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We performed a comparison between Dell EMC DataIQ and IBM Spectrum Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The product can be used to analyze data usage."

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"Spectrum Control's scalability is fine - we can extend it for the backup requirement.""Spectrum Control is highly secure and competitively priced.""The most valuable feature is the ease of use. The ability to get into a storage device and look at whatever you are trying to look at as far as performance, then obtain the reports that you need to do your analytical work.""The benefits would be mostly the ability to diagnose a problem.""Technical support is quite responsive and helpful.""The product keeps historical data for a very long time.""The granularity of this solution has been most useful. Customers can click on a single item and get the information only for the single item they choose.""The installation was very easy. You just install an agent on a server, and you give that agent access to your storage device, then it just collects the data. It took five minutes to set up."

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Cons
"The solution’s GUI is a little bit confusing."

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"The initial setup for IBM Spectrum Control is a bit complicated. They should also make it easier to integrate and use the Cosmos Analytics tool, which is very complicated.""Spectrum Control could be more user-friendly.""The solution must support multi-vendor storage.""The pain points were, and may still continue to be, the fact that there are multiple components of the product which are installed, you might say, somewhat individually.""I would like to see is more information regarding the copy groups (the replication).""The database could be improved so that the complexity of installation could be easier. We would also like to have more granularity in the profiles and products for users. We would like to link the users to the tool to managers or auditors.""If we were to add VM level performance being able to monitor VMs on a VM level, then that would be good."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
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  • "It is pay for the amount of storage that you are monitoring. The more that we use the tool and like the tool, we may want to extend it to other storage platforms. This is just a matter of cost."
  • "We were already licensing Spectrum Control. This was one reasons why we went to Control rather than using the other product."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product can be used to analyze data usage.
    Top Answer:I have a big confusion between InsightIQ and DataIQ. I do not know which product is going to be retired. There are many rumors, but we have no clear information about it. The product should provide a… more »
    Top Answer:The product is used to analyze data. It was purchased as part of a package including Isilon installation.
    Top Answer:The product keeps historical data for a very long time.
    Top Answer:The solution must support multi-vendor storage.
    Top Answer:The solution can be used for monitoring storage.
    Ranking
    10th
    out of 26 in Storage Management
    Views
    399
    Comparisons
    127
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    352
    Rating
    8.0
    2nd
    out of 26 in Storage Management
    Views
    680
    Comparisons
    288
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    203
    Rating
    7.3
    Comparisons
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    Spectrum Control
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    Overview
    Dell EMC DataIQ is a tool that helps manage unstructured data storage environments. It includes storage monitoring features for Dell EMC PowerScale and Isilon systems, and file system management features that help manage data across clusters and other S3-compatible storage systems, including Amazon Web Services (S3), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Dell EMC PowerScale, and Dell Elastic Cloud Service (ECS).

    IBM Spectrum Control is a comprehensive solution that can significantly improve monitoring, automation and analytics capabilities in multi-vendor storage environments. IBM Spectrum Control helps manage storage systems, software-defined storage, storage-area network (SAN) fabrics and devices. Storage can be seen from multiple perspectives, including departmental, application and server views. IBM Spectrum Control helps simplify provisioning, tier optimization, performance management and data replication processes.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company11%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Government11%
    Insurance Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise62%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
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    March 2024
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    Dell EMC DataIQ is ranked 10th in Storage Management with 1 review while IBM Spectrum Control is ranked 2nd in Storage Management with 8 reviews. Dell EMC DataIQ is rated 8.0, while IBM Spectrum Control is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell EMC DataIQ writes "A stable and scalable tool that can be used to monitor and analyze data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Control writes "Scalable but not user-friendly". Dell EMC DataIQ is most compared with IBM Storage Insights and IBM Spectrum Discover, whereas IBM Spectrum Control is most compared with IBM Storage Insights and CA 1 Tape Management.

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