TrustRadius Insights for NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Business Problems Solved
NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software has proven to be an invaluable tool for users, allowing them to effectively monitor data flow from customers and plan for better services. With its secure data storage services, the software safeguards large workloads against cyber attacks, providing users with peace of mind. Users have praised the intuitive GUI of NetApp ONTAP System Manager, which enables seamless management of NetApp filers. This includes day-to-day changes, networking configurations, diagnostics, and setting up SnapMirror relationships. Implementing NetApp ONTAP is a breeze, offering organizations an easy and flexible solution for their data management needs.
The software boasts powerful tools for importing different data sizes and generating comprehensive reports. It serves as the primary file system for Windows shares and NFS storage in virtualization environments, making it suitable for a wide range of use cases. For companies utilizing third-party SAN management, OnCommand provides vital insights for capacity management and projections. Furthermore, NetApp ONTAP acts as the operational center for data storage, allowing users to organize and secure their data in different folders. It facilitates faster file transfers and easy data access from anywhere with proper login details. Overall, NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software offers a robust solution that empowers businesses to optimize their data management processes efficiently and securely.
This highly functional and flexible data management system is among the easiest platform to implement and the features adjustment for the provision of quick services is an easy process. NetApp ONTAP Data Management features are very effective and powerful tools that allow the user to import a huge amount of different data sizes and also creating reports is also an easy operation for the user.
Pros
Cloud tool for easy multiple data management.
Creating reports is incredible through the package.
Data transportation and the real-time data analytics, this tool is the best ever.
Data threats Protection capability is amazing.
Cons
The training provided can be advanced.
Technical help during the implementation.
Features configuration, especially to new user is turf.
Likelihood to Recommend
NetApp ONTAP Data Management is a must platform to most businesses around the globe since the tool generates various capabilities for the user to easily and very securely manage all the project data through the cloud services using the platform capabilities. The data analytics are generated in real-time and easy visualization of different data which the tool helps the user import across other platforms.
It is used as the operational center of our data storage system. It organizes our data and stores it in different folders according to our preferences. It has a powerful security layer that provides security to our stored workloads throughout. It has an advanced system that promotes faster transfer of files from one user to the other. Data access from this product is easy from anywhere, provided the user has all log-in details.
Pros
Remote data transfer services
Scalable storage of any workload
Likelihood to Recommend
Any organization that requires a reliable data storage platform that is secure can easily consider deploying NetApp ONTAP Select. The product has all necessary security features and backup systems that guarantees long-term data storage services. It effectively offers both on-premises and cloud storage services at a reduced cost. Faster data transfer and security has given our team members peace of mind and enhanced them to focus on more productive tasks.
We use NetApp as our primary file system for our Windows shares / mapped drives, as well as for NFS storage for our virtualization environment. We have multiple filers across various sites. We utilize several features including snapshot and snapmirror. It is used across our whole organization at multiple locations.
Pros
Offsite replication is seamless.
Snapshots are easy to implement.
System Manager is easy to learn and manage the entire system.
System Manager is feature rich.
Cons
More details on network interfaces are available in CLI. Would like to see similar visibility on the GUI.
Deleting volumes that have been snapmirrored have to be released at the snapmirror destination first. Would be nice to have that feature at the source where you are deleting the volume.
When creating a volume in the GUI it adds to the default junction point. Would be nice to choose the junction point as you were creating the volume (this is a feature available in the CLI).
Likelihood to Recommend
ONTAP System Manager is feature rich and all inclusive. It can work with multiple storage protocols and for various functionalities. It will replace your File Servers and your SAN and put them into one storage appliance. NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NVMe are all options. Snapshots and Offsite replication (Snapmirror) are all great. I can't think of a scenario where a NetApp wouldn't be a good fit.
As a company using a third party to manage our SAN, OnCommand is very necessary to give use even read-only access to what our SAN looks like and to allow us the insights we need for our capacity management and projections.
Pros
Fairly intuitive UI that just gets better with each update. In particular the logical breakdown of clustered nodes and their SVMs.
Some of the help items and tips etc really help when drilling it to items that you dont use so often.
Have a powershell API has been a major bonus for our organization as while the UI is great for day to day tasks, the ability to extract data to feed in to other reporting platforms make it mo much richer as a product.
Cons
Not necessarily a dislike of OnCommand per se but I do dislike that you have to still use different flavors of this tool to get a holistic view of every aspect of your NetApp - System Manager, Performance Manager, Unified Manager etc
The initial process to connect to a filer probably could do with a little more friendly documentation as the format for filer name (or IP) and whether and SNMP string is required etc is not clear.
The ability for more complete search capability within the logs (so therefore not having to extract them to work with them) would be an advantage for the timely resolution of faults.
Likelihood to Recommend
I feel like this tool is well suited where you have a relatively small footprint in terms of NetApp devices so they can be easily managed via this tool. I would say that anything over maybe 4 filers and tools like Performance Manager and System Manager come in to their own a little more.
