Feature comparison: Current generation SnapManager products Vs. next generation SnapCenter Plug-Ins

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)

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	✖	✓

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