HPE Zerto Software Reviews

HPE Zerto Software is basically used for site replication.

We needed increased uptime and resilience, and Zerto helped with that. 

The features of HPE Zerto Software have benefited our organization by increasing our recovery rate on systems that have a tight recovery RPO, and it's also allowing us to migrate workloads from VMware to Hyper-V in a seamless fashion.

The replication aspect of HPE Zerto Software is what I appreciate the most, but we also appreciate the conversion feature. We're moving from VMware to Hyper-V. 

It's easy to use. It's point-and-click and very logical. 

The near-synchronous replication is very good. We have some applications that are single-site only that do have a really high RPO. With synchronous replication, if we do experience a fault, we can bring it up on the other side on our other data center and also have a point in time recovery.

We have saved time in a data recovery situation. We had misconfiguration and we were able to bring the system back up on our redundant data center in about ten minutes. It would have taken about five hours and lost about 24 hours of otherwise with tranditional recovery.

We've reduced downtime by about 24 hours. That would have cost several thousand to several hundred thousand dollars. 

It's increased RPO and RTO recovery times due to synchronization rates that are selectable. It's impressive compared to other solutions such as traditional Avamar, TSM, or Commvault backups. Those take anywhere from five to ten hours to recover systems. Avamar is literally minutes.

I definitely would like to see the continuation of the migration capability to Hyper-V included in the next release of HPE Zerto Software, as well as adding migration capabilities to other hypervisors, such as Nutanix Acropolis.

We've been using HPE Zerto Software for five years.

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with HPE Zerto Software.

HPE Zerto Software scales with the growing needs of our organization.

I evaluate customer service and technical support for HPE Zerto Software very highly; every question we've had has been answered promptly and first-time resolution is very high.

Prior to adopting HPE Zerto Software, we were using Veeam. We were looking at and actually using Veeam, and we were using Avamar before selecting HPE Zerto Software.

My experience with deploying HPE Zerto Software is very straightforward and easy to deploy.

We're using Commvault and Dell Cyber Vault as our solution approach.

I think we have seen a return on investment with HPE Zerto Software.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for HPE Zerto Software has been very positive.

I've not had any complaints about HPE Zerto Software's functionality. 

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Zerto Software is that it is definitely a far cheaper solution than using array-based replication, and it's one of the most stable software deployments that we've done that runs in a Windows environment. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate HPE Zerto Software a ten.

Our main use cases for HPE Zerto Software are primarily to provide our customers with their DR solutions and to facilitate migrations, either from on-prem to the cloud or data center to data center migrations.

The feature of HPE Zerto Software I prefer the most is the test feature, which allows you to test an environment in a bubble without having to affect production. 

It allows you to test your DR strategy without having to actually do a full DR test. These features have benefited our organization by allowing the customers to really be able to write out their runbook, test it, and make sure that they're meeting compliance, whether that's every six months or a year test.

My impressions of HPE Zerto's near-synchronous replication are that it's an amazing feature that customers love. Even though it's set at five minutes, it's actually typically lower than that for most environments, and customers love the ability to have failover capabilities within seconds.

The ease of use for the solution is pretty straightforward.

What made us stick with HPE Zerto is that it is just a fantastic product and was a great product to add to HPE's portfolio. The solution has helped to reduce downtime in situations; it gave us the ability to roll back a bad change that was made. It was days' worth of changes that had been made. That amount of downtime would probably have cost the organization tens of thousands of dollars.

HPE Zerto Software has impacted our RTOs and RPOs effectively in a positive way where other solutions take longer; the board is happy with the speed for us to be back online.

The solution has definitely helped reduce our DR testing and automate it, although I do not know those numbers off the top of my head.

With the current updates primarily on the Azure side of it, documentation could be improved. That's not necessarily Zerto's problem since Azure is constantly changing things; Zerto will put something out, but Azure then will change it, and sometimes it's hard to follow that documentation.

HPE Zerto Software can be improved by keeping up on top of the Azure changes happening there, trying to smooth that process out, because there are many steps that you have to take in Azure, and that's not necessarily HPE's fault, it's just how Azure functions.

I've been working with Zerto for more than ten years.

The stability and reliability of HPE Zerto have been great; I haven't really faced any major challenges, and when we have, support has been really great at helping.

