DataCore SANsymphony vs IBM Spectrum Virtualize comparison

DataCore SANsymphony vs. IBM Spectrum Virtualize

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Categories and Ranking

DataCore SANsymphony

Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)

4th

Average Rating

9.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Storage Software (2nd), HCI (6th), Storage Performance (1st)

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)

14th

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of DataCore SANsymphony is 7.0%, up from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Spectrum Virtualize is 1.2%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

Unique Categories:

HCI

1.9%

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Featured Reviews

TempreviewerD

Architecte Principal at Orange

Jan 11, 2024

Robust with good replication and access protection

I needed to protect the storage of my virtual machines in my VMware vSphere cluster. The simplicity of management and the increase in its capacity were a mandatory technological choice. I don't have a large infrastructure; I wanted to secure it on two sites. This choice allowed me not to invest in…

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Nicolae Chirea

System and Solutions Architect at Seidor

Sep 19, 2022

Robust, stable, with good performance, and easy to implement

The primary use case with IBM Spectrum Virtualize for us is in relationship to databases I like that it can virtualize more than three hundred storage providers. I enjoy the performance, replication, and compression. I value all of the features. I would like to see three-side support. When we do…

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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

"DataCore SANsymphony's stability is okay."

"Storage is always available."

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

"An advantage of SANsymphony is its ease of use, especially when installing or upgrading the system."

"Supporting of Automated-Storage-Tiering (AST) is a good feature that saves money."

"Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."

"It allows data to be available from two DataCore servers."

"It is a very stable solution."

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"One of the main features of Spectrum Virtualize is it virtualizes the servers from the storage. We have a very large infrastructure. A major advantage is when you get the aged storage arrays and you have to replace all of those."

"We are happy with the support that IBM provides us."

"It is a single pane of glass management interface, so once the storage is allocated to SVC, they only have one place to go to manage it for everything."

"It provides transparency, because of its advanced copy features."

"We can failover easily, because a lot of our data is replicated from family to the second replication."

"The scalability is very good. It can handle anywhere from very small to large enterprise class."

"Using SBC, a valuable feature is the mirroring, which is the virtualization of the disk between disparate places."

"When we add storage behind it, the product is good for the customers because their customers do not notice that anything is happening due to the virtualization."

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Cons

"Its interface could be better."

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

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

"The cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model."

"DataCore SANsymphony should integrate file servers at a good price into the solution."

"The alert system could have more features."

"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."

"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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"The only errors I find sometimes is the solution tells me I cannot operate it because a service has turned off, you can just go back to the VM, go to services, and turn back the services. However, this should improve."

"The integration would be an option that we would like, but I understand that's not how it's going to be implemented."

"They are actually working on one bug we found, which was with flash restore. This was the user interface design for virtual environments."

"For improvement considerations, I would probably say multiple sites."

"I hate I/O groups. If you start swapping I/O groups, they can be potentially risky. If they could get rid of the whole I/O group principle, the risk is not there anymore. I understand the fundamental thing about I/O groups, but they are risky."

"NBME support and support for a higher Fibre Channel lengths could be improved, but those are already on the roadmap."

"Adding features for data deduplication is one area of improvement."

"I already discussed possible improvements with some of the guys from Hearnsley. One of our frustrations is when you go to expand volumes in a global mirror environment, you have to stop everything in order to expand. So that's one of the things."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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 solution is cost effective."

"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."

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

"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."

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"Generally the bundled licensing is more cost effective and gives flexibility to the solution. Linking into the Spectrum Suite can also be advantageous, but depends on the scale of the enterprise."

"This solution came as an additional cost for the TSM package we chose."

"We would like the CPU cycle to save more on the licensing costs for us."

"I think it is a good value for the price."

"I am very happy with the pricing. There is no comparison when it comes to pricing. I have looked at all solutions from EMC, Veritas, Hitachi, Dell, etc. None of them compares to IBM when it comes to pricing. I get great pricing from them."

"We have struggled with Pure Storage, but people are understanding that much of Pure has been consumer grade SSDs. Therefore, when the customer is really understands what they are getting, they realize that IBM presents the same sort of value as existing vendors."

"It has a lot of advanced functions for a reasonable price."

"The entry point of pricing for this product is the most amazing price ever in the industry."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

26%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DataCore SANsymphony SDS?

I found the solution to be very stable.

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

Good sizing is the basis for a stable and high-performance environment. It is important to plan in sufficient reserves. It can make sense to license a higher number of TB if this puts you in a bett...

What needs improvement with DataCore SANsymphony SDS?

It's difficult to say if something is missing in this solution. Maybe we'd like to manage the raid on the disk directly in SanSymphony. We essentially use RAID5 for our SAS disk and SSD, and now we...

What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Virtualize?

I like that it can virtualize more than three hundred storage providers.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Virtualize?

I think it is a good value for the price. But can always be better. There are different options. You can have prices based on size, monthly subscription, and usage.

What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Virtualize?

I would like to see three-side support. When we do the replication, there is currently two-side support. That is okay. But the three-side version is very new. I would improve the configuration and ...

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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.

IBM Spectrum Virtualize is a dependable solution that improves data value, security, and simplicity for new and existing storage infrastructure. Proven over 12 years in thousands of deployments, its innovative virtualization capabilities help organizations achieve better data economics by supporting new workloads that are critical to their success. IBM Spectrum Virtualize software helps make new and existing storage more effective and standardizes functions traditionally deployed separately in disk systems for greater flexibility and potentially lower costs.

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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DataCore SANsymphony vs. IBM Spectrum Virtualize