Zerto on IBM Cloud

Score8.4 out of 10

31 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Zerto on IBM Cloud are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Data Replication Feature: Users have expressed their appreciation for the system's efficient fast data replication feature, which allows for quick duplication of data.

Reliability: The reliable and effective data protection capabilities have garnered positive feedback from reviewers who value safeguarding their information.

Simplicity: The system's ease of operation has been praised for its simplicity and user-friendly navigation, enhancing overall user experience.

Intuitive: Users find the intuitive interface helpful in managing tasks efficiently, while the option to store data within the system adds flexibility and convenience to information management processes. The combination of these features contributes to a seamless and productive user experience with the system.

Reviews

9 Reviews

Cost effective simple solution for non-complex environments

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

September 29, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

[I am] using Zerto on IBM Cloud for disaster recovery replication for clients which have short recovery point objectives, Servers like SQL are mainly adopting this replication mechanism in order to have short recovery along with standard log shipping and also Commvault based backup for logs. The integration of the VMware on cloud also supports replicate easily.

Pros

Data replication with journaling.
SQL replication.
Fast recovery in case of cyber attack / disaster.

Cons

Bandwidth utilization.
Support for non Microsoft products like Oracle.
Inclusion of more virtualization environments.

Likelihood to Recommend

If the environment is fully IBM cloud-based with simple infra components like the SQL servers, standard VMs or applications with short recovery time objectives. This cost-effective solution can save in implementing rather than an expensive DR mechanism or tool to support the overall recovery strategy. If you have complex environments where mission-critical apps like Oracle Databases are running in a cluster mode and features like data guard is used this option would not be a good choice due to complexity.

Anirudh Srinivas

Lead Enterprise Architect in Information Technology at Kyndryl (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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Zerto on IBM Cloud review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 28, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The application is basically being used for the purpose of data recovery in case of any mishap/disaster. It also provides a protected data storage for the organization's data. And as the storage is totally on the cloud, there's no hassle with the hardware installation. It even provides automated tools for deployment. So it actually makes the process much easier and is something every organization should have.

Pros

Fast data replication.
Data protection.
Possibility to store data.
Simplicity of operation.
Objectiveness of UI.

Cons

Must have been expensive for my organization.
Documentation has a scope of improvement.

Likelihood to Recommend

Data storage and access. As a disaster recovery application. Possibly as an antivirus for your data if your organization has enough money. For fast data replication.

Verified User

Manager in Engineering (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

A Powerful Combination

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 21, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Zerto on IBM Cloud so our infrastructure is reliable and flexible. This is done [in] 90% of the organization as the other other 10% is allowed to be independent with their choices. Zerto is a good fit for our organization because it allows us to keep applications backed up and highly available. We used to be just a one site IT solution, but now we can use the IBM Cloud in concert with Zerto to ensure that local issues do not cost us time and money. In short, it keeps us in business and keeps everyone productive even through disaster.

Pros

Failover.
Backup.
Integration.

Cons

Cost.
Complexity.
Documentation.

Likelihood to Recommend

Zerto on IBM Cloud is great to get your datacenter redundant and highly available. It overcomes geographic contingencies and makes your production environment reliably flexible. If you do not like the added cost of redundancy or cost of cloud services, this inconvenient fee may not fit you well. But you'd be better off in the long run to have Zerto protecting your bottom line despite the cost.

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Powerful combination: Zerto on IBM Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 16, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is primarily being used for backup/restore and disaster recovery within the business and it is being used across the entire organization. It addresses the problem of having business continuity and contingency plans in the event the organization needs to restore data or virtual machines when some unforeseen event happens.

Pros

It is easy to get started.
It is also very simple to set up the backup.
Disaster recovery is no longer a dreadful or painful process.

Cons

There could be better documentation available on the restoration process.

Likelihood to Recommend

Zerto on IBM Cloud is very well suited for backup and replication of data including large volumes of data.
The disaster recovery process is rather simple. I would say there is not a scenario where Zerto would be inappropriate.

Shiv Shivakumar

IT Ops in Information Technology at Infocrossing (part of Ensono) (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Zerto on IBM Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 27, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Zerto is being used as a disaster recovery and backup solution solution to remote locations for our VMWare virtual environment and to improve system up time and prevent data loss that meet the demands of our business unit and it's customers. Zerto is also used as a data migration strategy to move data between sites.

Pros

Small rpo for disaster recovery
Data compression for rapid replication

Cons

Cost
Easier management, less command line only tools

Likelihood to Recommend

Zerto is an ideal solution for disaster recovery between datacenters to achieve short recovery point objectives. It also provides rapid datacenter and server transitions to minimize downtime and minimize data loss. Zerto on IBM cloud provides an easy to use interface to easily transfer data to and from the cloud.

James McCullough

senior systems administrator advisor in Information Technology at NTT DATA Services (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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My Zerto on IBM Cloud Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

August 27, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our IT department uses Zerto on IBM Cloud for disaster recovery. We use it to replicate our virtual infrastructure data to a cloud location to have it protected in the event of a regional disaster, ransomware attack, corruption, etc. It also allows for quicker file-level recovery, failover testing as well as gives us a way to test/dev in a non-production environment.

Pros

Ease of setup and upgrade. Installation and configuration was a breeze and can get you protected in just minutes without having to set up additional hardware.
Consolidated billing of the IBM infrastructure and Zerto licensing. One bill to pay monthly.
Ease of support access. Contacting IBM Cloud support is quick and easy and they can quickly involve Zerto support if needed.

Cons

Enable the ability to use IBM Cloud Object Storage as a target for Zerto's long-term retention feature.
Easier access to the underlying VMware infrastructure would be nice. Right now we have to connect to IBM's VPN and use other tools to do some infrastructure management tasks.
More insight into the IBM-side VMware environment that we replicate to (i.e. ability to see available IPs, etc). Most of that is managed by IBM.

Likelihood to Recommend

Zerto on IBM Cloud is well suited for organizations looking to retire their secondary DR site. Zerto on IBM Cloud can be used to replicate directly to the cloud without having to worry about hardware refresh cycles, colocation costs and configuration, traveling to the colocation for upgrades, changes, etc. Can also be used to supplement existing backup solutions with the journal file level recovery feature and new long-term retention.

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Zerto -- Quick, fast, and efficient, when those things matter the most

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 27, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Zerto is being leveraged to migrate payload and give access to data between teams. The benefit to the solution is that it makes a mirrored copy of the vmdk data prior to the migration, which ensures that the final cut overtakes minutes versus a series of hours.

Pros

Checksum validation.
Real-time data sync between datastores.
It's easy to allow multiple teams to have access to instances of data.

Cons

None come to mind

Likelihood to Recommend

I'd recommend Zerto on IBM Cloud for anyone looking to create a replication of data for use by different teams. Zerto makes it effortless to replicate the data, allowing engineers to quickly implement additional instances of an application or dataset for use across the requesting teams.

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Zerto is good enough for most

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 26, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We evaluated Zerto along side multiple target clouds. Among them were AWS, private hosting and IBM/Softlayer. After running the gamut of tests, IBM proved to have the most performance in terms of throughput and recoverability.

Pros

Price of capacity
Speed of restore
Ease of integration

Cons

Licensing model
Regional support
Inability to support non X86 workloads

Likelihood to Recommend

Protecting virtual workloads

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Evaluation experience

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

February 13, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were evaluating similar products for a startup serving global community IoT device data.

Pros

Straightforward UI interactions for fairly complex business operations

Cons

Likelihood to Recommend

Better suited for companies with a well structured IT department.

Verified User

Consultant in Engineering (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

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