We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Virtualize and Portworx Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We are happy with the support that IBM provides us."
"It provides transparency, because of its advanced copy features."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity of use, the flexibility, and the options included. I mean, it's just a big time saver."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability."
"One of the main features of Spectrum Virtualize is it virtualizes the servers from the storage. We have a very large infrastructure. A major advantage is when you get the aged storage arrays and you have to replace all of those."
"The scalability is very good. It can handle anywhere from very small to large enterprise class."
"It's got full features, so we can compress volumes. We can do thin volumes and we can change them on the fly."
"I like all the features, but the most impressive recently has been the introduction of IBM's Flash Core Modules. They are a form of a flash drive, but they have many more features."
"Portworx is a simple solution. It's similar to Pure Storage products. They're all easy to use and install. You need to have a little expertise with containers to use Portworx, but it will be no problem for you if you understand containers."
"Portworx virtualizes the aspects of the underlying block storage. That is good because they can also use block storage for their future deployment instead of just NFS."
"I like that you have a small dedicated file system that is fast and resilient for containerized workloads."
"A custom IBM script is designed to tackle the storage management challenges within containerized environments, providing crucial data services and features required for enterprise applications."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The best thing about Portworx is the Stork, they have called the VPS (Volume Replacement Strategy) and they also have topology awareness, and these are the three features I like."
"Adding features for data deduplication is one area of improvement."
"The integration would be an option that we would like, but I understand that's not how it's going to be implemented."
"GUI should be developed in HTML5 as opposed to Java."
"For improvement considerations, I would probably say multiple sites."
"The disk reliability is not that good."
"I would like to see more baseline replication and integration with the operating system between Vmware and IBMI."
"NBME support and support for a higher Fibre Channel lengths could be improved, but those are already on the roadmap."
"Level 1 technical support needs improvement."
"It would be highly advantageous to include an integrated backup solution within the same license, rather than purchasing backup separately."
"The documentation could be better."
"They have not integrated Portworx with Ondat since they are too focused now on Pure Storage APIs and not on users like us."
"The integration has room for improvement."
"I would like to see a more native mapping to mainframe-type systems."
"I think the vendor could provide more training for new users who may not be familiar with containers."
IBM Spectrum Virtualize is ranked 15th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 36 reviews while Portworx Enterprise is ranked 2nd in Cloud Software Defined Storage with 6 reviews. IBM Spectrum Virtualize is rated 8.8, while Portworx Enterprise is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Virtualize writes "A highly scalable product that is relatively easy to use and set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Portworx Enterprise writes "A solution backed by strong customer support, that is stable and scalable". IBM Spectrum Virtualize is most compared with Dell VPLEX, VMware vSAN, VxRail, IBM Spectrum Scale and DataCore SANsymphony, whereas Portworx Enterprise is most compared with Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation, Red Hat Ceph Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, IBM Spectrum Scale and Robin Cloud Native Storage for Kubernetes. See our IBM Spectrum Virtualize vs. Portworx Enterprise report.
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