CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement vs VANTAGE Storage Intelligence comparison

CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement and VANTAGE Storage Intelligence are both solutions in the Storage Management category. CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement is ranked #13, while VANTAGE Storage Intelligence is ranked #9. CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement holds a 3.4% mindshare in SM, compared to VANTAGE Storage Intelligence’s 5.1% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of VANTAGE Storage Intelligence users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement and VANTAGE Storage Intelligence based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Allocate DASD Space and ...

Ranking in Storage Management

13th

Average Rating

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VANTAGE Storage Intelligence

Ranking in Storage Management

9th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement is 3.4%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VANTAGE Storage Intelligence is 5.1%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
VANTAGE Storage Intelligence	5.1%
CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement	3.4%
Other	91.5%

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it_user354057

Mainframe Storage Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's a space recovery product that helps us fix problems before they happen so we work on them after running a job, but I don't want to have to touch a file to make changes or updates.

One of the biggest benefits of CA Allocate is in the cost. We initially went with BMC MainView, which is a great product and a little more user friendly than CA Allocate. But because of our good relationship with CA, we were able to mimic everything we had with BMC. Any issues we had doing that, CA collected them right away to help us. As a space recovery product, CA Allocate helps us fix problems before they happen and then we work on them after we run a job. If somebody does not put the right space parameter, we let the job run and then we fix it after. If somebody does not optimize a data set, we run our reports after talking to these people without ever having an event waste CPU cycles.

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Randall Brower

Systems Administrator at SunTrust Banks, Inc.

The alerts, trends and reporting have benefited my organization

Not writing a solution here, the SRM product is a mainframe product that CA's client user interface software, Vantage, can then interact with. They have three flavors for a client interface, desktop (but everything you do is yours alone, nobody else gets anything you build within it), and server…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"As a space recovery product, CA Allocate helps us fix problems before they happen and then we work on them after we run a job."

"Absolutely get it because it can trend your data, automate your processes, and if you cannot do it yourself, the outstanding support team will listen, work with you, and help you get there."

"The interface offers so much, with it being a true 'Windows' experience!"

"As a storage administrator, it has helped me to control my storage capacity and keep it clean in terms of both data and storage."

Cons

"Allocate is a good product, but it's not there yet in terms of that."

"There are many things that they need to improve. It is a work-in-progress product."

"The install is complicated."

"Five years ago, yes. As a matter of fact there were too many bugs."

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Also Known As

BrightStor DASD Space and Placement

CA Vantage Storage Resource Manager, BrightStor Storage Resource Manager

Overview

CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement (CA Allocate) enables more efficient use of DASD by enforcing allocation policies and procedures and redirecting inaccurate allocations for proper grouping, optimum space or best-fit usage.
In addition, X-37 resolution can prevent application failures to help save your enterprise time, resources and money. CA Allocate can help your enterprise maximize tape and DASD usage and optimize tape management resources with dynamic storage management for new allocations, and flexible, user-defined rules for allocation management.

Broadcom

CA Vantage Storage Resource Manager (CA Vantage) provides centralized monitoring and policy-based automation

help reduce the costs and administration associated with the management of complex enterprise storage environments. It is designed to maximize your use of existing storage resources and ensure protection and high availability of applications and business information.

This z/OS storage management solution automates routine manual functions to help increase personnel productivity and maintain service level commitments. CA Vantage can help you optimize your enterprise storage infrastructure, decrease costs and improve productivity through reduced application outages and consolidated monitoring, reporting, forecasting and corrective actions.

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Sky, TravelPort, First Horizon, Hill International

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