HPE Zerto Software scales with the growing needs of our organization as a great scalable solution; the only concern I have for really large organizations would be the cost. However, you have to start looking at the soft metrics that CFOs don't necessarily take into account.

Every time I've had to talk to support, whether it's been pre-HPE or during HPE's acquisition, the technical and customer support has been pretty good at resolving any issues that have come up. I really appreciate the stateside support.

Prior to adopting HPE Zerto, we were using different solutions. Looking at recovery solutions for the capabilities, RecoverPoint was there, which is what Zerto was based on. We considered the capabilities they offered versus solutions such as Veeam.

In an on-prem environment, when it was the Windows deployment, it was pretty easy to deploy. Now, once it went over to Linux, it's still been pretty easy on the on-prem side. Once you start getting involved with the public clouds, it gets a little clunky. Again, I don't fall down totally on the HPE side. It's the public cloud that may be at issue.

Customers have definitely seen a return on investment from HPE Zerto Software. They can automate their DR testing, test it more often, and in a worst-case scenario, they could have a help desk person literally hit a button to help them come back over or come up in the cloud or in another site if they need to.

My experience with the pricing, licensing cost, or setup cost has been such that I don't have to deal with the pricing side of it. The setup, primarily in the Azure space, has been a little clunky, and I don't necessarily fault HPE for that.

Before selecting HPE Zerto, we considered other solutions such as RecoverPoint. They would look at Veeam, even though Veeam's not in the same category, but it was something that people would use as a recovery solution.

For the capabilities and what it does today, I rate HPE Zerto Software a ten out of ten, and it's a market leader in that category.

At the time, we were using HPE Zerto Software for failover of our VMware environment.

The failover features improved our organization by allowing us the capabilities to fail over.

The most valuable feature of HPE Zerto Software was its failover capabilities. The failover capabilities were the most valuable feature because, in the event of a disaster, we'd be able to power everything up on the other side. 

The aspect of HPE Zerto Software that I liked most was just that capability when you didn't have a hardware platform to perform these functions, you had a software platform to do it.

My impressions of HPE Zerto Software's near-synchronous replication were good; I could see where it was a little bit better, especially on the testing side of the synchronization. Near-synchronous replication is crucial to my organization due to the uptime requirements of some critical environments.

HPE Zerto Software did save me time in data recovery situations due to ransomware or other causes. You can't put a dollar figure on it; we never ran into any ransomware or other circumstance, but in the event that it did, it would probably save us about 80% of the time necessary to stand it back up.

HPE Zerto Software has helped to reduce downtime in various situations. I can't put a number on how much downtime was reduced, but when it came to patching and updating environments, I was able to transfer everything from one side to the other and update that environment.

Overall, HPE Zerto Software impacted my RTOs and RPOs positively; for an environment where I did not have hardware, it ran really to perform those functions.

That could be an area where HPE Zerto Software could improve; it could be easier to use. The setup and maintenance of it moving forward is where I had a lot of issues.

When I compare it to hardware that can also do the same thing, it lacks its luster for the simple reason that the hardware is built to do it.HPE Zerto Software didn't help to reduce my organization's DR testing; I was shocked by it since whenever I actually performed the DR test, it took my environments down.

We have been using HPE Zerto Software for about six years, maybe even longer, before we turned it off.

The stability and reliability of HPE Zerto Software was very reliable; I would give it a nine out of ten.

At that time, HPE Zerto Software scaled pretty with the growing needs of my organization; it was very easy to buy the license packs to perform that, although I had to buy it in a 25-license pack when I only needed one at that point.

The support that I received from HPE Zerto Software was very helpful during those times; I'd give them a nine out of ten.

Positive

Prior to adopting HPE Zerto Software, I was not using another solution addressing similar needs.

The deployment was a little cumbersome. That said, once you understood it and the functionality of it, it was easy to move it throughout.

We did see a return on investment from HPE Zerto Software; it was probably two to one.

My experience with the pricing, licensing, and setup cost of HPE Zerto Software was fair for what functions it performs.

Before selecting HPE Zerto Software, I considered just VMware's Recovery Manager itself, and we found that this product was superior to that.

We are using a different product now.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Zerto Software in the nine category for a software recovery platform.

The main use cases for the HPE Zerto Software include DR and Disaster Recovery.

The challenge my organization is trying to solve by implementing the HPE Zerto Software is being able to restore in a disaster quicker. During a weather event, we were able to move certain workloads from one data center to another with the HPE Zerto Software so that we could maintain operations.

