NetApp Backup and Recovery Reviews & Product Details - Page 2

The B/R applications are very intuitive. NetApp has hooks into the application it is backing up so that you not only get the efficiency of snapshots on the backend storage but the application can truncate logs because it is application aware. Snapmirror replications makes DR possible and easy to setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have not run across anything that really stands out as a dislike regarding NetApp backup and recovery options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The NetApp solution has significantly enhanced the backup and recovery speed. Our backups can now be performed four-five times faster, eliminating the risk of backup delays. We also have seen better performance in data recovery, which is even more important than out traditional backups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing so far. Everything promised has performed as specified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Replicating data using snapmirror to a DR site as a solution for disaster recovery. Using snapvault to backup a volume to secondary filer with denser, cheaper disks

to keep the data for a longer retention requirements is easy and fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tools does what they are designed to do and it's working but would like to see more improvement in replication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

--Netapp provides excellent Customer support from Start to finish! In my opinion, the best of all the storage vendors. Their hardware and software is very reliable and easy to upgrade.

--SnapMirror! An easy and cost effective way to backup your data to another set of local disks and then move your data off-site. Awesome Tool.

--NetApp being an all in one product is a plus (SAN & NAS - Plus all Protocols - FC\FC0e\NFS\CIF\iSCSI). This provides excellent cost savings - in man-hours, data center costs and space savings. The built in efficiency tools are included in the equipment purchase - No A-la-Cart type purchases to run up coasts your bottom line costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

--NetApp tools utilize JAVA - this is very painful - as different products, require different Java versions - very annoying!. --NetApp provides some excellent tool sets, however, there are too many of them. It would be great if some of these tools could be folded together. One or two tools to monitor the environment.

--Snap Protect (OEM Commvault) is very cost effective, but doesn't scale out well. The product is fairly easy to install\set up, but hard to scale out. This product needs better integration into existing environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Quick recovery with no reliance on tape. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited to only 256 snapshots per volume.

Snapshots are taken and stored on the same volume, if users delete large amount of data without coordinating with the storage team, it could cause the active file system to run out of storage and lead to an outage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of management and proved technology. Snapshots are very useful and do not take much space. Backups are instantaneous. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tools are not up to speed with command line. They are very corky and need a lot of development. Some other tools require too much work and setup, to the point where a dedicated person is required to manage the tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

provides cost-effective ways to store a larger volume of data while cutting down power and cooling costs considerably. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Restoring data from tape takes a long time.

Finding a particular file or directory on tape is time consuming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very efficient snapshot and mirroring technologies. This helps taking more recovery points without affecting storage performance and capacity. It also has wide range of applictions supported. So for a app development or a dba its reduces a burde on running frequent dumps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Depending on what you are using, it becomes very complicated to manage. There is no centralized catalog or an easy to use single pane of glass management. FlexClone is a great technology, but without a catalog and an orchestration layer it makes it very difficult to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Awesome snapshot replication technology

Quick and simple management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DFM (Protection Manager), when compared to the original DFM, BCO Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Low significant infrastructure and management costs

Meets Security & Compliance Requirements

Reduced backup time & Simplified nackup

Minimizes network traffic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Online data protection consumes resources, such as disk space, that can otherwise be used for everyday activities.

Online data protection is physically vulnerable. Storage systems and disk shelves are vulnerable to physical catastrophes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.