We performed a comparison between NAKIVO Backup & Replication and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It was also very easy to configure backups to be sent offsite to a separate repository for disaster recovery needs."
"The backups, especially of the incremental type, are really quick (ranging from five to 10 to 45 to 50 minutes depending on the size of the VM)."
"The interface is basic and very easy to use which is what we are looking for."
"It is flexible."
"The ability to restore in a catastrophic event is priceless, since every company must use a backup solution of some sort."
"I could install and configure the trial version in maybe half an hour and had a successful backup of our file server on the same night."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of creating a backup copy job to get the backups to a second device."
"This product has helped to centralize backups and made it easy to recover data."
"The installation and initial setup are straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the integration part, along with the subsequent hardware."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"This SRM solution can improve your footprint within a data center."
"Incorporating non-disruptive testing capability in disaster recovery procedures has significantly benefited the overall recovery testing processes."
"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."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"Due to the fact that we are HP and Fugit partners as well, it would be nice if Nakivo would allow support for HP and Fugit storage."
"I would like to have a built-in SNMP client, which is important if we want to monitor it using Zabbix, Nagios, or another monitoring solution."
"The product needs to improve backup speed and replication speed."
"We would like to back up File Shares to Amazon S3/Wasabi."
"In the future, it would be nice to have support for Zimbra email, Collabora Office, and the NextCloud content collaboration platform."
"Log and report creation can be improved."
"I would like to have the option of creating a subfolder per job in the backup repository because we had an issue where some files were corrupted and we lost the backup of the majority of the VMs."
"The only thing I could say is maybe some more options for job scheduling are needed."
"The primary site lacks adequate equipment, such as power backup and cooling, which can lead to downtime during issues like power outages or overheating."
"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"They could enhance the automation features for the product."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
"The configuration process could be improved."
"The solution is on the expensive side."
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 5th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 85 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". 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". NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Zerto, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines and Azure Site Recovery. See our NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs. VMware SRM report.
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