#1 most frequent
United States of America
60.5%683 installations of 1,129
What is HPE Zerto Software?
HPE Zerto Software aims to enable customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Continuous data protection
Data is backed up every time a change is made, and the system can be restored to any previous saved version
Category average: 8.9
Multi-location capabilities
The product be deployed and managed across multiple separate locations
Category average: 9
Recovery verification
Recovery verification is automated testing and verification of backups
Category average: 9
Areas for Improvement
Platform support
Product supports multiple operating systems and applications
Category average: 8.5
Malware protection
Data is protected in the event of a malware attack
Category average: 8.2
Automated Disaster Recovery
Product supports automated failover and other disaster recovery workflows that can be triggered manually or programmatically.
Category average: 8.6
Who Buys & Uses HPE Zerto Software
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
7.3%82 installations of 1,129
#3 most frequent
Canada
5.2%59 installations of 1,129
Zerto for disaster recovery
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used Zerto for disaster recovery and it is very easy to use. The fail over process is easy as well as the fail back process. Very busy SQL servers can sometimes will be a difficult to keep in sync, but following Zerto's best practice guide will help with these issues.
Pros
- Disaster recovery
- Ransomware protection
- One to many replication
Cons
- Tier 1 support is not great
- Expensive
- Limitations migrating back from managed disks
Return on Investment
- Changed disaster recovery from a full weekend process to a few hours
- At small scale, Zerto was a little to expensive for our environment
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Veeam Backup for Azure, Rubrik and Redstor
Other Software Used
Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Azure, Redstor
Zerto for disaster recovery and migration use!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using Zerto for disaster recovery, special in cases where a very low RPO is required. This is mostly from VMware to VMware. This what Zerto can do very well. We also use Zerto for migrations from (mostly) Hyper V to VMware. Zerto can manage as one of the few to do this from Hyper V to VMware whitout to much trouble. A very good part is in this case is also the there is a 'provider' part but also a customer part and the customer can do it's own migrations en (test) fail-overs.
Pros
- Low RPO
- Hyper-V VMWare Migrations
- Customer portal
- Test fail-over
Cons
- No refresh button to import new config from VMWare
- Ghost VRA are not always removable
- High license costs
Return on Investment
- Positive, with a site down, the recovery was just a few seconds and vm's came back up
- Migration of very sensitive vm's from different platforms went smoothly
- In one rear case de migratie went wrong (because of the virtualization platform) Zerto got stuck on this. The replication needed to be new initiated.
Usability
Other Software Used
VMware vCenter, VMware Cloud Director, Hyper-V
Zerto at an MSP
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Zerto as an onboarding tool as well as a DR solution to simplify movement of and failing of various workloads.
Pros
- Disaster recover
- Vm migration
- Ease of use
Cons
- Availability of logging
- Trouble diagnosis
- Documentation
Return on Investment
- Ease of DR testing for DRaaS cudtimers
- Quicker onboarding
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Other Software Used
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, Linux/Windows Cloud Server, Microsoft Windows
Zerto - making business continuity simple!
Pros
- VM replication and recovery.
- VM migration.
- Cross VM platform migration.
- Integration with cloud!
Cons
- Moving a VM from one protection group to another could be simplified.
- I would like to see an executive-style report of recovery and testing for upper management.
- The ability to deploy Zerto as a virtual appliance, without the need for a windows server.
Return on Investment
- Zerto has consistently performed as expected, assuring management of our ability to recover our most critical servers in a timely fashion.
- The cost of Zerto per VM is on par with other solutions, but much easier to use!
- Zerto has become a critical component of our recovery process.
- Zerto support has been good when our engineers have an issue that they are unable to resolve themselves.
Usability
5 Star Enterprise Disaster Recovery Product! It just works!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Zerto for disaster recovery and site replication between our primary and DR datacenters. We are able to recover our virtual servers in near real-time from a failure or disaster event. Zerto helps us meet audit and regulatory needs in the banking industry for backup/recovery of our datacenters.
Pros
- Site to Site replication
- Near real-time replication and recovery from point in time
- Faster RPO & RTOs
- Easy to use, can restore a virtual machine with a few mouse clicks
- Easy DR testing
Cons
- Expensive licensing cost
- Language barrier depending on which support tech you receive.
Return on Investment
- Great ROI, very positive for our business.
- The cost of downtime makes Zerto worth it, we have been able to restore VMs in seconds instead of hours with other solutions.
- Per VM pricing is a big plus, no need to waste $$ on VMs we don't need to protect.
