It's used for general replication services and recovery. We're actually looking at its more integral use in DR in a business continuity role.
Zerto DR (ZVM)
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Integrates well with our environment and is very adaptable to our changing requirements
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
It integrates well with our environment, is very adaptable to our changing requirements, and is fairly easy for our team to use.
Zerto's near-synchronous replication is very efficient, very powerful, and very productive for us. It has helped us organize our recovery process a lot more, so it's led to process improvements.
Zerto is preparing us to do disaster recovery in the cloud rather than in a physical data center. But we are not there yet.
We use it to support disaster recovery on Microsoft, but we are also considering AWS.
We use Zerto to protect our VMs. We're still redefining our RPOs due to Zerto's performance. We're going back and replacing our baseline.
When it comes to speed of recovery, we believe Zerto is above the rest that we know of.
What is most valuable?
I just learned about Zerto's vault capability, which we're going to learn more about. That will be very valuable to us. We get almost real-time replication services.
Those features are so valuable because we're always prepared to restore if we need to.
What needs improvement?
The vault feature will be very valuable to us, so that's one feature we'd like to see implemented.
We're always looking for additional features and value from Zerto. Immutable replication services is one. I heard the vault will be totally protected from any outside influences, so that's another thing we're looking forward to.
We're always looking to integrate better with our environment.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Zerto for roughly six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
So far, it has been stable. No issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We haven't tested scalability yet, but we are sure that scalability shouldn't be an issue. We'll find out.
How are customer service and support?
Good. Excellent. Now that Zerto is part of HP, we get greater support from HP's executive team.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used a variety of solutions in the past. Zerto does the job of two or three of those previous solutions, so we were able to consolidate.
How was the initial setup?
Zerto's team helped a lot. It was fairly straightforward and painless.
What was our ROI?
We have not come up with the metrics to determine the ROI yet, but we're working on it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing, licensing, and setup costs are fair at best. It's not the cheapest, but it works for us.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did evaluate other solutions. Cohesity, Commvault Cloud and Rubrik were the two others we considered.
We liked the resiliency, usability, and use cases of Zerto more.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate it around a seven out of ten. Once we understand the scalability, it could reach eight.
It's easy to install. Make sure your business requirements align with Zerto's capabilities. Others should study some of the use cases first before making a decision.