IBM Data Replication vs. NetApp SnapMirror

IBM InfoSphere Data Replication replication allows work on the daily operation and analyzes the replicated data in real-time with no downgrade of performance. This happens thanks to the incremental data load using the log files instead of querying the database for any changes. It serves as an online backup of the database uploading the data to the cloud in real-time.

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NetApp SnapMirror is a no-brainer when it comes to retaining an offsite backup for disaster recovery purposes. The backbone of the product is the Snapshot technology built into NetApp technology. In my experience, the Snapshot/SnapMirror software has been flawless and very dependable. The only piece that I can see adding in the future is potentially connecting SnapMirror to the cloud as an additional backup destination.

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• Performance to detect changes using Incremental Data Delivery with logs.
• Update data in the cloud in real time.
• Saves data in clusters using Apache Hadoop

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• Takes very quick copies of data.
• Ensures easy access.

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• Better documentation and examples of Console and API.
• Integration with machine learning to analyze the data.
• Examples of how to replicate data from multiple sources and databases to one data lake.

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• Integrate with other technology providers.
• Improve the initial Synch Process.
• Make custom schedule creation easier.

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Very well versed and a good product to deal with downtime to recover from the failure is pretty good. Also, NetApp's engagement on Incident calls is very professional and humble. I would give a 100% rating to this product as I have been working on this for the past 5 years. It is stable, fast and highly reliable

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NetApp support has always been great. With the NetApp Auto-support system/web portal, the visibility into your NetApp storage is incredible. There have been times when I've been contacted by them for an issue that I haven't even discovered yet. For example, I received a call 20 minutes after a drive failed in our filer. I hadn't checked my email at that time and therefore didn't see the alert.

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Over the years we have transitioned to NetApp SnapMirror for all our storage needs. However, due to the short life cycle of support, it is cost prohibitive to maintain after support is ended. The main reason we have liked NetApp SnapMirror due to the many options and standardized management capabilities and flexible options for provisioning and setup of storage.

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• Analize the daily data in real time using data lakes and Machine Learning.
• Performance of the replication without affecting the relational database of the applications.
• Use of Apache Hadoop for data clustering improving performance.

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• Enables us to recover data very quickly reducing time to recreate documents.

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