Feature comparison: Current generation SnapManager products Vs. next generation SnapCenter Plug-Ins
Applies to
- SnapDrive for Windows (SDW) Vs. SnapCenter Plug-In for Microsoft Windows (SCW)
- SnapManager for Microsoft SQL Server (SMSQL) Vs. SnapCenter Plug-In for Microsoft SQL Server (SCSSQL)
Answer
SnapDrive for Windows (SDW) Vs. SnapCenter Plug-In for Microsoft Windows (SCW) Feature Comparison:
Product/Feature | SnapDrive 7.x | SCW 1.0 | Future |
GUI | ✓ | Provision Only | ✓ |
Centralized Management Console | X | ✓ | ✓ |
7-Mode Support | ✓ | X | X |
Clustered Data ONTAP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SAN Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SMB Support | ✓ | X1 | ✓ |
Command Line Interface | ✓ | X | X2 |
Powershell Cmdlets for SAN | X | 25 (Provision) | 75 |
Powershell Cmdlets for SMB | ✓ | ✓3 | ✓ |
Backup/Restore/Clone for SMB | ✓ | X | ✓ |
Backup/Restore/Clone for SMGR | ✓ | ✓4 | ✓4 |
Backup/Restore/Clone for Filesystem | ✓ | X | ✓ |
Provisioning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Pre-Windows 2008 R2 | ✓ | X | X |
Windows 2012 and later | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes:
- SMB support in SnapCenter version 1.0 is limited to the creation of SMB shares only.
- For future UNIX/Linux support, there will be commands available at the command level that are equivalent to Powershell cmdlets.
- While there are cmdlets for SMB in SC version 1.0, only the creation of SMB shares is supported.
- Support is available for Windows 2008 R2, however, not provisioning.
SnapManager for Microsoft SQL Server (SMSQL) Vs. SnapCenter Plug-In for Microsoft SQL Server (SCSQL) Feature Comparison:
Table 2: SMSQL versus SCSQL comparison:
Product / Feature | SMSQL 7.x | SCSQL1.0 |
Centralized Management and Monitoring | ✖ | ✓ |
Separate GUI | ✓ | ✖ |
7-Mode | ✓ | ✖ |
Clustered Data ONTAP | ✓ | ✓ |
SAN Support | ✓ | ✓ |
SMB | ✓ | ✖ |
Configuration wizard | ✓ | ✖ |
Centralized Role based Access Control (RBAC) | ✖ | ✓ |
SQL Role based Access Control (RBAC) | ✖ | ✓ |
Backup/Restore/Clone/Verify | ✓ | ✓ |
Backup management groups | ✓ | ✖ |
Stream-based backups | ✓ | ✖ |
Backup set | ✓ | ✖ |
Generic snapshot naming convention | ✓ | ✖ |
Restore to marked transactions | ✓ | ✖ |
Reseed availability group | ✓ | ✖ |
Clone of clone | ✓ | ✖ |
Reporting | ✖ | ✓ |
Additional Information
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