We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Virtualize and StarWind Storage Appliance 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."It provides transparency, because of its advanced copy features."
"We are happy with the support that IBM provides us."
"The ability to have a feature-rich software set which extends the capabilities of the back-end storage arrays."
"I like that it can virtualize more than three hundred storage providers."
"Using SBC, a valuable feature is the mirroring, which is the virtualization of the disk between disparate places."
"It's got full features, so we can compress volumes. We can do thin volumes and we can change them on the fly."
"When we add storage behind it, the product is good for the customers because their customers do not notice that anything is happening due to the virtualization."
"The ability to add the virtual machine on the Spectrum environment to sort out the data movers(DMs) and their schedules is a valuable feature. You are able to have, for example, four data movers to balance them so you do not have too much work on one data mover."
"They call us when monitoring shows a possible issue and are very flexible in working with our schedule to troubleshoot when it is convenient for us."
"Another good feature is that you can pause the appliance if you want to move it from one location to another and then once it's moved you can resume it, this way you can physically move the whole cluster or storage without any downtime. Its really easy to use, if you have a good foundation in storage and clustering then you will need less then one hour to figure out how to operate it."
"The integration is excellent."
"The management interface is the most valuable feature for us."
"We are able to easily back up our data and send it to an offsite location."
"Its user-friendly interface makes it an attractive option, especially for customers who may not be highly tech-savvy."
"It is very easy to use and very cost effective."
"Having instant failover redundancy helps me sleep easier at night."
"t is limited in terms of a single system to eight nodes or four, what they call IO groups."
"The disk reliability is not that good."
"The integration would be an option that we would like, but I understand that's not how it's going to be implemented."
"Anything which improves performance and the ability of our systems would be a nice."
"I would like to see more baseline replication and integration with the operating system between Vmware and IBMI."
"Level 1 technical support needs improvement."
"The Storwize port is not so stable."
"Tighter integration with cloud storage might be useful as a target for a variety of use cases."
"An improvement would be if they reached out to education customers with other available products."
"They could improve by providing integration with HP."
"It needs more integration with backup vendors so there is native integration with it that will allow storage level backup/snapshots. I would love to see integration with Veeam and Commvault so it can be recognized by them directly and added as network storage."
"Other solutions, such as StorMagic, offer more flexibility in terms of handling caching and moving data between additional nodes."
"StarWind should improve the synchronization time of its product. There should be a standard operating procedure (SOP) for synchronization to reduce the time it takes."
"StarWind no longer sells HDDs for primary storage."
"With StarWind Storage Appliance, it would be better to have an overall easier setup with a little bit of configuration changes since, currently, even a small mistake may cause the setup process to go wrong."
"The dashboard features are not in the free version."
IBM Spectrum Virtualize is ranked 14th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 36 reviews while StarWind Storage Appliance is ranked 10th in NAS with 9 reviews. IBM Spectrum Virtualize is rated 8.8, while StarWind Storage Appliance 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 StarWind Storage Appliance writes "Offers stable performance even with a single node failure and manages everything with just two nodes". IBM Spectrum Virtualize is most compared with Dell VPLEX, VxRail, VMware vSAN, IBM Spectrum Scale and DataCore SANsymphony, whereas StarWind Storage Appliance is most compared with FreeNAS, StorMagic SvSAN, StoneFly VSO NAS, VMware vSAN and DataCore SANsymphony. See our IBM Spectrum Virtualize vs. StarWind Storage Appliance report.
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