We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Virtualize, Red Hat Gluster Storage, and Springpath [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS)."The most valuable features are the simplicity of use, the flexibility, and the options included. I mean, it's just a big time saver."
"We are happy with the support that IBM provides us."
"It is a single pane of glass management interface, so once the storage is allocated to SVC, they only have one place to go to manage it for everything."
"Although the GUI from the XIV was used (in my view), IBM has polished and refined the GUI providing a pleasant and easy to navigate GUI experience."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability."
"It has the ability to seamlessly move hardware in and out as we refresh technology."
"The ability to have a feature-rich software set which extends the capabilities of the back-end storage arrays."
"The scalability is very good. It can handle anywhere from very small to large enterprise class."
"The price tag is good compared to the amount of data and high availability provided."
"The technical support team is excellent."
"It's very easy to upgrade storage."
"Integration with vCenter WebClient services and Cisco UCS Ecosystem, as it gives a Single Pane Of Management which lowers administration-cost (improving TCO)."
"The solution could have a better built-in performance monitor."
"t is limited in terms of a single system to eight nodes or four, what they call IO groups."
"I already discussed possible improvements with some of the guys from Hearnsley. One of our frustrations is when you go to expand volumes in a global mirror environment, you have to stop everything in order to expand. So that's one of the things."
"The Storwize port is not so stable."
"Adding features for data deduplication is one area of improvement."
"The disk reliability is not that good."
"For improvement considerations, I would probably say multiple sites."
"Anything which improves performance and the ability of our systems would be a nice."
"The performance of the solution must be improved."
"The user interface could be simplified."
"The system should be more intuitive and easier to manage."
"Stability during installations/upgrades is a big issue."
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