NetApp SnapMirror vs Rubrik

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Brandon Burch

Coordinator of Network and Technical Services

Hudson Falls Central School DistrictEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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It is by far the easiest and well thought out backup solution I've encountered. If you have requirements to archive into AWS, Azure, or GCP, it is extremely easy to configure. You will be up and archiving in minutes. The SLA based job scheduling is very intuitive. The only negative or less appropriate usage I can think of would be the instantiation piece. It takes several hours to instantiate one VM to a cloud environment. This could be our lack of bandwidth, but it is only feasible for a long term DR scenario.

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Toby Wenzel

Systems Architect

State Water Resource Control BoardGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

NetApp SnapMirror

Rubrik

Universal recovery

Live recovery

Recovery verification

Business application protection

Multiple backup destinations

Incremental backup identification

Backup to the cloud

Deduplication and file compression

Snapshots

Flexible deployment

Management dashboard

Platform support

Retention options

Encryption

Pros

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity are strong areas where NetApp SnapMirror exceeds by providing multiple recovery options without the need for additional software or degrading network performance.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employees

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Simplified backup. Rubrik integrates well with modern data-center technologies. Rubrik backups are SLA-based, and you can apply SLAs to different levels of your infrastructure, e.g. from granular VM-based assignments to covering whole site with few clicks.
Simplified restore. Easy to use interface allows for delegation of restores to any user group.
Simplified backup to cloud makes replacing outdated backup targets, such as tape libraries, an easy task.
Simplified DR to cloud. In addition to the ability to mount restored virtual machines from the Rubrik appliances itself, Rubrik allows you to spin up backed up to the cloud instances in Azure cloud.

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Paul Lerner

Director of Technology

First New YorkInvestment Management, 201-500 employees

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Cons

The volume size on the destination partner always has to be bigger than the source. This can get annoying. Not sure if they have made this automatic in future releases.
When you break a SnapMirror to use the destination volume you have to redirect all requests to the new volume. This isn't really a con but it is something you need to think about.

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Brandon Burch

Coordinator of Network and Technical Services

Hudson Falls Central School DistrictEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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I would like to have the ability to set expiration dates for relics. When VMs are deleted, the backups (relics) require manual intervention to remove, and I may not want them removed right away.
Integration of multiple clusters into a single dashboard.
I'd like to see more granular control of SLA retentions.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 201-500 employees

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Usability

No score

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Rubrik 8.2

Based on 2 answers

Rubrik has a simple to use interface and day to day management is very simple yet it doesn't sacrifice flexibility. Expanding capacity as data grows is very easy and does not require downtime. Upgrading is simple and efficient. Setup and configuration are straight forward.

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Verified User

Administrator in Engineering

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

NetApp SnapMirror 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Brandon Burch

Coordinator of Network and Technical Services

Hudson Falls Central School DistrictEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Rubrik 8.8

Based on 6 answers

I have had nothing but great service from Rubrik's support. The support tunnel option is great as they can connect without the need for WebEx or JoinMe to work on your cluster. They are always willing to perform upgrades even though upgrading is super easy for the customer, but some would prefer support to do them.

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Toby Tapp

Systems Engineer

The Heritage GroupConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employees

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Veeam is the closest to Rubrik but still cannot compare in its simplicity and success rates. The others just don't even compare, heck you have to have a PHD just to use CommVault

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Sam Kemp

Enterprise Architect

SH Data TechnologiesComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Great for Growth and the price points are not bad. My IT Dept relies on NetApp SnapMirror as our primary leg in BCDR for data replication as well as application and data protection integration capabilities.
Short SDLC and Support Cycle
Support is desirable
Stable and flexible

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employees

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Increasing of service's request: old customers asked us backup service after they realized we were using Rubrik
New customers, came because of Rubrik, asked for new services
Old customers already using previous backup solution decided to leave the service since more expensive
Overall, ROI is positive

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Raffaello Poltronieri

Cloud Solutions Architect

Clouditalia TelecomunicazioniTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

NetApp SnapMirror

Rubrik

NetApp SnapMirror

Rubrik

NetApp SnapMirror

Rubrik