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IBM Spectrum Control vs SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Control
Ranking in Storage Management
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds Storage Resource...
Ranking in Storage Management
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Control is 5.2%, down from 8.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor is 4.9%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM Spectrum Control5.2%
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor4.9%
Other89.9%
Storage Management
 

Featured Reviews

Aamir Jameel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Manager at Tapal tea
Scalable but not user-friendly
Spectrum Control could be more user-friendly. IBM also needs to provide proper training to handle Spectrum Control because it's a complicated solution I've been using Spectrum Control for almost three years. Spectrum Control's stability is fine.  Spectrum Control's scalability is fine - we can…
AbdulKader Mohandes - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at Al Jazeera Media Network
Custom alerts and rich performance metrics have improved server monitoring and storage planning
We use customizable alerts extensively with different services, because the exchange services are different from Active Directory or DNS or anything else. We have customizable alerts for each service. I do not use the historical data trends that predict future storage needs. Perhaps some of my colleagues use it, but I do not. I would like to see a focus on broadcast services in the future to make it better. Broadcast services, specifically TV broadcast services, would be valuable to us because we come from a broadcast technology background and would appreciate having some features related to that. I would rate this review as an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"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."
"Spectrum Control is highly secure and competitively priced."
"The benefits would be mostly the ability to diagnose a problem."
"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."
"Spectrum Control's scalability is fine - we can extend it for the backup requirement."
"Technical support is quite responsive and helpful."
"In my opinion, it's the best monitoring and report creation tool for IBM storage devices. You can do a lot of performance stats and reports with very nice tools for IBM storage devices."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
 

Cons

"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."
"Spectrum Control could be more user-friendly."
"The solution must support multi-vendor storage."
"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."
"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."
"The solution could always be more easily scalable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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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Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
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Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?
The number of similar alerts is the main area for improvement. Alert noise would be great to reduce.
What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?
We are still working with SolarWinds and use the NPM product along with SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor.
What advice do you have for others considering SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor?
We use customizable alerts extensively with different services, because the exchange services are different from Active Directory or DNS or anything else. We have customizable alerts for each servi...
 

Also Known As

Spectrum Control
SolarWinds SRM
 

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Sample Customers

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