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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct and VMware Software Defined Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The performance, reliability, and affordability has been most valuable.""The most valuable feature is that there is no single point of failure.""The most valuable feature are the caching capabilities using the storage class memory.""It's mainly about the storage expansion, like in hyper-converged solutions.""Its technical support is excellent.""The flash ability, in terms of tiering and caching, is amazing"

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"VMware Software Defined Storage gives higher availability against data corruption.""The best part of the solution is that you can actually scale up to a large number of operating systems without additional hardware.""The single management panel is the main feature that is wonderful for the customer.""This is an easy-to-use product for adding flexibility to your storage solution."

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Cons
"More optimization could be done in terms of mirroring.""It is scalable, but only beyond two nodes. If I go for two nodes it's not scalable. I need to build a complete cluster from the beginning if I'm going for two nodes.""It is difficult to get a hardware compatibility certification for the solution.""Documentation management could be improved""I think the online documentation needs a lot of work and so do the sizing tools.""The management tool within this solution could be improved. We would also like to be able to access services like Azure when using this solution."

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"VMware Software Defined Storage should include a shared database on a standard version.""The performance is not as good as some competing products and reporting can be improved.""I'd like to see improved hardware compatibility""It doesn't have the ability to be deployed on any kind of hardware and network connectors."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "With the data center licensing and everything that is connected to that, this solution is relatively costly."
  • "Cost-wise the product is one of the more affordable within the category of products."
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  • "The product is quite expensive and is among the most expensive for this type of solution."
  • "A single socket costs you around US $6,000 for three years. At a minimum, you have a three load cluster for a medium or enterprise-scale company. It can get quite expensive because you're likely to need four to six sockets on the other side. It comes to around $30,000."
  • "I believe there is a yearly licensing fee of around $2000 - $5000. I don't think there are additional costs above that but it depends on the type of infrastructure you're booting."
  • "VMware Software Defined Storage is a slightly expensive solution."
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    Top Answer:We found VMware’s vSAN was easy to set up, configure, and manage compared to other solutions we considered. It is best suited for small- to medium-sized organizations. It is easy to create load… more »
    Top Answer:It is difficult to get a hardware compatibility certification for the solution. In comparison, the process is easy for VMware and VSAN.
    Top Answer:VMware Software Defined Storage gives higher availability against data corruption.
    Top Answer:VMware Software Defined Storage is a slightly expensive solution. We do a three-year license for the solution, then renew it after every three years. I rate VMware Software Defined Storage a seven out… more »
    Top Answer:VMware Software Defined Storage should include a shared database on a standard version. Right now, it's included in the enterprise version.
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    MS Storage Spaces Direct
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    Overview

    Storage Spaces Direct uses industry-standard servers with local-attached drives to create highly available, highly scalable software-defined storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional SAN or NAS arrays. Its converged or hyper-converged architecture radically simplifies procurement and deployment, while features like caching, storage tiers, and erasure coding, together with the latest hardware innovation like RDMA networking and NVMe drives, deliver unrivaled efficiency and performance.

    VMware software-defined storage is a simple, yet intelligent, storage data center architecture that aligns with business and application demands—eliminating static, purpose-built and inefficient hardware with dynamic, agile and automated solutions.

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    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government9%
    Comms Service Provider9%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Hospitality Company6%
    Real Estate/Law Firm5%
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    Small Business71%
    Large Enterprise29%
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    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    Software Defined Storage (SDS)
    March 2024
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    Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct is ranked 8th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 7 reviews while VMware Software Defined Storage is ranked 14th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 4 reviews. Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct is rated 7.6, while VMware Software Defined Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct writes "Stable solution with an easy initial setup process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Software Defined Storage writes "A stable solution that can be used for database applications and virtualization for multiple locations". Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct is most compared with VMware vSAN, StarWind Virtual SAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and DataCore SANsymphony, whereas VMware Software Defined Storage is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Lightbits.

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