In most of the companies where I have seen HPE Zerto Software deployed, it is primarily used for DCDR purposes. It is very easy to test failover during audits to demonstrate the capability to auditors, and during disaster recovery scenarios, it is very easy to failover from one site to another. HPE Zerto Software is quite a GUI-friendly tool.

The failover feature in HPE Zerto Software is quite easy and intuitive, and the best part is that once your workload is migrated to another DR site, it automatically picks up the VLAN and gets powered up so your production is up and running there.

Sometimes the virtual private group that is created in HPE Zerto Software is sluggish. Searching all the VMs, categorizing it, and filtering it are areas where HPE can enhance more to make it more user-friendly.

The live synchronous feature is what gets used everywhere in HPE Zerto Software. The workload VM and the DR VM are in live synchronous mode at all times, with approximately seven milliseconds of latency, so both workloads are in near-sync.

HPE Zerto Software has made operations quite easy. Before using it, there was manual intervention required for everything. For example, with the SRT tool I used previously, I had to migrate VMs from the DC to DR for DR testing and then power them on manually, attach them to the correct VLAN, and handle all those configurations myself.

On many occasions when there are slowness issues in one of the regions, we need to quickly migrate workloads to another paired site, and we use HPE Zerto Software for that purpose. Otherwise, I would have to power off servers, procure new servers to support those workloads, migrate them to a newer server, coordinate with the network team to configure VLANs, handle DNS configurations, and manage many other tasks. With HPE Zerto Software, none of this is necessary, and instead I can use it to migrate workloads to the paired site.

The virtual private group that is created in HPE Zerto Software is sometimes sluggish. Searching all the VMs, categorizing them, and filtering them are areas where HPE can enhance more to make the interface more user-friendly.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for more than three years now, as it was being used in my previous company and continues to be used in my current company.

HPE Zerto Software is pretty much up and running consistently. Every time I access it to check anything, it is always up and running. Unless the underlying infrastructure is having some issue, HPE Zerto Software from the OS perspective and VM perspective is quite stable.

I cannot comment much on scalability based on my experience, but for the workloads I have seen, there are more than 100 to 150 plus servers that are being kept in synchronization at all times, and I think HPE Zerto Software is quite stable for that scale.

The customer service is quite fast and responsive. I would rate them a nine because sometimes it took time for them to understand what my issue was, but once they grasped it, they were swift to respond.

I have used the SimpliVity recovery tool, which is also being used here. The SRT tool does the same thing, but it is very basic and not as rich as HPE Zerto Software is. Many times it needs manual intervention for tool maintenance.

With HPE Zerto Software, I have not seen anything our team needs to do on the HPE Zerto Software end because I have used it for more than three years in my previous company and here as well, and no maintenance has been required as far as I know.

Recovery time objective and recovery point objective are important metrics. HPE Zerto Software is something that is quick and fast in achieving these. The live synchronous feature always keeps my workload in synchronization, so anytime a disaster happens or any sort of incident occurs, my workload is up and running on the other side. Users working with and utilizing the systems do not feel any difference in the backend.

HPE Zerto Software is very easy to learn. The HPE Zerto Software website has proper documentation similar to how VMware provides an HOL lab to try out and test products. HPE Zerto Software provides very elaborate documentation with guided steps, and they even provide basic certification to start with. The GUI that they have makes it very easy to understand.

For everything, I would rate HPE Zerto Software an eight overall. It is a quite good and rich tool. I do not understand why every other company is not using it more often. HPE Zerto Software is now into the cloud as well, so if you want to have a DCDR setup with your DR in the cloud and DC on-premises, you can use HPE Zerto Software during your disaster recovery situation. However, I think this capability is very little marketed.

My overall rating for this review is eight out of ten.

My main use case for HPE Zerto Software is data center migration, as I primarily use it for data center migration from site to site and for disaster recovery purposes.

A specific example of using HPE Zerto Software for data center migration is a recent project wherein Zerto was installed in the remote data center. VPGs were configured, and using those VPGs, the workloads from the remote data center were brought to my own data centers. I have multiple data centers in my workspace and I use Zerto there for disaster recovery purposes, such as setting up bidirectional protection.

I am adding automation into my day-to-day HPE Zerto Software tasks.

The best features HPE Zerto Software offers include quick failover, such as failover from the remote data center to my own data center, which works great without any issues.

