

Oracle Data Guard and NetApp SnapCenter are both recognized for their data protection capabilities. Oracle Data Guard seems to have the upper hand in performance during failover and data synchronization, though it is more expensive.
Features: Oracle Data Guard offers reliable failover, data synchronization, and supports multiple standby databases. NetApp SnapCenter provides storage efficiency, quick recovery options, and broad integration with third-party solutions.
Room for Improvement: Oracle Data Guard needs better automation, more detailed documentation, and more intuitive user interfaces. NetApp SnapCenter requires enhancements in the reporting module, improved user training resources, and more comprehensive support materials.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Data Guard's deployment is complex and requires experienced administrators, but its customer support is responsive. NetApp SnapCenter has a straightforward deployment process, although the initial setup documentation is lacking.
Pricing and ROI: Oracle Data Guard is seen as a high-cost solution with slower ROI due to its complexity. NetApp SnapCenter is more cost-effective and quicker to deliver returns despite additional training needs.
The support from NetApp is very good, and I would rate it as ten points.
The technical support from NetApp is excellent.
Oracle has the best support and a great knowledge center with a lot of accessible material for users and administrators.
Even though we have used multiple products in the private cloud, with NetApp, we haven't found any glitches.
For the stability of Oracle Data Guard, I would rate it as the best.
It should be more user-friendly and easier for customers to use.
It could benefit from more automated features that notify via email if the disaster recovery or primary side fails.
The product should be free because it is just software to administrate systems purchased from NetApp, which are already expensive.
The simple Data Guard is free.
The product is very stable and easy to install, which saves a significant amount of time during deployment.
Role-based access control and multi-factor authentication are security features available in NetApp SnapCenter.
Active Data Guard is the most valuable feature. We use the secondary side for reporting purposes, which reduces the load on the primary side.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Oracle Data Guard | 0.9% |
| NetApp SnapCenter | 0.8% |
| Other | 98.3% |


| Company Size | Count |
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| Small Business | 8 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 9 |
| Large Enterprise | 12 |
| Company Size | Count |
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| Small Business | 7 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 4 |
| Large Enterprise | 22 |
Unified, scalable platform for application-consistent data protection and clone management. This software simplifies backup, restore, and clone lifecycle management with application-integrated workflows.
Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.
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