We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Pure Storage FlashArray based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, DataCore, Dell Technologies and others in Storage Software."I found the solution to be very stable."
"The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are many counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress)."
"DataCore's ability to seamlessly move virtual volume data between storage pools as well as their synchronous mirroring has made maintenance and disaster recovery planning achievable."
"The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are a lot of counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress)."
"It's a software storage solution that can scale as we like. There is also has a parallel feature that enhances the performance of the storage solution. We can separate storage and computing, and we can scale these two parts of the platform to meet business needs efficiently."
"DataCore SANsymphony's stability is okay."
"Our central storage has very high availability. DataCore SANsymphony ensures high business continuity."
"Auto-tiering to obtain performance at a lower cost without the customer having to purchase ultra-fast storage is great."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"We also use VMware integrations developed by Pure, their plugins in our vCenter environment. They help by allowing our non-technical operations teams to deploy new data stores and resize data stores without me having to involve myself all the time to do those simple tasks."
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has neat features like protection from device removal. Moreover, you can undo the deletes. The solution is easy to work with and not as complicated as CAC"
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"This solution has helped my organization by cutting down on provisioning time. I used to have to provision a VM and it would take ten minutes. Now, it takes thirty seconds."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"There is room for improvement in the graphical interface."
"The main problem is there is no DataCore OS."
"Unified storage (all block, objects, and files) should be in a single storage pool with unified storage concepts, hence providing the user with whatever they want."
"Having an enterprise "Storage Dashboard" that can show capacity, usage, performance, and any issues would be very beneficial."
"I think the performance reporting can be improved by adding historical statistics into a database for the purpose of comparing."
"I still see room for improvement with DataCore SANsymphony in the area of alarm and task management."
"I would like to see reporting added, such as a monthly connectivity report."
"The graphical interface is not always very stable."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"It was a little costly. The price was ultimately higher than both of the other solutions that we evaluated. I'd say that's the only downside."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."
"The solution is not cheap."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 2nd in Storage Software with 54 reviews while Pure Storage FlashArray is ranked 3rd in All-Flash Storage with 174 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Pure Storage FlashArray is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashArray writes "Effective provisioning, helpful support, and reliable". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and StarWind Virtual SAN, whereas Pure Storage FlashArray is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, HPE Nimble Storage, IBM FlashSystem and VMware vSAN.
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