We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Dell PowerPath based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Storage Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."
"The DataCore system has been rock solid since we have been using it - from 2007 on."
"For us, fault tolerance is the most important feature of DataCore."
"Our central storage has very high availability. DataCore SANsymphony ensures high business continuity."
"DataCore SANsymphony's stability is okay."
"I am very happy with this product's ability to adapt, increase, and modify existing infrastructures."
"An advantage of SANsymphony is its ease of use, especially when installing or upgrading the system."
"Active-active is the most valuable aspect for us."
"It provides a high availability and will increase the performance of any server or operating system."
"The product is very reliable."
"The solution has improved our performance, reliability, and redundancy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that disaster recovery scenarios are very good and easy to use in Dell PowerPath since it is available in a simplified form."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is migration without disruptions."
"OS-aware multipathing is a valuable feature of the product."
"The user interface is good."
"We have found the solution to be quite flexible and very scalable."
"For customers or technicians that don't speak and understand English, it could be great to have other languages support, all the more so given the number of countries in which SanSymphony is used."
"When I sometimes reboot for maintenance, the connectivity from the iSCSI initiator host could be improved."
"Right now, the version used is run on Microsoft Windows Server. Having a Linux version or even an appliance would be better as it would eliminate the use of additional licensing for another piece of hardware."
"I found it a little unnecessary to have to rename the configurations within the graphics console in order to have unique names."
"The main problem is there is no DataCore OS."
"Its interface could be better."
"The cloud reporting interface is quite poor compared to other vendors."
"There is no way of quickly matching the exact size of a vDisk to a disk pool."
"Customers do not choose PowerPath unless they have Unix or Linux."
"The solution is quite stable, although they have not quite worked out all of the kinks."
"The product must adapt to other storage technologies like HPE 3PAR."
"The technical support is good but they are not available all the time."
"While I utilize it for data migration, I would love to do that data migration in a GUI from an ease of use perspective."
"Although PowerPath is very mature and has been on the market for more than 15 years there are still a lot of bugs that have been profiled with PowerPath, specifically, during any OS upgrade."
"The solution should provide extensive reports on backups and backup failures."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 2nd in Storage Software with 54 reviews while Dell PowerPath is ranked 3rd in Storage Software with 8 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Dell PowerPath is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerPath writes "A resilient and reliable solution that has many load-balancing technologies and provides high availability". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and NetApp ONTAP, whereas Dell PowerPath is most compared with Pure Storage FlashArray and NetApp ONTAP. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. Dell PowerPath report.
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