On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate DataCore SANsymphony a 10. I gave it a 10 because it's a very good product. My advice to others looking into using DataCore SANsymphony is that its scalability, independence, and ability to resolve many problems regarding business continuity and disaster recovery make it an excellent choice. I do not have any additional thoughts about DataCore SANsymphony before we wrap up.
It will be okay to ask a few questions about my experience with the solution. I can assure you it won't take long, just a couple of minutes. I rate DataCore SANsymphony a nine out of ten. It's not the best solution in the world, but the solution is quite good, very user-friendly, and very performant.
It is great to be independent from the hardware. You are not obligated to buy storage components from a single vendor. The active-active high availability feature is very beneficial. It is a reliable solution. I would rate DataCore SANsymphony as a nine out of ten.
The solution's auto-tiering feature significantly improves customer data efficiency by automatically migrating frequently accessed data to the fastest available storage tier. This dynamic data management helps ensure optimal performance. I advise others considering this solution to ensure they have a highly experienced consultant or implementation engineer overseeing the installation. A well-planned and carefully executed installation is crucial to fully reaping the advantages of this storage virtualization solution. Overall, I rate it an eight.
My professional career will end soon; however, as long as the product is available, I will continue to recommend it to more and more new customers and maintain it among those who continue to use it.
Sales representative for A customers / key accounts at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Reseller
Aug 18, 2023
We sell DataCore with the package that permits to use the latest version. We wouldn’t install another version. NetApp is very good compared to DataCore SANsymphony in terms of flexibility and licensing. I don’t know. I would ask them to compare. DataCore SANsymphony is a good product, but there's room for improvement. Overall, I rate DataCore SANsymphony a seven out of ten.
If you have multiple block storage, as in a silo, then you can use SANsymphony to manage the storage from one management portal. You can also tier the data from storage, say, for example, from HP storage to Dell storage, transparently. You can also do storage migration without any downtime. Compared to VMware vSAN on Nutanix or VxRail, you need a minimum of three nodes, two nodes and one witness. However, for DataCore SANsymphony you don't need a witness node. DataCore SANsymphony is very good and very solid. In fact, it's almost 20 years old, but the pricing can be an issue.
Datacenter Architect, Sen. Systemadministrator, virt. environment Solution Architect at AKF Leasing GmbH & Co KG
User
Mar 4, 2022
DataCore is only as good as your plan for your environment. First, you need to know your own environment, including: - storage space - throughput - burst IO - avarage IO. - good planning and testing. Perfect choosen hardware is one that fits your needs. If you have that combined with DataCore, you will guarantee a success story.
Sales Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Feb 22, 2022
We are not using software-defined storage, but we are partners with some vendors. We are distributors and resellers of software-defined storage solutions. We're working with DataCore SANsymphony SDS. As DataCore SANsymphony SDS is a good software, it doesn't need to improve much. Someone else set the software up, and I wasn't involved in the process of setting it up. The advice I would give to a company that's thinking of implementing this solution is for them to have a good understanding of the documentation, and for them to be trained before installing the software in their production environment. I'm giving DataCore SANsymphony SDS eight points out of ten. If they are able to support more OS (operating systems), I would give them a perfect score.
We are a reseller. There is DataCore and we are Datatek. We are just talking about similar names, Datatek being a DataCore reseller. I rate DataCore SANsymphony SDS as a nine out of ten.
I am glad to have used SSY. The solution is very stable and performs well. It requires very little effort. What you do have to do, however, is regularly apply Windows patches. To do this, the node has to be restarted. You should therefore always use a pair with synchronous mirrors to avoid downtime.
While they support de-dup, it is recommended that you not de-dup the storage used for operating systems or high-change rated type data. The requires some planning to ensure the storage that is targeted for de-dup only have data that end users would be using (such as MS Office files, etc.)
