We performed a comparison between IBM Disaster Recovery Services and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software."The solution works well for very large organizations. It can scale quite well."
"Disaster Recovery Services is stable."
"If you want to do failover, it works without any problem."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with our Nutanix environment."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"It is a very stable solution...I was involved in VMware SRM's deployment phase two years ago, and it was an easy process."
"The replication is a key feature."
"Virtual Machine Recovery during DR situation, with automation and easy to use menus and options."
"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 infrastructure level of IBM's recovery systems could be improved."
"Disaster Recovery Services could provide better value for money."
"Sometimes it can cause a bit of downtime during switchovers."
"The price, in general, could be lower."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."
"The biggest issue for us is that this product does not have any demo for customers."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
"What I think can be improved is the data replication aspect."
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IBM Disaster Recovery Services is ranked 5th in Disaster Recovery as a Service with 2 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. IBM Disaster Recovery Services is rated 8.0, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Disaster Recovery Services writes "Quite stable with good scalability for large organizations but the recovery system infrastructure could be better". 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". IBM Disaster Recovery Services is most compared with Precisely Assure MIMIX, Sungard Disaster Recovery Services and Azure Site Recovery, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service .
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