We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Dell XC Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."StarWind Virtual SAN is a very easy-to-use solution that can be quickly and easily deployed and configured without intimate and specific knowledge in the virtualization sphere."
"It has reduced the amount of switching, network connections, etc., because the converged StarWind Virtual SAN allows us to connect high-speed network interfaces between different boxes instead of having to connect SANs via the network, then connect those two clusters together."
"The price was right."
"StarWind vSAN is a great solution to create a redundant two-node-only Hyper-V cluster, both for domain or workgroup scenarios."
"The failover redundancy is why we bought this product and it has never let us down."
"The license price is one of the cheapest in the market."
"The management and monitoring have been very easy since the solution's dashboard is very simple and user-friendly."
"It enables us to provide more solution options for our clients, with the reassurance that, when implemented, they will be efficient and stable."
"CDP is an important feature for avoiding data loss in the event of ransomware attacks. You need more storage capacity, however, you get the possibility to return at any time and use the data saved up to that point. The recovery is much faster than with a classic restore."
"The most valuable feature for us is that we can adjust the size of the storage very easily, without stopping production."
"Our central storage has very high availability. DataCore SANsymphony ensures high business continuity."
"The use of the RAM cache allows you to speed up the writing and reading of data while also allowing for a possible increase in performance by increasing the RAM on the servers."
"Our system is designed to be scalable and flexible, so it can grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of our clients."
"Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."
"The most valuable feature of DataCore SANsymphony SDS is its high availability. This solution also exhibits good performance and has high stability."
"DataCore SANsymphony's stability is okay."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and the compression features."
"The most valuable feature is that you can assign a volume to an off-shore workload on the fly."
"The solution's best feature is its simplicity. It's so simple to deploy it. You've got the VMware, and it's own appliance. It is really helpful. The system is online within half a day and saves so much time."
"What I like the most is that it is easy to implement, easy deployment and that it's easy to manage."
"When we compare it to normal hardware servers, I'd say it is quite easy to configure and deploy."
"The solution's hardware is great."
"The most valuable feature is the low management overhead, and the lower skill set required to manage it."
"StarWind currently has a Windows native application that it uses for management. There is not a web-based GUI at this time."
"There is no IPv6 support. That is our only issue at this time."
"Pricing is a bit high."
"If there are domain controllers inside the cluster, there needs to be some sort of logic allowing them to boot independently so all the rest of the domain clients can gain the authority they need to come online."
"If there was one feature I would like to see it would be a built-in subsystem for managing UPS backups shutdown procedures providing a way to initiate VM shutdown on all host servers, shut down the host servers, then put the fault-tolerant mirroring in standby, and finally shut down the StarWind SANs."
"There should be publicly available tutorials on YouTube or other platforms that help the users to integrate this solution with other platforms, for example."
"Android app for monitoring and receiving push notifications as alarms or monitoring I/O from any mobile device could be a good feature and nice to have as we are not always on our desk."
"This solution should be more self-sufficient, running without creating domains or failover clusters."
"If it could integrate to a cloud gateway, then we could carry it directly to storage, instead of having middleware in between the storage and the cloud."
"Management could be improved. The management console sometimes reacts very slowly."
"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."
"Problem detection could be easier. It should help customers identify problems very quickly because it's not easy to analyze on the platform today."
"I would like to see reporting added, such as a monthly connectivity report."
"There is room for improvement in the graphical interface."
"The main problem is there is no DataCore OS."
"The cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model."
"We are not always advised of new features or updates, so we must research to stay up to date."
"In the next release, I would like to see support for Docker and containers."
"Dell needs to do a lot of work to simplify the maintenance and life-cycle upgrades for the product."
"The solution's storage size could be improved."
"There should be more provisioning capabilities within the solution."
"The cost of using the public cloud deployment is astronomical."
"Currently, there is no support for the servers that are not in the cluster."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 7th in HCI with 54 reviews while Dell XC Appliance is ranked 38th in HCI. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Dell XC Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell XC Appliance writes "Turnkey solution with low management costs that is easy to use". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and VxRail, whereas Dell XC Appliance is most compared with . See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. Dell XC Appliance report.
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