NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

The compared NetApp and VMware solutions aren't in the same category. NetApp is ranked #1 in CSDS , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 28.7% mindshare in the category. VMware is ranked #5 in DRS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 9.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of VMware users who would recommend it.

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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88% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Storage (1st), Cloud Backup (10th), Public Cloud Storage Services (5th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (1st)

VMware Live Recovery

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and VMware Live Recovery aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is designed for Cloud Software Defined Storage and holds a mindshare of 28.7%, down 29.6% compared to last year.
VMware Live Recovery, on the other hand, focuses on Disaster Recovery (DR) Software, holds 9.6% mindshare, down 11.9% since last year.

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Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

Featured Reviews

Pramod-Talekar

Sr Service Engineer at Evolent Health

Allows customers to manage SAN and NAS data within a single storage solution

The tool's most valuable features are the SnapLock and SnapMirror features. If something goes wrong with the data, we can restore it. This isn't a mirror; we store data in different locations. If there's an issue on the primary site, we can retrieve data from the secondary site. Multiprotocol support in NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is beneficial because it allows customers to manage SAN and NAS data within a single storage solution. This feature eliminates the need to purchase different types of storage.

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Siva Kuppala

Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited

Offers simplified management and automated recovery process, which reduces the need for manual intervention during a disaster

Automated recovery is one good feature, SRM also offers simplified management. It has a centralized interface for configuring, testing, and executing disaster recovery plans across multiple sites. This means management from a single point, even for many sites. Recovery plans can be different for customers. So, another important feature is the policy-based protection within SRM. Recovery plans can be customized based on business requirements, including Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). These objectives might differ between industries – healthcare might need a more aggressive RPO, for instance. Additionally, SRM offers failback capabilities and reporting features for compliance.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"This solution has made everything easier to do."

"The solution’s unified file and block-storage access across our infrastructure is invaluable. Without it, we can't do what we do."

"I like how you can easily pair on-prem with the cloud and the cloud backup feature. I like the whole integration with on-prem and the cloud for SnapMirror relationships."

"The stability has been really good."

"So a lot of these licenses are at the rate that is required for capacity. So they're they're able to reduce the license consumption and also the consumption of the underlying cloud storage."

"NetApp's Cloud Manager automation capabilities are very good because it's REST-API-driven, so we can completely automate everything. It has a good overview if you want to just have a look into your environment as well."

"It makes sure we have control of the data and that we know what it's being used for. The main thing for us is that we need to know what applications are consuming it and responsible for it. The solution helps us do that."

"The ease of use in terms of how the product works is valuable. We are able to work with it and deploy the storage that we need."

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"Our systems fail over using SRM. So, we do a big bang DR, which is biannual, and we fail over our fairly massive Epic electronic health record (EHR) and our core applications. It takes us about 30 minutes to fail over using SRM, which is pretty good. In most hospitals that have Epic installed, Epic does the audit to make sure that we can fail over if something were to happen. Normally, sites will have a DR solution specific to the EHR, but right now, our pain point is the third-party tier-one clinical applications."

"We feel the ability to move virtual machines while they are still running to be the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the integration part, along with the subsequent hardware."

"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."

"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."

"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."

"VMware SRM is a very nice tool for disaster recovery for virtual environments."

"It is easy to implement for my clients."

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Cons

"In terms of improvement, I would like to see the Azure NetApp Files have the capability of doing SnapMirrors. Azure NetApp Files is, as we know, is an AFF system and it's not used in any of the Microsoft resources. It's basically NetApp hardware, so the best performance you can achieve, but the only reason we can't use that right now is because of the region that it's available in. The second was the SnapMirror capability that we didn't have that we heavily rely on right now."

"The support is good in general but the initial, front-line support could be improved. Because I have already been using the product for so long, when I call support I would rather talk to somebody who is a little bit more advanced or senior, rather than talking to the first-level support. Usually, it takes some time to reach out to their senior support."

"I would want more visibility and data analytics where we can see anomalies within the shares within the GUI."

"The navigation on some of the configuration parameters is a bit cumbersome, making the learning curve on functions somewhat steep."

"There is room for improvement with the capacity. There's a very hard limit to how many disks you can have and how much space you can have. That is something they should work to fix, because it's limiting. Right now, the limit is about 360 terabytes or 36 disks."

"Not a perfect ten because it's not very efficient with upgrades and management."

