We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series 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."They offer top-tier support."
"We are able to execute maintenance on one server while the other is still running."
"StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"I have found the graphical user interface to be the most useful thing about Virtual SAN."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"Active-active HA provides top performance and redundancy."
"vSAN we found was simple to set up, easy to configure and manage and allows us to achieve storage redundancy."
"We went from "no way DB applications would have good performance" to "Wow! We can now actually have a DB running and have some VMs running at the same time.""
"The synchronous mirror allows us to operate a fully redundant storage solution that is distributed across two sites."
"Auto-tiering to obtain performance at a lower cost without the customer having to purchase ultra-fast storage is great."
"Storage is always available."
"Our central storage has very high availability. DataCore SANsymphony ensures high business continuity."
"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 is a very stable solution."
"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."
"Installation is straightforward because it's a vSAN. It only took one or two days."
"The VX machines are scalable."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series' deployment is easy. We are a tier-one platinum partner who is into multiple implementations."
"We find the setup quite straightforward and very easy."
"They recommend RAID10 for HDD, which reduces the usable storage capacity."
"I want to suggest that the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure needs to be reduced."
"We would like the documentation to be more complete. Most items are covered, but if you don't know something, you may need to contact their support."
"The documentation can be better for the free tier."
"This is a great product."
"StarWind really needs to market its product more."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"While we had no problems setting the system up, and service technicians from StarWind could assist us very well, they could provide some form of in-depth documentation."
"I'd like to see the company make the renewal of the software cheaper."
"The graphical interface is not always very stable."
"If you're dealing with big databases or transactional databases, it might not be the best-suited solution. The design of DataCore's solution isn't oriented towards this type of data."
"The main problem is there is no DataCore OS."
"Right now, the version used is run on Microsoft Windows Server. Having a Linux version or even an appliance would be better as it would eliminate the use of additional licensing for another piece of hardware."
"I found it a little unnecessary to have to rename the configurations within the graphics console in order to have unique names."
"There is no way of quickly matching the exact size of a vDisk to a disk pool."
"Problem detection could be easier. It should help customers identify problems very quickly because it's not easy to analyze on the platform today."
"The user management could be a bit better. It's something they could improve upon in future releases."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series needs to improve its stability. Its resolution should be faster."
"With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers."
"Support could be better."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 7th in HCI with 54 reviews while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is ranked 16th in HCI with 4 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series writes "simplifies management for clients familiar with VMware, and offers a user-friendly management and configuration experience". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and VxRail, whereas Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is most compared with VxRail, Dell vSAN Ready Nodes, Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, HPE Alletra dHCI and HPE Hyper Converged. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series report.
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