#1 most frequent
United States of America
76.0%19 installations of 25
What is Dell AppSync?
Dell AppSync is copy data management designed to empower application owners to satisfy copy demand for data repurposing, operational recovery, and disaster recovery. AppSync is designed to simplify, orchestrate, and automate the process of generating and consuming copies of production data.
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Who Buys & Uses Dell AppSync
#2 most frequent
Australia
12.0%3 installations of 25
#3 most frequent
Canada
4.0%1 installation of 25
The ideal management for data backups and restores.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our Dell AppSync software has great responsibilities in our regional mission to be a disaster recovery tool. We used 2 years to make daily backups and archive them to remote storages in a simplified and automated way without generating any type of failure and error. The interface is extremely user-friendly and easy to use and create, configure and generate reports on backups performed for auditing.
Pros
- Perfect for our EMC VNXe2 environment.
- Management of backups, production and restoration.
- Protect from all our development systems.
- Great Dell support with fast SLA.
- Disaster recovery and business continuity.
Cons
- We had no failures in performing backups and testing with disaster recovery.
- Documentation not available in Portuguese.
Most Important Features
- Consistent, secure and automated copies of all systems and data.
- User-friendly and intuitive integrated management interface.
- Wide compatibility with multiple databases.
- Automated, error-free and fast disaster recovery.
Return on Investment
- It brought more security of network data.
- Automation and agility in business processes.
Other Software Used
Dell EMC SourceOne, Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch, Cisco 550X Series Stackable Managed Switches
Easy to use with fast deploy time
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Dell EMC AppSync in use accross the entire estate so a Dell solution seemed like the best solution to best provide the intergraion that we needed. Replication was required between our live and development systems. Main use case was for large database replication acrros dual data centers to maintain a live/live redudency
Pros
- Easy Configuration
- Ease of Use
- Set and Forget
Cons
- Cant make any storage changes directly
- One to One and not One to many
- No cloud replicaton support
Most Important Features
- Data Sync
- Ease of use
- Ability to setup and will carry on
Return on Investment
- Replication of data to where its needed
- Quick recovery during failures
- Very stable
Alternatives Considered
NetApp SnapMirror
Other Software Used
Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure VMware Solution, KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Easy to set up and use
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In our company, we use DELL EMC AppSync to simplify the processes of copying, replicating and restoring data. Users are able to independently manage applications and can restore data and databases according to their needs without the need for a technician to intervene. It is natively compatible with the main databases. Other databases are manageable at the file system level
Pros
- Database protection
- Database replication
- Emergency restore
Cons
- Cloud replication
Most Important Features
- Ease of implementation
- Ease of management
- Autonomous management by users
Return on Investment
- ROI
- More time available to the IT manager for other projects
- less waiting time for users