DataCore SANsymphony vs HPE Hyper Converged comparison

DataCore and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the HCI category. DataCore is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.4, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.3. DataCore holds a 2.1% mindshare in HCI, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 3.2% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of DataCore users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

DataCore SANsymphony

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97% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

DataCore SANsymphony and HPE Hyper Converged compete in the enterprise storage solutions category. HPE Hyper Converged often has the upper hand due to its robust features that justify its higher price.

Features: DataCore SANsymphony provides flexibility in hardware choice, easy disk pool management, and continuous data protection. HPE Hyper Converged emphasizes easy deployment, integrated backup solutions, and scalable security features.

Room for Improvement: DataCore SANsymphony could benefit from enhanced technical support, a more user-friendly GUI, and better software integration. HPE Hyper Converged users seek lower pricing, improved data optimization, and enhanced integration with external technologies.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DataCore SANsymphony is praised for its responsive technical support during on-premises deployment. HPE Hyper Converged is noted for quick deployment and stable support, although integration issues are occasionally reported.

Pricing and ROI: DataCore SANsymphony offers a predictable and cost-effective solution, though additional hardware costs can be high. Its ROI is strong due to flexibility and high availability. HPE Hyper Converged, while more expensive, provides competitive advantages with integrated solutions and potential operational savings over time.

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Categories and Ranking

DataCore SANsymphony

Ranking in HCI

7th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Storage Software (2nd), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (5th), Storage Performance (2nd)

HPE Hyper Converged

Ranking in HCI

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of DataCore SANsymphony is 2.1%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Hyper Converged is 3.2%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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TempreviewerD

Architecte Principal at Orange

Robust with good replication and access protection

The solution is constantly evolving. Recently, deduplication and compression have been further improved to meet customer needs, and updates are easily implemented without stopping production. The update assistant checks the state of health before using good practices, during checks that the data is still presented for service continuity, and afterward, if the actions carried out are indeed active. Technical support is truly available even without a production incident. This is really essential right now.

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Ray Baruwa

Enterprise Architect at Dell Technologies

Advantageous from a sustainability perspective since the networking, storage, and compute are all located within one unit

Hyperconverged is used in an environment where the footprint in the data center is restricted. It is advantageous from a sustainability perspective since the networking, storage, and compute are all located within one unit The most beneficial feature is the life cycle management. I haven't had…

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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

"The synchronous mirror allows us to operate a fully redundant storage solution that is distributed across two sites."

"SANsymphony is flexible, with many potential options for implementation. SANsymphony's can be used with VMware, Hyper-V, or even with a hypervisor agnostic approach. It can also be used for strictly physical non-virtualized solutions."

"DataCore SANsymphony's stability is okay."

"During the maintenance periods, on any part of the storage or VMware migration, we have had no downtime."

"It's a software storage solution that can scale as we like. There is also has a parallel feature that enhances the performance of the storage solution. We can separate storage and computing, and we can scale these two parts of the platform to meet business needs efficiently."

"I found the solution to be very stable."

"Storage is always available."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its versatility, with there being support for all new hardware technologies and platforms, disc mirroring and very effective auto tiering."

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"The solution has many good features."

"Ease of management, as I come from a software background, and I'm responsible for IT overall. I can get in there and turn some nuts and bolts and make things happen without any trouble."

"The most valuable feature is the in-built backup system. The backup speed is also excellent."

"We like the fact that the hyper-converged infrastructure provides a simple to grow, easy to configure platform."

"The most valuable feature was its time to delivery."

"Our storage and IT are now at an enterprise level with all the necessary controls and restrictions being enacted."

"No concerns or issues with stability."

"Hyper-convergence is the most valuable aspect of the solution. We can avoid downtime when there's maintenance or updates needed. Also, we have homogenous hardware, so we have a lot of trust in the solution's reliability."

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Cons

"There is no way of quickly matching the exact size of a vDisk to a disk pool."

"One limitation of this solution is that it's Windows-based, e.g. one requirement to install DataCore SANsymphony SDS is putting it on a Windows server machine. It relies on Windows and that is a limitation because there are some customers who are looking for non Windows systems."

"The main problem is there is no DataCore OS."

"I would like to see SMPA (Shared Multi-Port Array) technology developed with the aim of allowing a configuration identical to other storage arrays."

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

"Management could be improved. The management console sometimes reacts very slowly."

"We'd like to manage the raid on the disk directly in SanSymphony."

