DataCore SANsymphony vs IBM Cloud Object Storage comparison

The compared DataCore and IBM solutions aren't in the same category. DataCore is ranked #2 in SS , with an average rating of 9.5, and holds a 21.7% mindshare in the category. IBM is ranked #15 in FaOS , with an average rating of 10.0, and holds a 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of DataCore users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of IBM users who would recommend it.

DataCore SANsymphony

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87% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and IBM Cloud Object Storage 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 (8th), Storage Performance (1st)

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File and Object Storage (15th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Management and Software solutions, they serve different purposes. DataCore SANsymphony is designed for Storage Software and holds a mindshare of 21.7%, down 26.2% compared to last year.
IBM Cloud Object Storage, on the other hand, focuses on File and Object Storage, holds 1.6% mindshare, up 1.1% since last year.

Storage Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
DataCore SANsymphony	21.7%
NetApp ONTAP	19.6%
Dell PowerPath	15.4%
Other	43.300000000000004%

Storage Software

File and Object Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IBM Cloud Object Storage	1.6%
Red Hat Ceph Storage	11.9%
MinIO	11.4%
Other	75.1%

File and Object Storage

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SigfridCecillon

CEO at Arsium

High availability and user-friendliness enhance infrastructure health and redundancy

I would rate technical support from DataCore SANsymphony a 10. Each time I contact the technical support, it's when I don't have a choice because it's very difficult for me on site, and each time, I have good people online who are able to help me solve the problem. Usually, the problems are not very technically difficult, but sometimes they are, and the support team is still there to help us resolve them. The majority of the problems are linked to licensing, so when the license has expired or the number is not correct, they are proactive and change things live, which is very good.

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reviewer2384904

Sales Engineer For Channel Organisation at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Enables seamless data replication and supports comprehensive data analytics workflows

The capability to replicate data in different locations is valuable since it enables customers to have a cluster over various sites. Also, important is the capability to provide RESTful APIs for custom connectors. In terms of security, I advise customers to rotate access keys to enhance protection. Additionally, scalability is effortless as you can add nodes or expand the license.

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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 platform's most valuable feature is its synchronous mirroring capability, which ensures bit-identical copies of data and offers excellent failover capacity."

"I'd have to say that the biggest improvement gained by using SANsymphony has to be the performance of the product."

"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."

"DataCore SANsymphony has improved performance, stability and data security of our datacenter."

"Our central storage has very high availability. DataCore SANsymphony ensures high business continuity."

"Stability, the price, and ergonomics are the features I find most valuable in DataCore SANsymphony."

"DataCore is very fast storage, applications start faster, and database access is improved."

"DataCore gave us speed, redundancy, reliability, and works great with our backup system."

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"The integration itself is pretty easy. The access appliances create the connection between both environments."

"One of Cloud Object Storage's best features is infinite capacity. This is one of the main advantages if you don't want to use your own storage. You also have the ability to write only, write once, and read many. It's like tape storage but software-based. This feature is essential for financial institutions that require that kind of protection if you write backup or data there."

"Overall, I rate IBM Cloud Object Storage a ten out of ten."

"IBM has the most number of additional services, this is the main advantage."

"The most valuable feature I like is when you connect it via CLI plug-in...It is a stable solution."

"One of Cloud Object Storage's best features is infinite capacity."

"The capability to replicate data in different locations is valuable since it enables customers to have a cluster over various sites."

"The standout feature of IBM Cloud Object Storage is its top-notch security, making it ideal for sensitive applications like mobile financial transactions."

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Cons

"The solution could be better packaged and marketed."

"Pricing can be confounding with many options"

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

"The graphical interface needs to be improved. We have noticed some bugs in it."

"The cloud reporting interface is quite poor compared to other vendors."

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

"The only area I see lacking with DataCore is their support; it's not very good at all, and it's frankly very frustrating and has almost caused me to swear off the product."

"SANsymphony is missing some features that vSAN has. For example, vSAN has a special feature called continuous data protection. It provides the ability to go back in time to a given moment. You can see what was on your disk in the past up to two weeks. That's a great feature because ransomware attacks are increasingly common, and that provides you some kind of protection."

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"IBM has limited cloud storage."

"If I had to choose one area, it would be making the consoles more intuitive would be helpful. Sometimes, they can be a little complicated if you're not familiar with them."