The failover feature stands out for me mainly because of its reliability. It is highly reliable, easy to configure, not too complex, and easy to manage.

HPE Zerto Software has positively impacted my organization as I basically take over small organizations, and while taking over those organizations, when the workloads are moved into my environment, Zerto plays a crucial part in moving those workloads from one data center to another.

The reduction in downtime is a very important concept, and it is an instantaneous process. VPGs are configured before the actual failover and the failover time is very low from one data center to another, especially when the VPGs are configured properly. The process is seamless.

Adding more features would be great, such as hardware version upgrades upon failover to the data centers and VM tools upgrades.

Automation can also be improved and made as easy as HPE Zerto Software is to manage. If that automation becomes as easy as that, then it becomes easier to manage.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for more than three years.

HPE Zerto Software is stable, quite cost-effective, and easy to manage, making the work easier.

HPE Zerto Software's scalability is good. Based on my requirements, I can install it wherever required with proper credentials and permissions. It is quite scalable, easily installable, and manageable.

Customer support is quite easy to reach out to. They are very approachable, which makes the work easier.

In my previous organization, I used VMware. In this organization, I also have VMware, but I am using it in combination with HPE Zerto Software. In my previous organization, I used VMware-based disaster recovery techniques.

I have seen a return on investment as fewer employees are needed. Since HPE Zerto Software makes the failover easier, a smaller number of people can do the same job for a maximum number of workloads, and I do not need high expertise candidates to do the work. Hence, the amount of money required for investment decreases.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is easy to manage and install. Licensing is quite cost-effective, and for enterprise-based management, it is great.

Before choosing HPE Zerto Software, I evaluated other options, primarily VMware Site Recovery Manager in my previous organization. Similarly, in this present organization, I compared Site Recovery Manager with HPE Zerto Software, and after all the comparisons, I decided to go ahead with HPE Zerto Software.

My advice to others looking into using HPE Zerto Software is that if you are looking for a solution for disaster recovery or failover, especially from a workload perspective while managing multiple data centers, HPE Zerto Software is probably one of the best solutions to consider. Before going ahead with any other products, HPE Zerto Software should be kept in mind when doing comparisons.

HPE Zerto Software is one of the best software solutions that I have used to date. I have experience with multiple disaster recovery solutions such as VMware, Site Recovery Manager, and others, and based on that, HPE Zerto Software stands out among all as one of the best software solutions I have used. I would rate this product a 9 out of 10.

My main use case for HPE Zerto Software is disaster recovery. For disaster recovery, I use HPE Zerto Software with set and forget options to protect critical production databases.

HPE Zerto Software offers the best features in that it works reliably, has set and forget functionality, and does exactly what it is said to do.

The particular features that make HPE Zerto Software so reliable for me are replication and failover. HPE Zerto Software has impacted my organization positively because it does what it is supposed to do.

HPE Zerto Software is fine the way it is and does not need improvement. I do not have any additional thoughts about needed improvements.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for six years.

I do not have anything else to add about how I use HPE Zerto Software in my environment. I do not have anything else to add about the features. I would rate HPE Zerto Software an eight on a scale of one to ten because there are some quirks and issues with deployment that keep it from being a ten. My advice to others looking into using HPE Zerto Software is to conduct your research and make sure the product is right for you. My overall rating for HPE Zerto Software is an eight.

My main use case for HPE Zerto Software is to achieve disaster recovery.

I can provide a quick specific example of how I use HPE Zerto Software for disaster recovery in my environment. It is very good software to achieve disaster recovery because it provides very low RTO and RPO. We have multiple critical systems in our environment, and we try to find the best scenario or best solution to get that result. With HPE Zerto Software, we achieve those numbers. We did scenarios for drills and carried out real scenarios for disaster recovery, and HPE Zerto Software was the best approach to go with.

In the beginning, we faced some issues during failover and failback. Sometimes HPE Zerto Software did not remove or delete the folder for machines in the main site, and when you fail back, it causes conflicts if the folder name still exists. When you fail back, HPE Zerto Software just adds a suffix to that new virtual machine, which causes issues with backups or when you want to migrate the data store for those virtual machines. After failover, you have to make sure to search for any existing files and change or delete them. This is the big issue that arose from HPE Zerto Software; otherwise, it has been a very good solution.

