DataCore SANsymphony vs Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager [EOL] comparison

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We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

DataCore SANsymphony

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Storage Software (2nd), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (4th), HCI (10th), Storage Performance (1st)

Hitachi Tiered Storage Mana...

Average Rating

9.0

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Featured Reviews

Sigfrid CECILLON

Founder at EKIUM

Storage platform has improved data performance and has provided reliable support for my clients

It's difficult to know how DataCore SANsymphony can be improved. I think DataCore SANsymphony could be deployed on Linux environments, which could be a great thing for clients. I would like to see the stabilization of the Veeam implementation in the future, and perhaps the integration or officialization of compatibility with Proxmox and XCP-ng. With Proxmox, it wasn't easy while integrating it with third-party solutions. It's working, but it was a bit difficult to deploy.

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it_user159429

Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Not much required for technical support of this product; it’s easy and simple to use.

Its way of migrating the data is the most valuable feature It knows the right way to migrate the servers from one storage array to another array. Fewer failures. I have been using this product for the last 3 years. I did not face any major issue with deployment. I did not face any major…

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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

"This flexibility and scalability have helped our organization in practice because it is important for us as it decouples the storage management software from the physical hardware, creating a software layer of intelligence."

"The solution has 100% storage availability and we've had that for more than ten years."

"The documentation repository is really useful and kept updated."

"Our system is designed to be scalable and flexible, so it can grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of our clients."

"SANsymphony-V offers a comprehensive set of storage virtualization functions to build a very robust storage network that speeds up applications, ensures business continuity and facilitates disaster recovery."

"My advice to anybody who is considering SANSymphony is that it is flexible, user-friendly, and a product that I recommend."

"When we migrated from our physical SQL server hardware storage to SANsymphony's software-defined storage, with its clever caching mechanism, we saw a huge increase in performance."

"This product has a good ratio between quality and price; in many cases, it's less expensive to work with DataCore than other storage systems."

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"I have been using the solution for 6 years."

"Transparent and online migration of volumes from one tier to another brings about no disruption to server activities while the migration is ongoing."

"On a dedicated mission oriented upon administrative tasks, the automated migration of one storage class to another was efficient and produced swift and silent migration jobs."

"Its way of migrating the data is the most valuable feature."

"Minimal downtime with fast data migration."

"Moving data online and swapping legacy disks to new disks without any business impact."

Cons

"Maybe adding a Linux data manager, and moving away from Windows."

"Pricing can be confounding with many options"

"When I sometimes reboot for maintenance, the connectivity from the iSCSI initiator host could be improved."

"Unified storage (all block, objects, and files) should be in a single storage pool with unified storage concepts, hence providing the user with whatever they want."

"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that in many cases it is expensive, but we can find a solution every time to have a discount for selling it."

"I think the performance reporting can be improved by adding historical statistics into a database for the purpose of comparison."

"DataCore should integrate its own file server into SANsymphony."

"DataCore is currently working with Veeam software for a better integration; this is my only desired missing feature today."

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"Fewer failures."

"Technical Support: Average."

"Little performance issue."

"Time and cost of resources, to migrate data from one storage to another with minimal business impact is bit tricky, this production does all this in single console without business impact."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have licensing costs on a yearly basis. They charge per terabyte, so in terms of cost, it can be very costly. They have three different features, and you have to pay extra for those."

"This product has a good ratio between quality and price. In many cases, it's less expensive to work with DataCore than other storage systems."

"DataCore SANsymphony's pricing is very high and should be much cheaper."

"This solution allows the use of off-the-shelf hardware and charges by the TB of storage."

"Pricing has improved but it is still expensive."

"Make sure you are made aware of the annual subscription cost when purchasing."

"In my case, the licensing per terabytes is very high and it must be licensed for each extra functionality."

"The solution is cost effective."

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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Construction Company

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Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	22

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DataCore SANsymphony SDS?

I am saying that the pricing is reasonable. It's not that expensive, and the product is also pretty stable. It's a good solution and the price is okay regarding the other products.

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I usually recommend DataCore SANsymphony for companies in the domain of research, energy, governmental, and education.

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Overview

DataCore SANsymphony enhances storage environments with features like synchronous mirroring, scalability, and flexibility. It optimizes performance through parallel I/O, ensuring high availability, efficiency, and protection against data loss with hardware independence and user-friendly management.

DataCore SANsymphony offers a robust platform for managing storage in VMware environments and beyond, enabling high-performance storage with disaster recovery features and synchronous mirroring. With hardware independence and real-time data replication, SANsymphony supports virtualization and data protection across distributed data centers, ensuring seamless data access. Users benefit from its ease of use, storage pooling, and auto-tiering, managing different storage speeds efficiently and maximizing uptime. DataCore's hardware-independent active-active setup and management tools add value, though improvements in container support, web capabilities, API robustness, and Linux support are needed. Pricing, licensing, tech support, backup integration with Veeam, iSCSI connectivity, and performance reporting are areas for enhancement.

What are the key features of DataCore SANsymphony?

Synchronous Mirroring: Ensures data protection with high-availability mirroring.
Scalability and Flexibility: Adapts to changing storage needs efficiently.
Parallel I/O: Boosts speed significantly through enhanced performance.
Storage Pooling: Simplifies management across different storage resources.
Auto-Tiering: Manages storage speeds efficiently for optimized performance.

What benefits should users consider in DataCore SANsymphony?

High Availability: Ensures continuous data access with synchronous mirroring.
Disaster Recovery: Provides robust data protection strategies.
Performance Optimization: Parallel I/O boosts overall system speed.
Ease of Use: User-friendly features enhance management and operational efficiency.
Hardware Independence: Offers flexibility in choosing storage hardware.

DataCore SANsymphony finds application in industries focusing on high-performance storage requirements, particularly those in VMware environments. Utilized for managing storage across virtual machines and applications, it supports seamless data access within distributed data centers. The platform's real-time data replication, synchronous and asynchronous mirroring, and auto-tiering contribute significantly to optimizing performance and maintaining business continuity.

DataCore

Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager for Mainframe offers online storage service level control. It gives this control using Hitachi Dynamic Tiering for Mainframe policies over volumes in the Dynamic Tiering pool. Hitachi Dynamic Tiering (HDT) automates fine-grain, page-based tiering for optimum performance and utilization with tiered storage. Coupled with online policy-based control of storage service levels, this tiering helps improve performance and prevent problems.

Hitachi Vantara

Sample Customers

Volkswagen , Maimonides Medical Center, NASA, Thorntons, Inc., TUI, ISCO Industries, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, United Financial Credit Union, Derby Supply Chain Solutions, Mission Community Hospital, Bellarmine College Preparatory, Colby-Sawyer College, Mount Sinai Health System, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Quorn Foods, Bitburger, University of Birmingham, Stadtverwaltung Heidelberg, NetEnt to name a few.

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