#1 most frequent
United States of America
27.6%21 installations of 76
What is NetApp MetroCluster?
NetApp MetroCluster software is a solution that combines array-based clustering with synchronous
replication to deliver continuous availability and zero data loss at the lowest cost. The vendor states administration of the array-based cluster is simpler because the dependencies and complexity normally associated with hostbased clustering are eliminated. MetroCluster immediately duplicates mission-critical data on a transaction-by-transaction basis, providing uninterrupted access to applications and data. MetroCluster works with a host environment to provide continuous data availability while eliminating the need to create and maintain complicated failover scripts.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses NetApp MetroCluster
#2 most frequent
Germany
26.3%20 installations of 76
#3 most frequent
France
13.2%10 installations of 76
Very impressed with Netapp Metrocluster
Pros
- Data deduplication, compression, and compaction provide great savings compared to traditional host based storage
- Multiprotocol support (NAS and SAN) provide great flexibility
- Ability to easily run your workloads from either data center with minimal effort and no disruption was the key selling point
Cons
- I would like to see more highly intelligent monitoring that can help determine where latency is coming from. Eg. Host, Array, Network or Fabric issues
Return on Investment
- By moving critical application data away from older based technology such as host based mirroring and to a centralized array based replication, the complexity of managing data from multiple source and destination servers has been removed.
- The number of incidents compared to our previous legacy configuration is huge. Data uptime has been 100% available since the migration to NetApp MetroCluster.
Other Software Used
Pure Storage FlashArray, NetApp SnapLock Data Compliance, Dell EMC PowerMax NVMe