The best features HPE Zerto Software offers are that it is very easy to use, and it is not complex software. I can do the installation and start the implementation for the virtual machine to replicate and for the disaster recovery site in maybe just one day. It does not take much time for me to understand how this software works; it is very good and easy to manage.

The simplicity of how easy it is to use and set up HPE Zerto Software really helps me day to day. Compared to other tools I have tried, HPE Zerto Software was easy to install the management server. They provide an OVA, and you simply need to add some information, such as server name and IPs, and open some ports. Then you install it on every ESXi in the main site and disaster recovery site, and that's it. You just need to add the virtual machine that you want to replicate.

Our team is very concerned about how we can achieve a disaster recovery scenario with our critical systems, which are based on security tools. With HPE Zerto Software, when we achieve that scenario to fail over and stay there for a long period, and then come back and fail back to the main site, it has had a huge positive impact on our management.

We have two topics to improve with HPE Zerto Software. First, when you fail over, you have to make sure that files for the existing virtual machine are cleaned up. Sometimes when we fail over, HPE Zerto Software deletes some files and keeps others, leading to disputes when failing back. Second, during failover, sometimes you have to ask HPE Zerto Software to shut down the virtual machine, and it can take a long time. HPE Zerto Software will wait for maybe one or two minutes, or sometimes five minutes. If the virtual machine doesn't shut down in that time, it just powers it back on and cancels the failover. These two things should be enhanced and developed to improve the process.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software since one year ago.

HPE Zerto Software is very stable.

HPE Zerto Software is really easy to scale. It can be done by extending the license or installing it for more hosts. I believe it offers very good scalability.

Sometimes I find very good engineers that support us and provide more information to help solve issues. Other times, it takes a long time with engineering to find a solution to problems. I would rate the customer support of HPE Zerto Software as seven out of ten.

Before switching to HPE Zerto Software, I used Veeam. Everything was fine, but to achieve a large number for RPO and RTO, switching to HPE Zerto Software was the only solution that could meet our needs.

HPE Zerto Software was easy to install the management server. They provide an OVA, and you simply need to add some information, such as server name and IPs, and open some ports. Then you install it on every ESXi in the main site and disaster recovery site, and that's it. You just need to add the virtual machine that you want to replicate. The simplicity really helps me day to day compared to other tools I have tried.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for HPE Zerto Software is that it was a little expensive. I have Veeam which we use for backup, and it has a replication feature that is much cheaper compared to HPE Zerto Software. HPE Zerto Software focuses solely on disaster recovery and replication, while Veeam provides backups, replications, and copies to other locations with multiple features at a lower price.

I don't remember all the options I evaluated before choosing HPE Zerto Software as it happened about a year ago. When I looked at other software, I found that HPE Zerto Software might be the best approach to meet our disaster recovery needs. After the POC, I confirmed it as the correct choice for our disaster recovery scenarios.

We achieved an RPO of just seconds for the systems, and when you fail over, it takes just three minutes, or maybe less than one minute for some systems. For others, it depends on how quickly you can shut down in the main site and fail over those systems. I would say three to four or five minutes maximum. For us, it was really no downtime or data loss.

I rate HPE Zerto Software as nine out of ten because, as I mentioned previously, it caused me some trouble during drills, which helped me learn how to deal with those issues. However, HPE Zerto Software deserves more; it is really very good software. If you are looking to achieve very good numbers with RTO and RPO and want to conduct smooth disaster recovery scenarios, I really advise you to use HPE Zerto Software.

The near-synchronous replication does replicate in real-time. That's another great feature of HPE Zerto Software. The asynchronous replication is valuable because I tried to understand the journaling behind it, and that's one of the wonderful features about it.

Regarding the impact on RTOs and RPOs, definitely, all because of the backend technology, it has really saved my RTOs and RPOs for any kind of recovery. Otherwise, we would have to be very specific about RTOs and RPOs for each and every application. Journaling is one thing which is a good feature about it.

HPE Zerto Software has reduced our organization's DR testing, saving around thirty to forty percent time for us.

The areas that have room for improvement include the GUI. The other thing is the VRA portion which is required to be installed on each and every ESXi. A better integration might help us for the VRA monitoring. That might be one of the useful features.

In terms of maintenance, that's fairly fine.

From one to ten, I rate their technical support ten out of ten. I have had a very nice experience working with HPE Zerto Software.

