the capacity nor the need to have their infrastructure off site in a form of a disaster recovery site.
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Anonymous
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Pros
  • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity are strong areas where NetApp SnapMirror exceeds by providing multiple recovery options without the need for additional software or degrading network performance.
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Anonymous
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  • Easy to build a recovery plan
  • Easy to test recovery plans
  • Works with storage based replication or non storage based replication
Alejandro Contreras | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alejandro Contreras
Infrastructure Architect
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Cons
  • The volume size on the destination partner always has to be bigger than the source. This can get annoying. Not sure if they have made this automatic in future releases.
  • When you break a SnapMirror to use the destination volume you have to redirect all requests to the new volume. This isn't really a con but it is something you need to think about.
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Brandon Burch
Coordinator of Network and Technical Services
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  • I am not very pleased with the overall licensing cost. It's pretty expensive. Especially if you have a small number of VMs, you are paying a lot.
  • We had a little struggle getting our support tickets resolved by VMWare support.
Ravinder Gupta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ravinder Gupta
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
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Likelihood to Renew
Very well versed and a good product to deal with downtime to recover from the failure is pretty good. Also, NetApp's engagement on Incident calls is very professional and humble. I would give a 100% rating to this product as I have been working on this for the past 5 years. It is stable, fast and highly reliable
Sarthak Panchal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sarthak Panchal
Consultant, Storage Operations - Shell, G.E.G
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- easy to set up - easy to protect critical servers in case of disaster
Abhishek Thakor | TrustRadius Reviewer
Abhishek Thakor
Associate Consultant
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Usability
It just works 99% of the time. Even if there's a network outage, jobs just pick up after the outage is over. The only reason it's not a 10 is the weakness of the GUI interface for configuration. For me, all configuration has to be done at the command line.
Verified User
Anonymous
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VMWare SRM is very easy to use and configure. You don't have to be a virtualization expert to learn SRM configuration and execution.
Ravinder Gupta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ravinder Gupta
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
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Support Rating
NetApp support has always been great. With the NetApp Auto-support system/web portal, the visibility into your NetApp storage is incredible. There have been times when I've been contacted by them for an issue that I haven't even discovered yet. For example, I received a call 20 minutes after a drive failed in our filer. I hadn't checked my email at that time and therefore didn't see the alert.
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Brandon Burch
Coordinator of Network and Technical Services
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Sometimes we have to struggle explaining the problem and getting it resolved on priority. The overall quality of support team is not as good as it used to be in past.
Ravinder Gupta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ravinder Gupta
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
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Alternatives Considered
We originally had an EMC storage device. We had quickly outgrown the device and looked for alternatives. We were drawn to NetApp because of the great software solution surrounding it. We had been using a combination of backup solutions previously combining the Dell EMC box with Backup Exec and a tape library. NetApp replaced all of that nicely. No more tapes. Seamless replication no only locally but also to a remote location.
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Brandon Burch
Coordinator of Network and Technical Services
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Veeam Backup & Replication is slower than VMWare SRM and doesn't suits our RTO (Recovery Time Objective).
Ravinder Gupta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ravinder Gupta
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
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Return on Investment
  • NetApp SnapMirror has allowed us to recover critical data in a timely manner on multiple occasions.
  • We have been able to decrease our RPO objectives.
  • We have been able to decrease our DR costs as well.
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Anonymous
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  • The biggest positive is that we have a data recovery solution that we can test and verify in a live condition. Prior to this we were only hoping we could recover from a disaster.
  • We've been only running for 4 months and haven't had to use SRM.
Dan Forlano | TrustRadius Reviewer
Dan Forlano
Supervisor LAN Support
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