"The performance could improve in IBM Cloud Object Storage. The throughput or objects per second can have degradation."

"Room for improvement depends on customer needs. Some customers prefer pure Object Storage using the S3 protocol, while others use a gateway in front of the storage grid to enable CIFS or NFS."

"One improvement could be incorporating a feature similar to Dropbox's version history. This would allow users to track modifications made to files over time, which is particularly important for maintaining a record of changes. While the free version might not include this feature, it could be included in the paid version to provide added value to clients. Additionally, having a version history feature that allows users to access modifications made to files over the past three months could be beneficial."

"The performance could be better. It isn't bad, but everything is network-based, so you have a performance penalty on the network. You can never achieve the same performance as hardware. That's the disadvantage of cloud storage solutions in general. Cloud performance is one of the main issues clients have."

"Sometimes technical support lacks a comprehensive understanding of the entire solution, only focusing on the product they support."

"IBM Cloud storage is not cheap, but it could be."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"The solution is cost effective."

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"Like most cloud providers, IBM likely charges based on storage capacity, typically per gigabyte or terabyte. Their pricing is competitive when compared to AWS or Microsoft."

"IBM Cloud is cheaper than AWS. If you want to scale your cloud infrastructure, it can be bought at almost the same price."

"You have the option of a monthly or yearly license. Most customers choose the monthly option. I understand what you would like to say. IBM also lets you choose among four types of Cloud Object Storage. The difference is usage, performance, etc. Of course, high-performance storage is more expensive, while low-performance storage is for cold data, and it's really cheap."

"Pricing is not cheap."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

13%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

12%

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	22

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

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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What needs improvement with DataCore SANsymphony?

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 ...

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What is your primary use case for DataCore SANsymphony?

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

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Cloud Object Storage?

In general, Object Storage should be a cheaper solution.

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What needs improvement with IBM Cloud Object Storage?

The interface can feel clunky and outdated compared to AWS S3 or Azure Blob Storage. While scalable, latency can be an issue for high-throughput applications, especially during peak load times. I...

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What is your primary use case for IBM Cloud Object Storage?

I do not use IBM Cloud Object Storage directly, but I was part of a consultancy company that managed it. During my professional career, I have worked for vendors like NetApp, Dell, and EMC, as well...

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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.

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IBM Cloud Object Storage delivers vast capacity and reliable protection with seamless cloud integration and robust security features. It supports scalable deployment and provides versatile integration options, addressing key storage and data management needs.

IBM Cloud Object Storage is designed for flexible and secure data storage, supporting both on-premises and cloud solutions. It offers crucial security protocols against hacking and enables easy data replication across multiple sites. The offering integrates with IBM's IAM for enhanced data protection and uses RESTful APIs for customization. While it facilitates easy file management through compatibility with IBM Aspera and Watson Supply Chain, users indicate that improvements in network operation performance and interface intuitiveness could enhance user experience. Usability can be improved with more intuitive console design and modern framework compatibility. Employment in diverse use cases such as data lakes for IoT, cloud deployments, and OS tasks makes it an attractive choice, although some desire greater geographic data center presence.

What are the key features of IBM Cloud Object Storage?

Infinite Capacity: Provides unlimited storage capabilities, allowing for extensive data scalability.
Data Protection: Offers write-once-read-many protection and strong security measures.
Seamless Data Transfer: Facilitates data movement between on-premises and cloud locations.
Data Replication: Replicates data across various sites to ensure reliability and redundancy.
RESTful APIs: Enhances customization and integration with other applications.
IBM IAM Integration: Ensures data protection through access management solutions.

What benefits or ROI should organizations look for in IBM Cloud Object Storage?

Cost-effectiveness: Recognized for providing storage solutions with attractive pricing.
Scalability: Easily accommodates growing data storage needs.
Security: Protects against cyber threats with robust security features.
Versatility: Integrates well with IBM's cloud tools, enhancing operational efficiency.

In the automotive and IoT sectors, IBM Cloud Object Storage supports data lake initiatives and enhances AI analyses through integration with Watson's Supply Chain Insight. It serves as a backend storage solution for backups using Spectrum Protect Server, with many adopting it for cloud deployments to store on-premises data.

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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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