Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software—part of the IBM Spectrum Storage family—IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is an enterprise-class storage system that helps organizations achieve better data economics by supporting the new large scale workloads that are critical to success. SVC systems can handle the massive volumes of data from mobile and social applications and enable flexible hybrid multicloud deployments and deliver the performance and scalability needed to gain insights from the latest analytics technologies.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| IBM SAN Volume Control | 4.3% |
| NetApp OnCommand Insight | 6.6% |
| Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) | 5.8% |
| Other | 83.3% |
| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Manager ICT & at Bangalore International Airport Limited | 4.0 | I appreciate IBM SAN Volume Control for its ultra-low latency, cost and performance optimization, and minimal power consumption. However, enhancements are needed in patch management and storage expansion. Overall, it offers good ROI with reliable security features. |
| Head of Database Administration, SAN and Storage Infrastructure at United Bulgarian Bank AD | 5.0 | I rate this solution 10/10 for its ease of use, configuration, and excellent support. My main wish is for improved virtualized storage box capacity and an upgrade to our SAN infrastructure. |
| Senior Services Engineer at KENAC COMPUTER SYSTEMS | 4.5 | I use IBM SAN Volume Control for heterogeneous storage management, valuing its copy services, performance metrics, and analysis. It could benefit from improved integration with other vendor systems, yet it's shown a positive ROI, making it worth the investment. |
| Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees | 5.0 | I find IBM SAN Volume Control easy to manage for migrations, stable, and scalable, offering good ROI and flexible licensing. My primary concern is the outdated snapshot functionality, which relies on flash copy instead of competitor-like snap volumes, an area needing significant improvement. |
| Storage and Backups Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees | 4.5 | I find SAN Volume Controller's virtualization layer excellent for diverse storage. However, I am frustrated by IBM's slow support and high per-terabyte licensing costs. Despite these issues, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. |
