We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Dell PowerPath based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Storage Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are many counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress)."
"The synchronous mirror allows us to operate a fully redundant storage solution that is distributed across two sites."
"Supporting of Automated-Storage-Tiering (AST) is a good feature that saves money."
"Oracle OLTP benchmark to test how it improves the performance while using flash drive NVMe."
"Active-active is the most valuable aspect for us."
"I'd have to say that the biggest improvement gained by using SANsymphony has to be the performance of the product."
"The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are a lot of counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress)."
"The most valuable feature for us is that we can adjust the size of the storage very easily, without stopping production."
"We have found the solution to be quite flexible and very scalable."
"The user interface is good."
"OS-aware multipathing is a valuable feature of the product."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is migration without disruptions."
"The solution has improved our performance, reliability, and redundancy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that disaster recovery scenarios are very good and easy to use in Dell PowerPath since it is available in a simplified form."
"It provides a high availability and will increase the performance of any server or operating system."
"The product is very reliable."
"I think an easier way to open a service call, right through the DataCore GUI, would be an improvement, especially when there is an urgent issue."
"Datacore is developing a new WebUI with new dashboards. It is a good idea as the classic GUI is lacking dashboards."
"The solution could be better packaged and marketed."
"The main problem is there is no DataCore OS."
"The cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model."
"We'd like to manage the raid on the disk directly in SanSymphony."
"It would be ideal if they were providing archive licensing with the ability to create a second pool on existing storage nodes."
"Its interface could be better."
"While I utilize it for data migration, I would love to do that data migration in a GUI from an ease of use perspective."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Customers do not choose PowerPath unless they have Unix or Linux."
"The solution should provide extensive reports on backups and backup failures."
"The technical support is good but they are not available all the time."
"The solution is quite stable, although they have not quite worked out all of the kinks."
"The product must adapt to other storage technologies like HPE 3PAR."
"Although PowerPath is very mature and has been on the market for more than 15 years there are still a lot of bugs that have been profiled with PowerPath, specifically, during any OS upgrade."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 2nd in Storage Software with 54 reviews while Dell PowerPath is ranked 3rd in Storage Software with 8 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Dell PowerPath is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerPath writes "A resilient and reliable solution that has many load-balancing technologies and provides high availability". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and NetApp ONTAP, whereas Dell PowerPath is most compared with Pure Storage FlashArray and NetApp ONTAP. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. Dell PowerPath report.
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