HPE Zerto Software has helped with RTOs and RPOs maybe around thirty percent.

We have not come across the issue of data recovery due to ransomware or any other causes, but if that kind of situation comes up in the POC, we have seen it's been a remarkably nice set of solution for the recovery.

I prefer HPE Zerto Software.

I would recommend HPE Zerto Software to other users. In the POC, that's one thing that I can recommend. It also gives you a kind of hybrid model. That's also another reason why I will be recommending the solution. It's a one-stop solution for doing your disaster recovery, irrespective of what cloud you are running.

We do use a Cyber Vault solution or immutable data copies to recover from attacks.

My thoughts on the integration capabilities overall is that it's awesome. This is one of the best features about HPE Zerto Software as for the integration part.

I rate this review nine out of ten.

The main purpose of HPE Zerto Software is disaster recovery, which is mainly what we focus on, along with data protection. HPE Zerto Software has significant strength in cyber resilience and disaster recovery.

The best features of HPE Zerto Software are mainly very sophisticated and relevant to the current market. The data protection CDP part has real-time replication, unlike other solutions that have snapshot backups. We can set it up hourly, making it ideal for use with workloads. Another attraction is the near-zero RTO, with automated failover within minutes and one-click failover and failback. Currently, we are using a hybrid cloud solution, and HPE Zerto Software supports multi-cloud environments, making it easy to migrate between on-premises and cloud.

Regarding the impact of HPE Zerto Software on our RTOs, we have near-zero RTO, meaning the system must be back online within thirty minutes if we measure the time. It is very quick to recover services.

With HPE Zerto Software's near-synchronous replication, we have some CDP protection, so we typically write interceptions along with some asynchronous replication. There is almost real-time replication available.

Regarding HPE Zerto Software, the learning curve is where I see room for improvement. There should be more features, such as tutorials.

Regarding documentation for HPE Zerto Software, it should not be in-depth, but at least more accessible so that people can understand it easily with simple jargon. For example, if someone mentions RPO or VPGs, new users might not understand it. There should be greater ease of understanding.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for more than three and a half years in our organization, and we are using the Zerto migration utility. I can consider my usage period to be more than three and a half years.

Regarding stability, I would give HPE Zerto Software a rating of 9.

For scalability, I rate HPE Zerto Software a 9 as well.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I rate the technical support for HPE Zerto Software as 8.5. If it were a solid number, I would say it is a 9.

When comparing HPE Zerto Software with other solutions such as Veeam, VMware, Druva, and Commvault, I can say it has very sophisticated solutions providing good backup capabilities, ransomware recovery, and better RTO and RPO. Although HPE Zerto Software's pricing is somewhat higher, it includes very good features across the board.

The deployment of HPE Zerto Software is very easy compared to other solutions.

The deployment took only two weeks, and we received excellent support from the HPE Zerto Software team.

From the recovery point of view while working with HPE Zerto Software, we save a lot in terms of time, money, and resources, especially during critical applications and deployment time, which is less complex compared to other applications.

In terms of percentage, we save more than thirty percent with HPE Zerto Software.

Regarding the pricing of HPE Zerto Software, I would say it is not high but rather in the mid-range. HPE Zerto Software was purchased through a partner purchase.

My advice for others looking to implement HPE Zerto Software is to always refer to the resources available. I recommend HPE Zerto Software. Overall, considering the learning curves and pricing, I give HPE Zerto Software an 8 out of 10.

HPE Zerto Software’s near-real-time replication capability is a critical part of how we deliver disaster recovery to our clients. Operating in The Bahamas, we are in a hurricane-prone region, so geographic resilience is a major concern. Many of our clients value the assurance that, in the event of a natural disaster, loss of power, or even the complete destruction of a local data center, their environments can be brought online in a different jurisdiction and continue operating exactly as they would on-premises. This level of protection and peace of mind is one of the primary reasons we deploy Zerto for our customers.

In addition to disaster recovery, some clients use HPE Zerto Software for testing and validation purposes. The platform allows us to run disaster recovery tests in an isolated environment that mirrors production, enabling clients to validate real-world failure scenarios during business hours without disrupting live systems. This has been especially valuable for organizations that want confidence in their recovery plans but cannot afford downtime.