"For customers or technicians that don't speak and understand English, it could be great to have other languages support, all the more so given the number of countries in which SanSymphony is used."

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"One of the things that can be improved is that today, is supporting VMware, maybe as a hypervisor. But it would be good to have an open kind of platform for other hypervisors, maybe. Like Nutanix is doing, it's very open."

"We have faced some challenges when upgrading. With Hyper Converged, you have to fully upgrade because there are no incremental upgrades available in this solution. For example, let's say we have two nodes. If we want to upgrade storage, we also need to upgrade computing. That means a full upgrade EME."

"Could be more secure and more economical."

"Some improvement is required in the availability of the data and performance. The solution is too expensive for our customers. The pricing should be lower."

"I would like to see more deduplication."

"This solution is very costly."

"The solution can be improved on the management side. More management features should be added to future releases."

"The solution would be better served if it integrated with other solutions better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"The cost is at the same level as other storage solutions and it is easy to understand the licensing."

"Pricing has improved but it is still expensive."

"The solution is cost effective."

"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."

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

"The pricing and licensing are better with DataCore."

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"HPE Hyper Converged is an affordable solution."

"The price per value compared to other solutions, like Nutanix and SimpliVity. (We made the deal before approval of HPE SimpliVity deal)."

"Pricing with Dell EMC is double the price which I paid for HPE. However, in the end, Dell EMC is double in performance. This is not an apple to apple comparison though, as I have a four node from Dell EMC and a three node."

"With this solution, I buy everything together, pre-packaged, pre-installed, and in just 15 minutes, it's installed."

"The solution is expensive - not only the hardware costs but server costs too. And the more you scale, the more expensive it gets."

"The entire solution is packaged with all licenses and support."

"The solution is too expensive for our customers. The pricing should be lower."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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

The cost changed from a perpetual license to a subscription model, and it seems reasonable. I am technical personnel and not deeply involved in sales, but the pricing appears fine.

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What do you like most about DataCore SANsymphony?

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).

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What needs improvement with DataCore SANsymphony?

In my opinion, there should be improvements in how to get and filter logs. However, this is not a frequent need because they have great support that offers quick and knowledgeable assistance. Other...

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What do you like most about HPE Hyper Converged?

The solution's most valuable features are scalability, easy migration, easy recovery, and flexible backup possibilities.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Hyper Converged?

The pricing is competitive. Initially, I misunderstood and rated it as higher, but on a scale of one to ten where one is cheap, I would rate it as a four.

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What needs improvement with HPE Hyper Converged?

I haven't had issues personally. I've heard from other people that maybe there could be some improvements around technical support.

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Also Known As

DataCore Virtual SAN

HPE Hyper Converged 380, HPE Hyper Converged 250, HPE Hyper Converged 250 for Microsoft CPS

Overview

Experience peace of mind with DataCore SANsymphony, the ultimate software-defined storage solution alleviating storage management challenges. Say goodbye to the complexities of managing different storage tiers and disruptions with SANsymphony's block-level storage virtualization technology, empowering you to automate capacity provisioning and data placement across diverse storage environments including SAN, DAS, HCI, and JBOD. Break down silos, control data placement, meet business continuity objectives, boost performance, and seamlessly expand or refresh hardware with SANsymphony. Benefit from features like asynchronous replication for disaster recovery, minimizing data loss, accelerating application responsiveness, and integrating new technology non-disruptively. Trusted by industry leaders like NASA, Thorntons, Inc., and TUI Cruises, DataCore SANsymphony guarantees unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and reliability, ensuring uninterrupted data access and application availability while reducing storage costs and inefficiencies.

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HPE Hyper Converged solutions combine intuitive software with the reliability of a world class platform to deliver cloud-like simplicity to your business.

Now, IT can become an internal service provider to end-users by quickly delivering the resources they need for application development and consumption. With HPE Hyper Converged systems companies can operate with cloud efficiency to simplify IT operations with one comprehensive control panel to deploy, monitor, analyze and update – with a single generalist; consume with cloud flexibility to deliver a cloud-like experience, with multi-tenant workspaces that eliminate stranded resources and flexes on demand; and deploy at cloud speed to empower developers and lines-of-business with a self-service portal that can instantly compose and recompose VMs in minutes. Built-in enterprise grade features, such as performance and resiliency enable HPE Hyper Converged systems to easily handle a wide variety of virtualized workloads, including general purpose virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and cloud.

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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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