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IBM Disaster Recovery Services vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 14, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Disaster Recovery Services
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Live Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category, the mindshare of IBM Disaster Recovery Services is 2.8%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 19.0%, down from 30.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery as a Service
 

Featured Reviews

Şefik Mert Polatay - PeerSpot reviewer
Ease of use, performance, availability, and scalability
The initial setup is very easy, user-friendly, and not complex. It mostly comes with all installed, an operating system, database, and security, all included in Power Systems. So users can easily install, configure, and use it. It's integrated with other systems. You can run different systems from IBM Power Systems, AIX Linux, or IBM I operating system. It's also integrated into Windows systems and other databases and servers.
Yosevan Sinaga Sinaga - PeerSpot reviewer
The capability and the functionality of the features are very helpful for us
We use VMware Live Recovery for creating new hosts and new servers. We synchronize all of our software from our data center to our co-location in real time, so when a disaster happens, we switch to the co-location The functionality of the features is helpful for us. We find the resource…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The initial setup is very easy and user-friendly."
"Disaster Recovery Services is stable."
"The solution works well for very large organizations. It can scale quite well."
"VMware SRM replicates the VM from one site to another, and it helps us orchestrate the powering of VMs and DR when the DC goes down."
"Technical support is very proactive and helpful."
"The solution is consistent."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of operations."
"The simplicity of VMware SRM is one of its most important features. SRM console is straightforward to manage. It offers simplicity in monitoring, managing, and deploying, making it a unique value proposition. Additionally, Nutanix solutions also provide a simple GUI, which helps in operational efficiency."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the automatic recovery of the virtual machine if it goes down."
"In terms of recovery, if you have a test job script, you can put it on top of it. You can create custom steps so that it will be more granular. It will be an easy, one click solution when it comes to the recovery application."
 

Cons

"Disaster Recovery Services could provide better value for money."
"Stability could always be better."
"The infrastructure level of IBM's recovery systems could be improved."
"The improvements should be as per customer requirements."
"You need a lot of knowledge to work with the interface because it is not really easy to use, and it would be great if the dashboard were simplified."
"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"This product is not appropriate for those moving to a broader cloud footprint."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
"We would like the patching management function of this product to be improved."
"The technical support is not very good and needs to make an effort to improve."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of the solution is based on the scale of the project or business. It's based on the server amount and the amount of data being stored. For our client, based on the amount of data they have, it may be around $20,000 USD. It could get much more expensive on the customer side."
"Disaster Recovery Services is expensive."
"Licensing costs explode after 75 VMs."
"It is reasonably priced, and its cost hasn't been a significant factor in our implementation."
"SRM is reasonably priced for the functionality it provides."
"The licensing costs for the product are perpetual in nature. A person needs to buy the license only once there is a need to buy support on a yearly basis. The licensing cost for VMware SRM is expensive."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight to nine out of ten."
"VMware SRM is expensive when compared to Veeam and makes Veeam look cheaper. For support, some additional payments need to be made over the licensing costs of the solution."
"Mature products like VMware SRM often have higher costs."
"The licensing costs are increasing."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 9, 2014
VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
The pricing is perfect. It's not expensive because it's all-inclusive. The operating system, database, security, different file systems. So, overall, it's cheaper than Oracle or UNIX systems with O...
What is your primary use case for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
The use case is for high availability and disaster recovery.
What do you like most about VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
We use a three-year license, and the cost for VMware Live Recovery can be high. Previously, when acquiring a license for Ethiopian drug supply chains, the price was significantly high, especially a...
What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
There is no ability to control the database itself, and it needs to be configured as active-active. Additionally, the price is not suitable for startup companies, which necessitates looking for alt...
 

Also Known As

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VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

i-Virtualize, QD, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Royal Arctic Line, Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Idwala Industrial Holdings Limited, A-Plant c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover, eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Mobile Mini Inc., TriDatum Solutions Inc., M7 Managed Services Ltd., Hospital de la Concepci‹n
Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON
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