We performed a comparison between Commvault Cloud 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."Restoring is very fast. In testing, I did a restore for a single item from a mailbox. Within a minute, I had the message back in my mailbox. So, it didn't take hours or days. Obviously, there will be a limit. If we suddenly go into DR and have to restore five terabytes of emails for people, then it will take a couple of days, which would be acceptable. For general usage, where we have to do the odd restore, we have never had issues. It happens within minutes."
"Complete Data Protection is convenient because you can manage various types of databases, and it's pretty easy to set it up."
"This product has allowed us to recover data when we've had issues."
"The user interface is very easy to navigate."
"Well documented SQL views and customizable reports, together with scripts and workflows provides ability to automate processes and ensure proper controls are in place."
"The rate of duplication is great."
"The solution’s user interface for managing the on-prem environment is good."
"It runs all the tests and emails us the reports. We take daily, weekly, and monthly snapshots, and I integrate the storage snapshot scripts with the Commvault workflow. The Commvault workflow runs all the scripts and sends us the reports. It also features cloud-side reports and workflows. Commvault has many tools for backing up, restoring, and archiving things, but we use another service for our archives."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is disaster recovery testing."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with our Nutanix environment."
"The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours."
"This solution can be complex and difficult to administer because it supports all of the many platforms, so it would help if they could simplify it."
"The local support could be improved."
"You need quite a lot of human resources to maintain a Commvault environment, to keep it operational. Also, it would be nice to if there were an easier way set up some Commvault components."
"Commvault HyperScale X could improve by allowing backups of the storage area network (SAN)."
"You can't change Metallic's retention policies without contacting the Commvault support team."
"In an upcoming release, the reports could be better."
"Commvault should keep and continue to develop the Java GUI."
"Commvault is complex even if the product has comprehensive solutions and covers pretty much every technology out there. There's no unified way to manage all of the products on one single console."
"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."
"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."
"The user experience could be more friendly."
"It would be better if we could get more reporting features in VMware SRM."
Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 104 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". 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". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and Zerto, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Veritas Resiliency Platform. See our Commvault Cloud vs. VMware SRM report.
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