"The most valuable feature is the ability to share files across different platforms."
"We are using it for monitoring all of our storage."
"The high performance of the solution is its most valuable aspect. If you compare it to other storage solutions, it's much better."
"Storage is expandable with no extra cost."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution is quite stable."
"VMware comes with different stacks like VMware Cloud Foundation, which is integrated with different VMware modules. There's interoperability between VMware products."
"It's completely hyper-converged, so it's very convenient."
"High availability is a valuable aspect of this solution."
"It uncoupled the idea of proprietary technology and component capabilities. It is basically a proprietary technology for a cost-effective infrastructure."
"Everyone uses virtualization to more efficiently utilize hardware resources. That's the main point of vSAN and VMware."
"It would be helpful if there was a graphical user interface that could walk you through the deployment process. The instructions surrounding setup aren't the best. They need to be more step-by-step."
"The pricing and licensing model for this solution are complex and it is sometimes difficult to explain it to customers."
"Integration with other vendors is not available."
"It would be ideal if the solution offered some intelligent monitoring."
"The price can be reduced. Small businesses cannot afford this solution."
"The UI falls short compared to other solutions. It needs some development to make it more user-friendly."
"Customers who are using Essentials Plus or even Essentials have to pay for technical support. However, they should not have to pay for support."
"We would like to see additional backup and recovery options added. In particular, integration with popular applications like databases."
"One area that could be improved is the management feature."
"Troubleshooting tools could be improved."
"The pricing could be better when it comes to renewing the licenses."
Earn 20 points
IBM Spectrum Scale is ranked 14th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 3 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 2nd in Hyper-Converged (HCI) with 64 reviews. IBM Spectrum Scale is rated 8.0, while VMware vSAN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Scale writes "Good performance and facilitates multi-platform file sharing, but the licensing is complicated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSAN writes "Gives us a lot of advantages when we need to expand resources". IBM Spectrum Scale is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Red Hat Gluster Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, IBM Cloud Object Storage and Nutanix Acropolis AOS, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, HPE SimpliVity and Red Hat Ceph Storage.
We monitor all Software Defined Storage (SDS) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