HPE Zerto Software also enables us to deliver disaster recovery in the cloud rather than relying solely on physical data centers. We typically provide clients with a virtual data center where their replicated environments reside, allowing for faster deployment and greater flexibility. One of Zerto’s strongest advantages is that it is hypervisor-agnostic, supporting platforms such as VMware, Hyper-V, and public cloud environments. While some customers still prefer dedicated physical infrastructure for private deployments, the majority of our clients are comfortable with a cloud-based approach. For them, Zerto has proven to be an efficient, reliable, and scalable solution that accelerates recovery readiness while simplifying overall operations.

One of HPE Zerto Software’s best features for us is its built-in ransomware resilience. Zerto continuously journals data changes and uses anomaly detection to identify unusual write behavior that may indicate a ransomware or cyberattack. This gives us early visibility into potential threats and allows us to respond quickly.

A key strength of the platform is its immutable journaling and recovery checkpoints. Zerto maintains frequent, immutable restore points that cannot be altered or encrypted by ransomware. This allows customers to roll environments back to a point just before an incident occurred, with confidence that the data has not been compromised. From a customer perspective, this provides a high level of assurance that their data remains protected and recoverable even in the event of a successful attack

While Zerto is hypervisor-agnostic and reliably replicates data, newer VM hardware versions, particularly in VMware environments, may not be immediately supported when customers update aggressively. This can create challenges in shared or cloud-based Zerto platforms, where upgrading the Zerto infrastructure to support a single customer’s newer version may impact other tenants.

It would be beneficial to see more flexibility around supporting older and newer platform versions simultaneously, or enhanced tooling to better manage version mismatches in multi-tenant environments. This would help service providers accommodate customers who move quickly with upgrades without forcing platform-wide changes that affect other clients.

I have been working with HPE Zerto Software for about the last eight years.

Zerto scales really well as environments grow. We’ve used it in smaller deployments and in larger, more complex environments, and the overall management doesn’t change much as you add more workloads. Once the core setup and networking are in place, protecting additional VMs or expanding to another site is fairly straightforward.

One of the things that helps with scalability is that Zerto is consistent across different platforms. Whether workloads are on-prem, in a secondary data center, or in the cloud, the replication process works the same way. That makes it easier to scale without having to learn or manage different tools for different environments.

We have been exposed to other solutions in the market, such as Veeam and some of VMware’s native replication options, but we did not extensively deploy them for disaster recovery. While Veeam does offer replication capabilities, our organization standardized early on HPE Zerto Software, and it has remained our primary disaster recovery platform.

We chose to stay with HPE Zerto Software because it consistently met our recovery objectives and aligned well with our operational model. As a result, we have continued to build our disaster recovery services around Zerto rather than switching between multiple tools. This focus has allowed us to develop deep expertise with the platform and deliver a consistent, reliable disaster recovery experience for our customers.

The initial setup with HPE Zerto Software is very straightforward. Deploying the platform itself is a breeze, and getting replication up and running does not take much effort. The only part that can become more complex is configuring the environment to match the customer’s specific needs, which can vary depending on networking, security requirements, and how the target environment is designed.

Overall, the core setup is simple, and any added complexity usually comes from tailoring the solution to fit the customer’s environment rather than from the product itself.

From a pricing perspective, HPE Zerto Software is more expensive than many competing solutions on the market. However, in our experience, the value becomes clear very quickly once customers see the product in action. Zerto is relatively easy to set up, and its ability to demonstrate near real-time replication and recovery in a live demo makes it much easier to justify the cost.

While pricing can initially be a concern, running a proof of concept typically shifts the conversation. Once customers understand the benefits, particularly around recovery speed, minimal data loss, and operational simplicity, they tend to focus less on price and more on how to adopt the solution within their environment. From that point, licensing discussions become more straightforward, as the product effectively sells itself based on performance and reliability.

I have seen and been around certain applications such as Veeam. Veeam has a replication option, but I have never fully explored it. We bought into HPE Zerto Software, and it has always been HPE Zerto Software as our number one go-to for disaster recovery. I know that VMware has some built-in replication options as well, but we have really and truly stayed in the same lane of disaster recovery with HPE Zerto Software.

HPE Zerto Software is what we often describe as the Ferrari of disaster recovery. It is a very refined platform with strong built-in safeguards, near-real-time replication, and a clean, intuitive management interface through Zerto Virtual Manager. The ability to manage access through Active Directory or independent logins, combined with immutable journaling and ransomware anomaly detection, gives us a high level of confidence in both security and recoverability.

