Name: NetApp SnapMirror
Rating: 10 (15 reviews)
Author: NetApp

Digital Adoption

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Mobile App Development

Push Notifications

Text Editors

Development

Online Learning

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Enterprise

Accounting

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

Payroll

Recruitment Automation

Resume Parsing

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

AI Agent Builder

App Development

Browser

Cloud Storage

Component Content Management

Data Center Infrastructure Management

Fraud Detection

Hosted Virtual Desktop

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Internet of Things (IoT)

Managed Print

Network Performance Monitoring

Process Mining

Security Awareness Training

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

Solid State Drives

Tower Servers

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

VoIP Monitoring

Web Application Firewalls

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Business Card Scanning

Content Management

Data Management

Digital Analytics

Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)

Email Management

Email Marketing

Event Registration

Graphics

Heatmap and Session Recording

Marketing Automation

Marketing OS

Online Reputation Management

Real-Time Interaction Management

Search Marketing Intelligence

Social Media Management

Social Media Publishing

Survey & Forms Building

Swag Management

Web Analytics

Marketing

Business Caller ID

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

eCommerce

Sales

Assisted Living

Car Rental

Church Management

Construction Accounting

Jail Management

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NetApp offers SnapMirror, a data replication option.

NetApp SnapMirror

Data replication is a process of frequent copying of data from one server to another, to ensure synchronization and consistency across data users accessing multiple storage devices. Different from backups, data replicas update frequently rather than retain one unchanged copy for an extended period. Many data replication options also include disaster recovery and data protection.

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Libraries

Likelihood to Recommend

Likelihood to Renew

Usability

Support Rating

<div>In a world full of generalists, NetApp is a specialist. NetApp is focused on one thing, helping your business get the most out of your data. NetApp brings the enterprise-grade data services you rely on into the cloud, and the simple flexibility of cloud into the data center. Its industry-leading solutions work across diverse customer environments and the world’s biggest public clouds.<br> </div><p>As a cloud-led, data-centric software company, only NetApp can help build your unique data fabric, simplify and connect your cloud, and securely deliver the right data, services and applications to the right people—anytime, anywhere.</p>

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Azure Virtual Machines

NetApp SnapCenter Backup Management

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Infrastructure Manager

NetApp V-Series 2022-11-22 11:12:48

Microsoft Azure

NetApp FAS Storage Arrays

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Azure NetApp Files

NetApp ONTAP Select

Consultant, Storage Operations - Shell, G.E.G

NetApp SnapMirror 2021-12-06 02:44:13

VMware ESXi

Arctera Backup Exec

NetApp ONTAP System Manager on ONTAP Data

Coordinator of Network and Technical Services

NetApp SnapMirror 2020-02-20 08:56:14

Google Cloud Datastore

Google Cloud Persistent Disk

Google Cloud Deployment Manager

NetApp SnapMirror 2022-01-07 11:46:21

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Customer service

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User interface

Support is lacking

Additional software

Network performance

Setting up

Disaster recovery

System manager

Business continuity

Data protection

Recovery options

Ease of use

Need for additional

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Data Replication Software

We use SnapMirror to replicate all production content to DR sites. It is a critical component of our disaster recovery plan.

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

GUI interface lacks several options, requiring command line setup
Command line steps for removing a replication job can be tricky

Cost savings would come in the event of a disaster, speeding up recovery significantly
The amount of storage needed to purchase for backups is significantly smaller due to NetApp's excellent compression and deduplication ratios

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We use NetApp for snapshots, snap vaults and snap mirrors. This is our preferred method for resolving our issues around ensuring we have quick and easy access to "older versions" of data. It is far quicker than the traditional method of backing up data. We use this solely to protect client data.

Takes very quick copies of data.
Ensures easy access.

A better user interface as some things still have to be with command line.

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

Veeam Backup & Replication, AvePoint Cloud Backup, iManage Work

Well from my perspective we provide end-to-end support for NetApp Snapmirror. Troubleshooting issues like snapshot policy on the source and SnapMirror policy on destination( i.e. DR site). Currently, we have a large customer base and we have overhauled around 500+ SnapMirror relations this year. Response of business is quite spectacular.

It's a data protection Technology.
Highly stable.
Replicates read only backup copies from source to DR.

Cascade SnapMirror.
Broader bandwidth.
High resiliency.

Business continuity.
High fault tolerance.
Point in time data replication and restores for snapshot.

Well no negative impact yet.
There are no hindrances related to ROI.
Breaking the snapmirror relationship will cause the volume to be RW which causes some problems.

NetApp FAS series, NetApp ONTAP Select and Azure NetApp Files

Microsoft Azure, Azure NetApp Files, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Disaster Recovery
Resiliency
Fault tolerance

Cascade Snapmirror
Sync Snapmirror
Semi Sync Snapmirror

On Premises(i.e. Snapmirror at Customer site) to Azure replication
On Premises(i.e. Snapmirror at Customer site) to AWS replication
On Premises(i.e. Snapmirror at Customer site) to GCP replication

Price
Product Features
Product Usability
Product Reputation
Prior Experience with the Product

Well, I have seen and worked on a lot of products may it be a Backup solution, a SAN solution, NAS solution. I have tasted the flavor of each tech which is good for the experience. I would recommend everyone to go for the solutions which save time, money and effort. And NetApp is the product that does that.

NetApp SnapMirror is being used in our environment as a disaster recovery tool. We use it to mirror NetApp volumes from one filer to another one in a remote location. This ensures that we have a relatively current (depending on SnapMirror schedules) backup of the volume in another location in the event that our main NetApp filer is unavailable.

Setting up SnapMirror and SnapMirror partners is extremely easy.
Monitoring the SnapMirror volumes is extremely easy in the System Manager GUI.

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.

The biggest impact SnapMirror has had in our environment is a change in our backup procedures. We still have individual backups within software/systems but the addition of the SnapMirror volumes to another location is an amazing layer of protection.
The biggest negative impact of the NetApp Snapshots/SnapMirror system is that you are putting a lot of your eggs in one basket. No one should rely on one device alone for all your backup solutions. Diversity is still key.

NetApp ONTAP System Manager (formerly OnCommand), NetApp FAS series, VMware ESXi

We leverage NetApp's SnapMirror at both the volume level and full SVM level for our NAS &amp; SAN workloads for disaster recovery between multiple datacenters and Cloud locations. All of our NetApp storage systems are set up to use SnapMirror to help protect our data between sites for a really fast and reliable recovery option.

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

Retention capabilities.
Ease of use.
Reliability.

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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NetApp SnapMirror

Overview

What is NetApp SnapMirror?