"I think the challenge now is more in terms of keeping an air gap. The notion that it is in the cloud, easy to break, etc. The challenge now is mostly about the air gap and how we can protect that in the cloud."

"There is room for improvement in tier one support, especially with potential language barriers and communication challenges."

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"The licenses need to be easier to quote."

"What I think can be improved is the data replication aspect."

"I would like to see better integration with other storage solutions. I would hope to see that within the next two or three years."

"SRM has to be installed on two separate data centers, so both have to be coordinated very well, which becomes complicated when configuring the software for disaster recovery."

"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."

"The price, in general, could be lower."

"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."

"You need a lot of knowledge to work with the interface because it is not really easy to use, and it would be great if the dashboard were simplified."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is reasonable."

"If we wanted to use the AWS solution, we would have to manage two or three different platforms and pay more money than what we should have to pay, as some of the features don't even exist. If we wanted to, we could use AWS cloning, but it is useless because it uses more space, is more expensive, and takes more time."

"For enterprise customers, it's a very cost effective. But in the SMB segment, yeah, pricing is a little bit challenge for your time."

"Make sure you investigate what your requirements are going to cost you using the native cloud solutions versus what NetApp is going to cost you, to make sure you have a business case to go with NetApp."

"The standard pricing is online. Pricing depends. If you're using the PayGo model, then it's just the normal costs on the Microsoft page. If you're using Bring Your Own License, which is what we're doing, then you get with your sales contact at NetApp and start figuring out what price is the best, in the end, for your company."

"The pricing could be improved. It is a good product, but it is very expensive for me."

"For NetApp it's about $20,000 for a single node and $30,000 for the HA."

"The pricing of this solution is definitely higher than what the typical Azure Files and AWS solutions charge, but given the features and the stability NetApp has provided, we are okay with it. We are not complaining about the pricing."

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"It is about $3,000 a year for the 25 pack. The package gives you the ability to protect up to 25 virtual machines."

"Mature products like VMware SRM often have higher costs."

"The cost of SRM is on par with market rates."

"It is reasonably priced, and its cost hasn't been a significant factor in our implementation."

"The cost of SRM is a little bit high, especially for smaller companies."

"Compare to hardware-based replication, I think software based replication is best and cheap."

"VMware SRM is an expensive solution, and users need to pay extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"Licensing costs explode after 75 VMs."

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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 9, 2014

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

56%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

So a lot of these licenses are at the rate that is required for capacity. So they're they're able to reduce the license consumption and also the consumption of the underlying cloud storage.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

The solution's pricing is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp's support could improve.

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What do you like most about VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

The solution is pretty expensive after the changes, and it depends on the size of the customer if it's worth it. Larger enterprise customers can automate several features, making it cost-effective.

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What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

The licenses need to be easier to quote. At the moment, it is complicated with all the changes. The pricing structure is pretty expensive, especially after the recent changes, and it's important fo...

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Comparisons

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 11% of the time

Portworx Enterprise vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 25% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

Nutanix Disaster Recovery vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 1% of the time

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Also Known As

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM

Overview

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is an efficient storage management solution for managing and storing data in the cloud. It offers seamless integration with cloud providers, advanced data replication capabilities, and high data protection. With reliable performance, it is ideal for industries like healthcare and finance.

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VMware Live Recovery is a disaster recovery solution that protects and recovers virtual machines (VMs) across on-premise and public clouds. Key features include rapid ransomware recovery, an on-demand recovery environment for testing procedures without affecting production, live behavioral analysis to detect threats, push-button VM network isolation to contain threats, guided restore point selection, and immutable, air-gapped recovery points to prevent tampering. VMware Live Recovery provides a comprehensive solution to safeguard critical data and applications from cyberattacks and other disasters.

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Sample Customers

1. Accenture 2. Acer 3. Adidas 4. Aetna 5. AIG 6. Apple 7. Bank of America 8. Barclays 9. Bayer 10. Berkshire Hathaway 11. BNP Paribas 12. Cisco 13. Coca-Cola 14. Comcast 15.ConocoPhillips 16. CVS Health 17. Dell 18. Deutsche Bank 19. eBay 20. Eli Lilly 21. FedEx 22. Ford 23. Freescale Semiconductor 24. General Electric 25. Google 26. Honeywell 27. IBM 28. Intel 29. Intuit 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kellogg's 32. KeyCorp 33. Liberty Mutual 34. L'Oréal 35. Mastercard

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