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Azure Site Recovery pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
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PROS

Azure Site Recovery is easy to use and integrates seamlessly with existing Azure services.
It is known for its stability, scalability, and reliability across various domains including hospitality and healthcare.
Azure Site Recovery provides quick snapshots of environments, enhancing visibility and operational awareness through good reporting features.
Automated file synchronization significantly eases the management of legacy systems, adding efficiency and reducing workloads.
Azure Site Recovery supports cost savings and time efficiency, approximately reducing backup and restoration time by 30 percent per VM.

CONS

Error logging needs to be streamlined for better troubleshooting when Azure Site Recovery fails to run.
Azure Site Recovery should support versioning to restore to previous versions.
The configuration in the newest version is complex and needs simplification.
Azure Site Recovery's pricing is unclear and needs improvement in predictability and cost control.
There is a need for better integration with other platforms and enhanced security features.
 

Azure Site Recovery Pros review quotes

Rafael Veloso - PeerSpot reviewer
May 13, 2024
You can create automation to move workloads and redirect traffic to another region.
Mike Douthitt - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2024
Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore.
Peter Maklin Aquino - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 29, 2023
Azure Site Recovery's automated file synchronization was a game-changer in managing legacy systems.
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it_user1295826 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 16, 2020
They're moving a lot of their workload to cloud and aiming for a seamlessly integrated product.
Dani Bachour - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 5, 2023
What I love about Azure Site Recovery is its simplicity for basic configurations.
reviewer1271010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 23, 2020
The solution is very easy to use.
Muhammad Saad Zahoor - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 16, 2022
What I like best about Azure Site Recovery is that it's easier to use because my organization already has Azure as an Active Directory solution.
Rajesh Patel Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 30, 2023
Our primary use case is for disaster recovery and business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR).
MikeChacker - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 12, 2021
The most useful thing is that it provides a snapshot of your environment in about 15 minutes. It is stable, and it always works. It is also scalable and easy to set up.
YO
May 13, 2024
We use the tool for business continuity purposes.
 

Azure Site Recovery Cons review quotes

Rafael Veloso - PeerSpot reviewer
May 13, 2024
we lack a straightforward method to automate the restart of services, which can be quite time-consuming.
Mike Douthitt - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2024
The product's performance is an area of concern where improvements are required.
Peter Maklin Aquino - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 29, 2023
The primary area for improvement in Azure Site Recovery is its pricing.
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it_user1295826 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 16, 2020
It could include more of a backup and recovery.
Dani Bachour - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 5, 2023
One area for improvement with Azure is helping customers predict usage more accurately.
reviewer1271010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 23, 2020
When it runs, it runs well but when it doesn't run, the solution needs to make it clearer as to why and what the troubleshooting process is. All this would be possible if the error logging was streamlined a bit.
Muhammad Saad Zahoor - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 16, 2022
In the newest version of Azure Site Recovery, the configuration was a little more complex, so this is an area for improvement.
Rajesh Patel Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 30, 2023
The support team took a lot of time to respond and was not very professional.
MikeChacker - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 12, 2021
It is for site-to-site replication. When something goes wrong on your site, you only get 15 minutes before it also goes wrong on your replicated site. There should be some way to be able to say that we want to restore it, but we want to restore it to the version from yesterday. It should support versioning. I would also like to see real-time scanning for advanced threat protection, more straightforward billing, and quicker turnaround on the tech support.
YO
May 13, 2024
The solution needs to improve replication and failover processes. We are still looking for improvements in the cost baseline.