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    NetApp FAS Storage Arrays

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ANetApp's FAS series systems offers a storage array system for enterprises.N/A

    NetApp SnapMirror

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANetApp offers SnapMirror, a data replication option.N/A
    Pricing
    NetApp FAS Storage ArraysNetApp SnapMirror
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    NetApp FAS Storage ArraysNetApp SnapMirror
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    NetApp FAS Storage ArraysNetApp SnapMirror
    Considered Both Products
    NetApp
    Chose NetApp FAS Storage Arrays
    Over the years we have consumed pretty much all industry storage solutions. Over the years we have used all major vendors and many start up storage vendors. The main reason we have liked NetApp FAS is due to the exhaustive capabilities and standardized management capabilities …
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    NetApp
    Chose NetApp SnapMirror
    Well, the different products have different portfolios and their ups and downs. ONTAP Select is used for deploying HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure ) solutions or deploying the VM on the cloud. Whereas if we see the NetApp FAS series it is a NetApp NAS solution. NetApp …
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    Chose NetApp SnapMirror
    We originally had an EMC storage device. We had quickly outgrown the device and looked for alternatives. We were drawn to NetApp because of the great software solution surrounding it. We had been using a combination of backup solutions previously combining the Dell EMC box with …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    HPE 3PAR StoreServ
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    User Ratings
    NetApp FAS Storage ArraysNetApp SnapMirror
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    NetApp FAS Storage ArraysNetApp SnapMirror
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NetApp
    It is very easy to use with NFS. Creating new volumes and mounting to servers such as ESXi or Linux is a breeze. It does also support CIFS but it is far less intuitive and requires much more effort. Replicated data is also very simple and robust in the form of SnapVaults or SnapMirrors. This data is either immediately or periodically replicated to a peer FAS in the cluster for retention.
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    NetApp
    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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    Pros
    NetApp
    • The selling point for NetApp FAS is the application and data protection integration capabilities they provide.
    • We have been able to use NetApp FAS in a variety of use cases with a standard set of management tools.
    • NetApp FAS has evolved over the years from just NAS to also include block protocols. At this time they support almost all industry standard protocols.
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    NetApp
    • Seeding is only required initially
    • Replication updates are very swift
    • Traffic can be reduced with network compression
    • It is well integrated with NetApp's SnapCenter backup tool
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    Cons
    NetApp
    • Deduplication job runs at certain times and creates a large CPU overhead for the system
    • Management of a volumes, disk groups, LUNs, etc. is a burden to manage and is not efficient with storage capacity
    • Upgrades are complicated and not "non-disruptive"
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    NetApp
    • Pro: Stability in storage we have had these in place for 3 years and besides a failed disk, there have been no issues.
    • Pro: Replication options are pretty good
    • Pro: Storage Provisioning as well as a wealth of features that are an additional add-on for competitors
    • Cons: Support is lacking in customer service and being proactive of system alerts and errors
    • Cons: the Learning curve. Easy to make mistakes using the user interface as it does lack functionality.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    NetApp
    It just works! We've used NetApp FAS Storage Arrays systems since 2011 and have had fantastic results, in particular since 2016 as performance has drastically improved. Tools are great/user friendly, command line capabilities are very strong ... it is simply very effective at what it does!
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    NetApp
    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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    Usability
    NetApp
    It does have a really nice and easy to use web interface to do pretty much anything you need with it. It was very simple to configure our volumes and luns and connect them to our VMWare environment using the interface. It has options to rename, shrink, grow, and other things with our luns and volumes. It was nice and easy to read graphs to see where you stand on your storage usage at a glance.
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    NetApp
    It just works 99% of the time. Even if there's a network outage, jobs just pick up after the outage is over. The only reason it's not a 10 is the weakness of the GUI interface for configuration. For me, all configuration has to be done at the command line.
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    Support Rating
    NetApp
    NetApp support in Brazil is managed by its partners. We know in other countries, such as the US and NO, they have support directly from Netapp. We have a very good NetApp partner working with us since the beginning, on both the implementation and daily support. Very few cases needed to be escalated to NetApp support, most of the cases are handled and satisfyingly closed by the partner.
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    NetApp
    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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    Implementation Rating
    NetApp
    Our initial deployment was handled by pro services. Most later deployments were handled in-house. All went very smoothly. Documentation made it relatively easy to set up new systems which allowed us to do it in-house. When using pro services they were professional and comprehensive.
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    Alternatives Considered
    NetApp
    NetApp stacked nicely and gave enterprise-level usability for snapshot-based backups. Our previous RPO was several hours. It was selected prior to me arriving at the company, but It was selected for the hardware refreshes due to its compatibility with several other vendors, like CommVault and VMware.
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    NetApp
    We chose NetApp's SnapMirror solution primarily because it was already integrated and licensed on our storage platforms. This allowed us to have a very fast implementation time and really allowed us to quickly close the learning gap of our administrators. Not only is NetApp SnapMirror easy to use, but it is also really easy to set up. IBM's product seemed quite difficult to set up and it would have taken our team much more time (which we don't have) to learn that product than NetApp's SnapMirror.
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    Return on Investment
    NetApp
    • The speed of file recovery is the biggest positive impact. Recovering from a ransomware attack in minutes is something you can certainly brag about.
    • Integration with products like Exchange and SQL can certainly speed up normal day to day processes. Not just in backup recovery situations either.
    • Redundant paths make migrations and updates very easy with no downtime.
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    NetApp
    • NetApp SnapMirror has allowed us to recover critical data in a timely manner on multiple occasions.
    • We have been able to decrease our RPO objectives.
    • We have been able to decrease our DR costs as well.
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