IBM Spectrum Accelerate vs Veritas Access Appliance comparison

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We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Accelerate and Veritas Access Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The most valuable feature is the robustness, which is typical of IBM because their software generally just works.""The ease of use is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's very user-friendly."

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"Overall the solution works well.""It is a very stable program."

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Cons
"he interface is not user-friendly so the ease of use could be improved.""The reporting mechanisms need improvement."

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"The Veritas support for Access Appliance could improve. They are a pioneer in the industry, and they provide an enterprise-level solution. However, when comparing the storage, they can't compete with the NetBackup solution.""I would like to see more platforms added."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "For a database, on a yearly basis, we pay approximately $3,500 for licensing fees. The solution is sold as a subscription on a yearly basis so there are no other ancillary costs."
  • "If you are cost-sensitive then this solution is not for you."
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  • "The solution is not expensive compared to other storage solutions."
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    IBM XIV
    Access 3340 Appliance, Veritas Access 3340 Appliance
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    Overview

    IBM Spectrum Accelerate is a software-defined block storage solution designed for rapid deployment across heterogeneous infrastructure for hybrid cloud and delivering consistent service levels to a dynamic workload mix. It is based on proven grid-architecture, enterprise-scale IBM XIV technology. IBM Spectrum Accelerate can be deployed, including as hyper-converged infrastructure, on any x86 server, on pre-installed third-party appliances or on public cloud infrastructure, and is available as a service on IBM Cloud infrastructure.

    The Veritas Access Appliance enables a turnkey deployment of Veritas’ software-defined Access scale-out network attached storage - a storage solution optimized for unstructured data use cases. The appliance is cost-optimized and tuned for high-capacity workloads like long-term retention (LTR), tape replacement and backup archiving.

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    Buyer's Guide
    Software Defined Storage (SDS)
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS). Updated: March 2024.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    IBM Spectrum Accelerate is ranked 22nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) while Veritas Access Appliance is ranked 23rd in Software Defined Storage (SDS). IBM Spectrum Accelerate is rated 8.0, while Veritas Access Appliance is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Accelerate writes "A robust solution with good performance and support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Access Appliance writes "Overall functions well, stable, but technical support could improve". IBM Spectrum Accelerate is most compared with IBM Spectrum Scale, whereas Veritas Access Appliance is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Veritas Access, LINBIT SDS and Portworx Enterprise.

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