Zerto excels in fast recovery and low disruption. We can restore workloads to just before an incident occurs, significantly reducing downtime and data loss. We have successfully used it to recover from a real ransomware incident, restoring clean environments quickly and keeping business impact to a minimum. Its migration capabilities are equally strong, allowing us to move workloads with minimal interruption while continuously capturing incremental changes until cutover.

Disaster recovery testing is another major strength. Zerto allows us to perform full DR tests during business hours in an isolated environment without impacting production, which has led to more frequent and more effective testing for our clients. The platform is also easy to operate, reducing the number of staff required during recovery scenarios and simplifying ongoing management.

My advice to organizations considering HPE Zerto Software is to clearly understand their recovery objectives. If you require very low RPOs, fast recovery times, and confidence against ransomware or major outages, Zerto is an excellent choice. While it may be more expensive than some alternatives, its performance, reliability, and ease of use justify the cost—particularly for medium to large enterprises.

I use HPE Zerto Software for planning disaster recovery and for provisioning the CIs, especially during the exercise phase. We use HPE Zerto Software to protect VMs in our environment. Regarding HPE Zerto Software for disaster recovery, minor challenges exist, but it meets the requirement at approximately 80%. We do not look into HPE Zerto Software for incident downtimes; we only use it for crisis situations. HPE Zerto Software is saving time, especially with RTOs and RPOs being reduced for business-level applications, which has brought down recovery time. Most often, support issues are handled internally; if we require anything, we raise a case, and the operational team follows up.

One advantage of HPE Zerto Software is that it helps in provisioning, becomes easy, much faster, and it also stores historical information. It's good; I won't say it's excellent, but it's meeting some requirements, though for other requirements, I have to rely on other software as well.

There has been a significant impact from using HPE Zerto Software because our provisioning times have reduced drastically. The time to complete the exercises has come down, and we were able to identify and cross-check the RTO and RPO values as well. Using HPE Zerto Software has helped us in reducing the RTO and RPO values.

Overall, it still requires reliance on other software for manual work such as cross-checking and validations, which takes additional time, but the runbook execution is quicker. The 20% challenges relate to reliance on other software for cross-checking the logs. After implementation, the recovery times have improved by approximately 50% to 60%.

The main improvements needed are related to historical data comparison and analytics, and the challenges involve reliance on other software and cross-checking logs. If we could have an end-to-end DR solution in one environment, it would be much easier without relying on multiple tools. The biggest area for improvement in HPE Zerto Software is probably in historical data comparison and enhanced analytics. Future features should reduce reliance on cross-checking logs and other solutions.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for three years now.

I find HPE Zerto Software relatively stable.

HPE Zerto Software is also scalable.

I haven't checked the technical support part for HPE Zerto Software; I need to talk to my team about it. Most often, support issues are handled internally; if we require anything, we raise a case, and the operational team follows up.

Regarding ease of use and recovery speed, I recall IBM being used previously, but I wasn't there then, so I didn't get a chance to compare HPE Zerto Software with that. I think HPE Zerto Software was better compared to IBM, as the RTOs and RPOs are improving continuously, with the ability to execute exercises becoming quicker.

I haven't looked into options apart from HPE Zerto Software yet, but before the license renewal, we shall start that activity within six months. We typically refer to Gartner's quadrant to identify market leaders for comparison, focusing on the leaders part. There are no specific security examples that made me decide to switch solutions; my main concerns are around costing and compatibility with different environments.

Currently, our team has implemented another solution because HPE Zerto Software couldn't be expanded to that environment, so capability is a restricting factor. A unified solution would be a good bet for future comparisons.

HPE Zerto Software helps in provisioning, making it easy and faster, and it also stores historical information. It's good but not excellent, as it meets some requirements while requiring other software for additional functionalities. I use a solution for disaster recovery in the cloud, but that's specific to the cloud environment. I don't get into the pricing layer for HPE Zerto Software and haven't gathered much information from the vendor. I would rate HPE Zerto Software as 8 out of 10.

My main use case for using the HPE Zerto Software is disaster recovery.

The ability to fail workloads over between data centers has benefited my organization significantly. HPE Zerto Software's continuous data replication is very important to my organization.

The features I appreciate the most about HPE Zerto Software are the automated failover and orchestration, and then the journal for point-in-time recovery.

