Although the main focus of this document is SRM integration with Dell Compellent Array
Based Replication, it should also be pointed out that as of SRM 5.0, vSphere Replication can
be used in addition to or in place of Array Based Replication. vSphere Replication has a few
unique advantages over Array Based Replication. Two of the main ones being that a granular
selection of individual VMs are replicated instead of entire datastores of VMs and vSphere
datastore objects abstract the underlying storage vendor, model, protocol, and type meaning
replication can be carried out between different array models and protocols, even local
storage. vSphere Replication, along with other feature support for vSphere Replication
added in SRM 5.1 makes SRM much more appealing and adaptable as a DR solution for small
to medium sized businesses with aggressive storage constraints.