The features I find most valuable about the HPE Zerto Software include the ability to move workloads from one location to another. 

The near-synchronous replication used by HPE Zerto is crucial to my organization's business continuity, as many of our applications are customer-facing. With the ability to shift those applications without downtime, we can continue to access our applications. 

The solution has helped me reduce downtime in situations where, during a weather event, we were able to maintain 100% of our operations. 

Zerto has impacted our RTOs and RPOs, and these times have definitely decreased in our case compared to other disaster recovery solutions we have used. 

I assess the solution's ease of use as fairly simple, particularly in terms of failing over workloads once I am able to configure the applications to do so. We utilize a store-once solution as our cyber vault, or immutable data copies, to ensure recovery from a cyber threat.

HPE Zerto Software has helped reduce our organization's DR testing from multiple days down to a single-digit day in terms of a full DR test, allowing us to test individual applications by themselves and decreasing our recovery times in order to have a shorter DR test.

I'm unsure of what can be improved.

I have been using the HPE Zerto Software for about five years now.

In terms of reliability, I describe the stability of the HPE Zerto Software as pretty solid, as I have not experienced any downtime, corruption, or performance issues.

The HPE Zerto Software scales fairly easily for my organization since we don't grow as fast, as long as we have the licensing in place.

I evaluate the customer service for the HPE Zerto Software as overall very high in terms of support, including response time and technical expertise. 

On a scale of one to ten, I give it an eight. The people I've worked with have been readily accessible and very knowledgeable.

Positive

What stood out to me in the evaluation process when comparing other solutions is that Zerto seemed to offer more options in terms of platforms, both positively and negatively.

My experience deploying the HPE Zerto Software involves some initial setup hurdles.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for HPE Zerto Software was that the pricing and setup cost were very manageable and cost-wise, it's manageable for small business.

Before selecting the HPE Zerto Software, we were looking at leveraging the native replication technology as potential solutions.

I would rate the HPE Zerto Software overall as a nine out of ten, and my advice to other organizations considering the HPE Zerto Software is that if you're looking for an application that is easy to configure and has active-active type performance where you can have your applications set up for disaster recovery, it's a good tool.

We use the HPE Zerto Software for multiple different things, including real-time monitoring and restoring and recovering of files, long-term retention of restoring long-term backups, and disaster recovery, where we store things into the vault and things of that nature. We also have the Zerto vault outside of that, so we use Zerto and the Zerto vault.

The challenges our organization has tried to solve by implementing the HPE Zerto Software revolve around protection, as it's a threat world now, so we're trying to mitigate as much risk as we can and trying to limit downtime. If we do get attacked and there is an infection, we can restore that data quickly and have it up.

The feature of the HPE Zerto Software I appreciate the most is the ease of use of single file restores, which is something we use frequently. Zerto features have benefited our organization significantly since we have many end users that delete files, and instead of taking the time to restore whole data stores and implement that, we can actually just click on Zerto and have that file restored from an hour ago in less than a few minutes.

My impressions of the HPE Zerto's near-synchronous replication are that it's hugely important, as that's what keeps me protected. The solution hasn't saved us any time in a data recovery situation due to ransomware or other causes yet, as fortunately, we've never had to use it for that instance.

The HPE Zerto Software has impacted our RTOs and RPOs by reducing our recoveries from days to a few hours, while previously we were using all VMware Nimble snapshots to back up all our data stores, which resulted in a three-day restore, while now we can recover in hours. The solution hasn't decreased our organization's DR testing time; in fact, it has increased it because we use it as a tool in our healthcare business, doing it every month to verify that everything is working correctly.

We actually use the Zerto Cyber Vault solution to ensure recovery from cyber threats. When considering a Cyber Vault solution, the capability of immutable backups is most important to us.

The HPE Zerto Software could be improved by including the ability to use FIDO keys or some kind of hard token for local accounts, not just a straight password or an external MFA, but a physical token. Additionally, I'd appreciate the ability for direct-attached storage, not just Nimble storage, VNF, both volumes. I would also prefer to have some way to scan inside the vault of datastores that are already there.

We have been using the HPE Zerto Software for a little over probably a good ten years or so.

I assess the stability and reliability of the HPE Zerto Software as very robust, with no real performance issues experienced; it just works and is easy to use.

