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NetApp Snapshot pros and cons

Vendor: NetApp
4.4 out of 5
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PROS

NetApp Snapshot centralizes data and ensures protection across virtual machines.
Snapshot and clone capabilities are highly valuable features.
NetApp Snapshot is reliable for repurposing and backup tasks, especially during Azure backups.
Snapshots are fast, scalable, and space-efficient, enhancing data management strategies.
NetApp Snapshot provides peace of mind by allowing easy restoration, saving money and effort.

CONS

NetApp Snapshot faces challenges with dynamic data that requires granular retention levels, making long-term storage difficult.
Cloud features need to be incorporated into future releases to enhance functionality.
Pricing comparisons with competitors could be improved to expand market share.
Automation processes and setup require enhancement for smoother operations.
Space management and compression capabilities need advancements to reduce storage demands and enhance integration.
 

NetApp Snapshot Pros review quotes

Tanveer Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technical Office at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Nov 13, 2025
The main benefits that NetApp Snapshot provides for me are that if anything goes wrong, we can go back and restore something; it gives you peace of mind, which saves money, effort, and everything else.
MC
Directeur Adjoint Des Systèmes d'Informations& Transition at Mairie de Lunel
Nov 11, 2025
We see that deduplication and compression give us a lot of space, so space efficiency impacts our data management strategy.
AjayKumar13 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Mar 26, 2025
The most valuable feature of NetApp Snapshot is its ability to complete a sixty-terabyte database snapshot in less than three minutes.
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AW
IT manager at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Apr 10, 2025
The most valuable feature of NetApp Snapshot is its ease of management.
Mir Gulzar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Synergy Computers
Jun 29, 2024
Snapshots are space-efficient and consistent across all applications.
MS
Solutions Architect at SC PROSERVICECORP SRL
Feb 23, 2024
The most important feature to us is creating live snapshots without impacting user access to the file. NetApp's processes are transparent to users and allow us to create point-in-time snapshots, enabling us to replicate that data into the cloud in real time without any impact.
Enric Cuixeres - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Information Technology at Leng-d'Or
Aug 17, 2023
It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
KennethEtsula - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Manager at Spartec
Feb 6, 2024
It doesn't occupy a lot of space and is very easy to use once you schedule the snapshots.
PP
Consulting Engineer at Cisco
Nov 20, 2023
The consistency of Snapshot is very significant.
GA
CEO at BDPR Technologies Limited
Aug 19, 2022
The most valuable features of NetApp Snapshot are the integration with other vendors and customization.
 

NetApp Snapshot Cons review quotes

Tanveer Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technical Office at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Nov 13, 2025
In my opinion, what NetApp can do to make NetApp Snapshot better is lower the cost.
MC
Directeur Adjoint Des Systèmes d'Informations& Transition at Mairie de Lunel
Nov 11, 2025
The information on this panel doesn't always give good information; sometimes, the disk space left gives wrong information, and we have to go in the SSH with the console to control this.
AjayKumar13 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Mar 26, 2025
One area for improvement is enhancing the compression capabilities further to minimize storage requirements, especially given its costs with Oracle integration.
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AW
IT manager at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Apr 10, 2025
NetApp Snapshot usually takes a lot of space on the volume, requiring manual removal. It should be more automated.
Mir Gulzar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Synergy Computers
Jun 29, 2024
There should be an alarm or notification in the NetApp management console if you're frequently deleting data or using a volume for backups.
MS
Solutions Architect at SC PROSERVICECORP SRL
Feb 23, 2024
The licensing cost could be improved.
Enric Cuixeres - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Information Technology at Leng-d'Or
Aug 17, 2023
The initial setup process of NetApp Snapshot is not easy and needs improvement.
KennethEtsula - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Manager at Spartec
Feb 6, 2024
I would like some sort of notification that lets me know when a snapshot is done or not done.
PP
Consulting Engineer at Cisco
Nov 20, 2023
The price could be improved a little bit.
GA
CEO at BDPR Technologies Limited
Aug 19, 2022
NetApp Snapshot's price could improve to allow them to capture more market shares.