Overall experience with
How helpful reviews are selected
Favorable Review
Product: Site Recovery Manager
SRM Enables Large Scale Failover but Faces Criticism Over Cost and Reliability
Critical Review
Product: vSphere Replication
vSphere Replication: Strong On Replication, Weak on Simulated Failover
Likes and dislikes about
likes
Fast failover procedures, Test possibilities without disruption to production environments Scalable access lists to grant permissions to various users
March 23, 2026
dislikes
vSphere Replication is not very helpful when it comes to failover testing. The limited testing possibilities of vSphere Replication mean that one cannot adequately simulate failover without affecting production VMs.
December 9, 2024
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