About six weeks ago I announced a survey to measure the value of VMware’s Site Recovery Manager. Thirty-seven respondents offered their thoughts on how SRM has changed their disaster recovery process. The results are not surprising; I already knew customers love SRM. But they are a stark reminder of the immeasurable value of this product.
The survey results are below with my own observations. To the impatient I offer the following summary:
- Only 40% of respondents ran DR tests at least once a year before SRM was installed. 95% of them run DR tests at least once a year with SRM.
- 73% of respondents were not confident that their pre-SRM DR test would succeed. 95% are confident their DR test will succeed with SRM.
- 54% of customers before SRM never tested their DR plan.
- 97% of customers with SRM complete their DR tests in hours.
- 76% of respondents claimed SRM decreased production downtime during DR tests.