We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and FlexPod XCS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, DataCore, Dell Technologies and others in Storage Software."Active-active is the most valuable aspect for us."
"Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"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)."
"Supporting of Automated-Storage-Tiering (AST) is a good feature that saves money."
"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."
"DataCore SANsymphony's stability is okay."
"The documentation repository is really useful and kept updated."
"I like the combination of the brands that they decided to include, in terms of its compatibility, e.g., they integrated UCS into this solution."
"Validate designs are a good. They work in the background to combine all the infrastructure and storage. They create automation which can create volumes and attach VMs directly to massive CIFS."
"It takes all of the homework out of building the solution. The prearchitected design simplifies your deployment, gets you a quicker time to market, and a single point of support."
"The tool provides a single point for storing applications and it increases the availability of them. It also has improved the way we handle applications within VMware."
"With FlexPod, it is about the synergy of the server, the storage, and the whole management layer. Together, it is really about minimizing staff. You don't have to hire more people. You can work with the minimum level of resources and the availability is really good. We have had very little downtime."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the automation point because it's a lot less staff to have to manage it."
"This sounds dumb, but it just works. I don't want to have to deal with support, and I don't need to because, again, it has just worked."
"For anyone who needs the flexibility of moving around profiles from physical device to physical device, it really adds an additional layer of virtualization."
"The alert system could have more features."
"The cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model."
"If it could integrate to a cloud gateway, then we could carry it directly to storage, instead of having middleware in between the storage and the cloud."
"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."
"The solution is constantly evolving."
"Problem detection could be easier. It should help customers identify problems very quickly because it's not easy to analyze on the platform today."
"The graphical interface is not always very stable."
"I think the performance reporting can be improved by adding historical statistics into a database for the purpose of comparing."
"We don't see the much DR capability within the FlexPod so for that, we have to maintain our own DR capability with DSRM."
"The only support call that we have had in six years was related to an ONTAP upgrade, where one of the controllers didn't patch properly."
"As we do much of the Tier-I support ourselves, and thus don't normally need it, there is time wasted in moving up to the next level."
"The technical support is slightly above average. I would like them to have quicker escalation"
"The biggest thing that I would like to see is more cost-effective FlexPod solutions."
"FlexPod can improve with a single control management interface to manage all aspects and components of the solution."
"The last two calls that I have made to NetApp support have been handled too casually. People are too lax, not quite as professional as I would have liked."
"According to the product managers, there are some new products coming which will address some of our concerns around portability and compliance."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 2nd in Storage Software with 54 reviews while FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and NetApp ONTAP, whereas FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, Oracle Exadata, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail and Dell VxBlock System.
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