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On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate DataCore SANsymphony a 10. I gave it a 10 because it's a very good product. My advice to others looking into using DataCore SANsymphony is that its scalability, independence, and ability to resolve many problems regarding business continuity and disaster recovery make it an excellent choice. I do not have any additional thoughts about DataCore SANsymphony before we wrap up.
It will be okay to ask a few questions about my experience with the solution. I can assure you it won't take long, just a couple of minutes. I rate DataCore SANsymphony a nine out of ten. It's not the best solution in the world, but the solution is quite good, very user-friendly, and very performant.
It is great to be independent from the hardware. You are not obligated to buy storage components from a single vendor. The active-active high availability feature is very beneficial. It is a reliable solution. I would rate DataCore SANsymphony as a nine out of ten.
The solution's auto-tiering feature significantly improves customer data efficiency by automatically migrating frequently accessed data to the fastest available storage tier. This dynamic data management helps ensure optimal performance. I advise others considering this solution to ensure they have a highly experienced consultant or implementation engineer overseeing the installation. A well-planned and carefully executed installation is crucial to fully reaping the advantages of this storage virtualization solution. Overall, I rate it an eight.
SANsymphony is best in class. It's flexible, like a Swiss army knife.
My professional career will end soon; however, as long as the product is available, I will continue to recommend it to more and more new customers and maintain it among those who continue to use it.
This is not a solution for administrators without storage experience; however, if all requirements are met, it is very stable, fast, and flexible.
We sell DataCore with the package that permits to use the latest version. We wouldn’t install another version. NetApp is very good compared to DataCore SANsymphony in terms of flexibility and licensing. I don’t know. I would ask them to compare. DataCore SANsymphony is a good product, but there's room for improvement. Overall, I rate DataCore SANsymphony a seven out of ten.
I recommend the solution to others and rate it a ten out of ten.
This solution is quite fluent and stable and very easy to administer and use. I would recommend it to other people.
If you have multiple block storage, as in a silo, then you can use SANsymphony to manage the storage from one management portal. You can also tier the data from storage, say, for example, from HP storage to Dell storage, transparently. You can also do storage migration without any downtime. Compared to VMware vSAN on Nutanix or VxRail, you need a minimum of three nodes, two nodes and one witness. However, for DataCore SANsymphony you don't need a witness node. DataCore SANsymphony is very good and very solid. In fact, it's almost 20 years old, but the pricing can be an issue.
The support team is awesome.
DataCore is only as good as your plan for your environment. First, you need to know your own environment, including: - storage space - throughput - burst IO - avarage IO. - good planning and testing. Perfect choosen hardware is one that fits your needs. If you have that combined with DataCore, you will guarantee a success story.
I like the product and will continue to use it well into the future.
We are not using software-defined storage, but we are partners with some vendors. We are distributors and resellers of software-defined storage solutions. We're working with DataCore SANsymphony SDS. As DataCore SANsymphony SDS is a good software, it doesn't need to improve much. Someone else set the software up, and I wasn't involved in the process of setting it up. The advice I would give to a company that's thinking of implementing this solution is for them to have a good understanding of the documentation, and for them to be trained before installing the software in their production environment. I'm giving DataCore SANsymphony SDS eight points out of ten. If they are able to support more OS (operating systems), I would give them a perfect score.
We are a reseller. There is DataCore and we are Datatek. We are just talking about similar names, Datatek being a DataCore reseller. I rate DataCore SANsymphony SDS as a nine out of ten.
I rate SANSymphony eight out of 10. I believe it's a great product with many excellent features.
I am glad to have used SSY. The solution is very stable and performs well. It requires very little effort. What you do have to do, however, is regularly apply Windows patches. To do this, the node has to be restarted. You should therefore always use a pair with synchronous mirrors to avoid downtime.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give DataCore SANsymphony SDS a ten.
While they support de-dup, it is recommended that you not de-dup the storage used for operating systems or high-change rated type data. The requires some planning to ensure the storage that is targeted for de-dup only have data that end users would be using (such as MS Office files, etc.)