We compared VMware SRM and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
VMware SRM and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines are both highly valued for their disaster recovery capabilities, replication processes, and user-friendly interfaces. VMware SRM is praised for its detailed reporting and monitoring features, while Dell RecoverPoint is commended for its performance optimization and customization options. However, users have noted that VMware SRM offers more flexibility in supporting various storage devices and licensing options, while Dell RecoverPoint is highlighted for its exceptional customer support and service. Users have expressed satisfaction with the return on investment achieved through both products, but VMware SRM users have suggested improvements in its user interface and documentation, while Dell RecoverPoint users have pointed out areas for enhancement in the user interface, performance, and pricing structure.
Features: VMware SRM is valued for its reliable disaster recovery capabilities, seamless integration, detailed reporting, and automation. Dell RecoverPoint excels in efficient data replication, effective disaster recovery, and customization options for critical applications and data.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for VMware SRM is generally considered to be straightforward and relatively simple. Users appreciate the flexibility in licensing options offered by VMware. On the other hand, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines users have provided feedback on pricing, setup cost, and licensing but further details are not available., Users have reported positive ROI for both VMware SRM and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines. VMware SRM offers value, efficiency, cost-savings, and improved disaster recovery capabilities. Dell RecoverPoint excels in minimizing downtime, improving data protection, and enhancing disaster recovery capabilities with its easy installation and user-friendly interface.
Room for Improvement: VMware SRM could improve its user interface, documentation, integration with storage platforms, and licensing options. On the other hand, users have suggested enhancing the user interface, performance, reliability, features, and pricing structure for Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user feedback, the duration required to establish a new tech solution, including deployment, setup, or implementation phases, may vary for both VMware SRM and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines. Some users have reported longer timeframes for deployment and setup with VMware SRM, while others have experienced shorter durations with Dell RecoverPoint. The context in which these terms are used should be considered., Customers have expressed overall positive feedback about the customer service provided by both VMware SRM and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines. Reviewers have praised the excellent assistance and guidance they have received, highlighting the promptness and effectiveness of the support teams. Users have also appreciated the knowledgeable and friendly nature of the customer service representatives. Both products offer reliable service.
The summary above is based on 27 interviews we conducted recently with VMware SRM and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The workload can be moved directly if the disaster site is the main site."
"The installation is straightforward if the version you have is compatible with your infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is that it is journal-based and you don't have to replicate a lot of data."
"One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability."
"The most valuable features are the data center recovery administration and the time of recovery."
"It is a point-in-time restore, which is quite handy."
"Point-in-time recovery and ease of deployment are valuable."
"Continuous replication with lower RTO and RPO is the most innovative feature. Its tight integration with VMware for VMware VMs is also valuable."
"It is easy to implement for my clients."
"The replication is the solution's most valuable feature. If we have some issues on the VM in the main site we can migrate it to another site automatically."
"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."
"The solution is simple to use and has effective automation."
"The product functionality is fairly high-quality."
"The solution is consistent."
"My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"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."
"The solution could improve by being more easier to use. However, once you have used it for a while it becomes easier. Additionally, there could be better support and compatibility with management by having a command-line interface. This would be beneficial for the customers."
"The solution is not easy to use. It's actually quite hard. If it could be simplified it might be better for the end user."
"It should have features for recovering a group of virtual machines and full-scale security. For recovering all the VMs at once, they don't have a GUI option, and we have to use the command line."
"In the next release of this software, I would like to see options that help to decrease the bandwidth required, such as compressing the data."
"It can have better integration. It would be good if, in addition to VMware VM, it can also support other hypervisors. I also want to see support for Oracle databases. As of now, it supports only SQL and Exchange. It would be good to also support other databases."
"It would be good to have a critical application on the customer side."
"I would like to have the HTML 5 interface working because it is currently not functioning with the VMware environment."
"I would like to see integration with EMC NetWorker in the next release."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
"VMware SRM needs to improve its pricing."
"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."
"If you have a failover case, you need to work on it manually. It would be helpful if this could be automated. It would simplify things."
"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"I would like to see better integration with other storage solutions. I would hope to see that within the next two or three years."
"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."
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Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is ranked 11th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 10 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is rated 8.0, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines writes "It replicates workloads fast, but it wastes resources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SRM writes "A scalable solution that integrates well with the VMware platform, but its platform agnostics do not support on-cloud usage". Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Azure Site Recovery, Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Azure Site Recovery, Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery. See our Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs. VMware SRM report.
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