I don't use HPE Zerto Software directly; it's used by my team, however, they're very complimentary of it.

It's easy to use and does what it says.

HPE Zerto Software has impacted my RTOs or RPOs, and the recovery speed has improved significantly compared to other disaster recovery solutions I've used; it's been really good. An example is that our snapshots were only every 15 minutes, but with HPE Zerto Software replication, our recovery times are in seconds, not minutes.

The solution has helped to reduce my organization's DR testing. I do not know by how much. We haven't reallocated the time saved to other tasks; it just allows us to do more DR testing and recovery, enabling us to go faster in that space.

I am currently using a cyber vault solution for immutable data copies to ensure recovery from a cyberattack. We have multiple solutions: we use Commvault, Cloud MRR, and we also use safe mode on all of our pure storage. When considering a cyber vault solution, cost is probably the most important factor first, and then simplicity to implement.

To improve HPE Zerto Software, I would suggest that the upgrade process is a little bit average and challenging at the moment, rather than necessarily adding features.

I have been using the HPE Zerto Software for two and a half years.

I assess the stability and reliability of HPE Zerto Software as being fine. I only had one small issue a while ago, and that was fixed eventually; it was just one small issue. It didn't cause an outage.

To date, HPE Zerto Software has scaled fine for the growing needs of my organization. I have expanded usage. The expansion process was very smooth.

I evaluate the technical support for HPE Zerto Software as okay, about average. On a scale of one to ten for technical support/customer service, I would give them a seven.

Prior to adopting HPE Zerto Software, I was using another solution that addresses similar needs: storage replication. The factor that led me to consider a change was capability.

We didn't really go through an evaluation process, so I can't elaborate on what stood out in that regard.

We used a partner to support us, and it took us a while to get it working. Now it's embedded and it's working.

I have not seen a return on investment with HPE Zerto Software, and nothing specific comes to mind.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been fine.

Before selecting HPE Zerto Software, I considered just standard backup solutions.

My advice to another organization considering using HPE Zerto Software is to go for it.

Overall, I would rate HPE Zerto Software a nine out of ten.

My main use cases for HPE Zerto Software are disaster recovery and replication.

The features of HPE Zerto Software that I enjoy the most are the ease of setting up the protection groups and the ease of doing testing, such as failover tests.

The near-synchronous replication is crucial as we don't want any data loss, which is critical.

The quick setup of disaster recovery environments helps streamline our DR testing.

HPE Zerto Software has reduced both my RTOs and RPOs. Its recovery speed is much faster than other disaster recovery solutions and much easier to use. I can recover one of our tier zero SQL servers and have it up and running in under ten minutes. If I were using one of our backup products, that would take hours.

It has helped to reduce the time it takes for our organization's DR testing, reducing it by days. The big benefit is that I can set up that environment and people can test, but if something happened and we needed to redeploy that environment, it's very quick and easy. It has reduced the overall time for the DR testing, including the testing process to make sure the applications are working.

HPE Zerto Software, as far as the replication, had near-synchronous replication, which made our RPOs better. It was easier to use, easier to recover from, so it was far superior for that purpose. Prior to adopting HPE Zerto Software, we were using our backup system to test DR.

I don't have any recommendations regarding how HPE Zerto Software can be improved or what additional features should be included in the next release.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for a year and a half, about 18 months.

I have experienced issues with downtime, crashes, and performance with HPE Zerto Software. When we first deployed it, we were replicating to AVS, and we've done DR tests where we've left that test environment running for a significant period and had issues with the amount of storage space it was using. Sometimes the VMs become unstable when they're running too long.

HPE Zerto Software scales well with the growing needs of my organization because we haven't had any issues there.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support for HPE Zerto Software as good. Any case I've opened, they've been very responsive. I would give them a ten out of ten. They're very responsive and knowledgeable. They've helped me with all my issues.

I found the deployment to be easy.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for HPE Zerto Software was great. It was not overly expensive, and deployment was easy.

Before selecting HPE Zerto Software, I considered Rubrik, which has orchestrated recovery plans, and we've tried using those. HPE Zerto Software was much easier to use.

The solution has not helped to reduce downtime in any situations.

The advice I would give to other organizations considering HPE Zerto Software is to do it. If you need a good recovery product, HPE Zerto Software is fantastic.

I rate HPE Zerto Software a nine out of ten.