The customer service and technical support are very good; we've never had any issues, and if we have, it's resolved very quickly. On a scale from one to ten, I rate the customer service or technical support an eight, as it's very quick to respond and get things fixed.

Positive

Prior to adopting the HPE Zerto Software, I wasn't using another solution to address familiar needs.

I would describe my experience with deploying the HPE Zerto Software as straightforward and simple.

Before selecting the HPE Zerto Software, we considered Veeam, Cohesity, and ExaGrid, and for us, it was a matter of cost and the ease of file-level restores that stood out during the evaluation process.

I would rate the HPE Zerto Software a nine out of ten and advise other organizations to consider it due to its ease of use, simple installation, and easy maintenance.

My main use case for HPE Zerto Software is the replication of mission-critical servers. 

My organization was trying to solve the challenge of a day loss of data by implementing HPE Zerto Software. Zerto features benefit my organization, since, in case I lose a major server, I can bring it back to life in a matter of 30 minutes to an hour instead of days.

The features of HPE Zerto Software that I appreciate most are that it's straightforward, and the console is clear, allowing me to assign it to my staff members who can generally tell the health of the Zerto implementation. 

It's easy to use once the setup is done. The updates have become easier over time. 

My impressions of HPE Zerto Software's near-synchronous replication are that it works effectively. Near-synchronous replication is extremely important to my organization as I work for a healthcare organization, so we have to keep up-to-the-minute health records; if a provider were documenting a visit and we lost that information, that would be a patient safety issue. 

The solution has saved me time in data recovery situations due to a corrupt server, as I used HPE Zerto Software to do the restoration.

I've had a server get corrupt and I used Zerto to do the restoration. It only took a couple of hours. It gives us almost real-time recovery.

It's reduced downtime. I was able to avoid losing a full day of data. The amount of loss and downtime would have been significant.

We've been able to reduce DR testing. If I run a snapshot and I know Zerto's working, I can just pass forward. 

To improve HPE Zerto Software, it would be helpful to make it more affordable. In the next release, I would like to see additional interfaces with HPE, as I talked to HPE about some storage solutions and know there is something in the works possibly between HPE Zerto Software and HPE that would make my life easier.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for about five years.

As long as I don't try to replicate a cluster, I haven't experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues; it works fine.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support as better than average.

Before selecting HPE Zerto Software, we were considering VMware Site Replication Manager, but it didn't work as effectively. Prior to adopting HPE Zerto Software, we tried using our Veeam software for some replication, but it was snapshot-based, which caused performance issues while HPE Zerto Software doesn't do that.

I would describe my experience with deploying HPE Zerto Software as positive.

I have seen a return on investment with HPE Zerto Software.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that it was really expensive.

If you have mission-critical servers that you need to replicate, HPE Zerto Software is probably the best way to go. 

We're currently using a Cyber Vault solution to ensure recovery from a cyber threat. We're using an air gap solution using Veeam right now.

I rate HPE Zerto Software ten out of ten.

My main use cases for HPE Zerto Software are related to zero-gap security, as our boss likes to sleep at night and doesn't want us to lose any data if an attack happens; that is our goal.

The solution has helped us secure our data.

HPE Zerto Software benefits my organization as it checks the signatures of the data, then compares that against the data coming in, saving the good copy in the vault. If anything goes wrong, we can retrieve the data from the vault, which is key for our business continuity.

The features of HPE Zerto Software that I prefer the most are the backup and the vault. 

It helps with business continuity.

The near-synchronous replication is excellent. It's very important for us. Reducing data loss is critical during unforeseen events.

We've been able to easily retrieve data, and it has been working great.

It's positively impacted our RPOs and RTOs in trial scenarios. It was pretty quick. We also use Cohesity and were able to restore the data from Cohesity. We haven't compared the two; we think they will both work well.

It's enhanced our DR capabilities. While not related to time, it does provide greater recovery capabilities alongside Cohesity.

We are using a Cyber Vault solution as an immutable backup. We're always looking for the good quality of backup within the vault.

HPE Zerto Software can be improved, however, I will have my other team members address that question. The ease of setup can be improved in the next release of HPE Zerto Software. The initial setup of the DNS environments and backup environment took us time to implement, and if the process was wizard-driven, that would have been really beneficial.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for approximately six months now.

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with HPE Zerto Software that I'm aware of.

