topic New to NetApp, need info on backup software by NetApp in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/New-to-NetApp-need-info-on-backup-software-by-NetApp/m-p/69491#M16235 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P>I am doing some planning for the Government and need information on NetApp's backup software. We have A site that needs to be backed up to</P><P>a remote site and the remote site should be a "warm" site. Meaning it would not take much time to go "hot" if we lost the primary site. I understand there</P><P>are various pieces of software NetApp sells and would like to know what the difference is between the products and which would be the most cost</P><P>effective for a medium sized organization. From what I see there is:</P><P>SnapVault</P><P>SnapProtect</P><P>SnapMirror</P><P></P><P>I am concerned about cost and the "best value" solution. Right now we use only MS DFS to replicate the data which is not the best solution.</P><P>A FAS2240A-2 will cost us about $32K and I assume this does not have backup software (F2240A-2-24X600-R5)</P><P>...AR</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:48:13 GMT alanraczek 2025-06-05T05:48:13Z New to NetApp, need info on backup software by NetApp https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/New-to-NetApp-need-info-on-backup-software-by-NetApp/m-p/69491#M16235 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P>I am doing some planning for the Government and need information on NetApp's backup software. We have A site that needs to be backed up to</P><P>a remote site and the remote site should be a "warm" site. Meaning it would not take much time to go "hot" if we lost the primary site. I understand there</P><P>are various pieces of software NetApp sells and would like to know what the difference is between the products and which would be the most cost</P><P>effective for a medium sized organization. From what I see there is:</P><P>SnapVault</P><P>SnapProtect</P><P>SnapMirror</P><P></P><P>I am concerned about cost and the "best value" solution. Right now we use only MS DFS to replicate the data which is not the best solution.</P><P>A FAS2240A-2 will cost us about $32K and I assume this does not have backup software (F2240A-2-24X600-R5)</P><P>...AR</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:48:13 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/New-to-NetApp-need-info-on-backup-software-by-NetApp/m-p/69491#M16235 alanraczek 2025-06-05T05:48:13Z Re: New to NetApp, need info on backup software by NetApp https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/New-to-NetApp-need-info-on-backup-software-by-NetApp/m-p/69495#M16236 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Alan,</P><P></P><P>FWIW, my company recently evaluated the different NetApp backup solutions, but ended up going with a 3rd party provider called <A href="http://www.zetta.net/netapp/" target="_blank">Zetta</A> since they were substantially (80%+) less expensive than buying another filer and SnapMirror software licences.</P><P></P><P>-My2<SPAN style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">ยข</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:14:04 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/New-to-NetApp-need-info-on-backup-software-by-NetApp/m-p/69495#M16236 datajunkie 2013-12-04T22:14:04Z