HPE Zerto Software scales effectively with the growing needs of our organization, particularly along with GreenLake capabilities. We provisioned HPE Zerto Software considering our future needs, and so far, there has been no need to expand, so I cannot comment on that experience yet.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support for HPE Zerto Software as spot on. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate customer service and technical support a nine. I gave them this rating since, when we had an issue during installation, the first version of support wasn't successful. The second attempt was very successful.

Prior to adopting HPE Zerto Software, I was using Cohesity to address similar needs, up to an extent.

The solution's implementation took some time for us to complete, and we already have HPE GreenLake and Nimble, which is called Alletra now. Implementing within that infrastructure took some time initially, but afterwards, it was pretty seamless.

I will see a return on investment with HPE Zerto Software in the future. If a ransomware attack happens, instead of paying money to get the data unlocked. Investing in implementing HPE Zerto Software will save us a lot of money.

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing of HPE Zerto Software can be made simpler in a usage-based sense.

Before selecting HPE Zerto Software, we considered Cohesity, but it is not a true air-gap measure. We were already part of HPE GreenLake, making it easier to go with HPE Zerto Software for better performance and throughput. In the evaluation process, the true air-gap backup solution of HPE Zerto Software positively stood out, while my team could better highlight the negatives.

I would advise another organization considering HPE Zerto Software to go ahead and have that solution in place to protect their company from data loss and ransomware attacks. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate HPE Zerto Software overall as a ten.

My main use cases for HPE Zerto Software include disaster recovery and data protection for our critical applications.

We built two data centers and needed to migrate our workload from one to the other and vice versa. We needed to do that with as little downtime as possible. We purchased migration licenses and it went so smoothly - with just seconds of downtime - that we decided to stick with them for DR.

By implementing HPE Zerto Software, my organization was trying to solve challenges relating to minimizing downtime and ensuring data integrity during unexpected outages. This solution has saved me time in data recovery situations due to ransomware and other causes, allowing for quick restoration of services.

Since implementing, we haven't had any failures, however, the testing features have provided great peace of mind. 

The features of HPE Zerto Software that I appreciate the most include continuous data protection and the flexibility it provides for cloud integrations. I can provide examples of how the features have benefited my organization, such as significantly reducing our recovery time during incidents.

The built-in testing features are great. Everything is really easy to use. 

The failover feature is great for getting VMs up and running at a secondary site. 

The journaling feature allows us to go back five or ten seconds back in time. It's really helpful. We can just go back to that last snapshot and not lose anything. 

It has helped to reduce downtime in situations, especially migration. It's providing us with a seamless recovery process. It has saved us countless hours of downtime, translating to significant cost savings. You don't want the end users knowing you are even doing anything, and we can achieve that.

HPE Zerto Software has positively impacted our RTOs and RPOs by improving our recovery objectives and ensuring data is always available. Other than migration, we haven't had the need for it. 

The solution has helped with my organization's disaster recovery testing process. You can just click a button and do a test instead of doing anything in production. 

I don't have any idea of areas fro improvement.

I have been using HPE Zerto Software for approximately a year now.

I would assess the stability and reliability of HPE Zerto Software as excellent, as it performs consistently under different conditions. We rarely get alerts or notifications.

HPE Zerto Software scales very efficiently with the growing needs of my organization, adapting easily as our data volume increases. I have expanded my usage of HPE Zerto Software to cover more applications and databases. That expansion has been incredibly smooth. We're looking to expand more.

I haven't had to engage with technical support.

Prior to adopting HPE Zerto Software, I was using another solution. 

I would describe my experience deploying HPE Zerto Software as really easy; the process was straightforward. When we originally implemented it a year and a half ago, we still deployed on a Windows VM. Now, the have a VM appliance, and we're looking to migrate to that soon.

I have seen an ROI with HPE Zerto Software. The migration was huge. It saved us a lot of time. 

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been satisfactory. The impression the software gave us is that it's easy to use. We're not a heavy user so we just bought a 25-pack. 

Before selecting HPE Zerto Software, I considered other solutions such as VMware and Commvault for our backup and recovery needs. What stood out in my evaluation process was HPE Zerto Software's simplicity and ease of use.

My advice for other organizations considering HPE Zerto Software would be to thoroughly evaluate your needs and understand how its features can benefit your operations. 

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate HPE Zerto Software a strong nine for its overall performance and service.