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"DataCore has helped provide flexible, highly available, high-performance storage that otherwise would have been outside our price range.""Active-active is the most valuable aspect for us.""It is a very stable solution.""The interface is user-friendly.""Oracle OLTP benchmark to test how it improves the performance while using flash drive NVMe.""Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage.""The documentation repository is really useful and kept updated.""The most valuable feature of DataCore SANsymphony SDS is its high availability. This solution also exhibits good performance and has high stability."

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"The initial setup isn't too difficult.""It created a reusable library with OpenStack features.""The solution is stable.""The most valuable feature is the customization. With the customization you can really give the customers what they want.""I like its integration with GitLab and its simplicity. OpenStack has a lot of third-party libraries that it uses.""Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools.""The documentation was plentiful and very helpful.​""There are many services that can be directly used which are not available in VMware."

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Cons
"Management could be improved. The management console sometimes reacts very slowly.""DataCore should integrate its own file server into SANsymphony.""I'd like to see the company make the renewal of the software cheaper.""SANsymphony is missing some features that vSAN has. For example, vSAN has a special feature called continuous data protection. It provides the ability to go back in time to a given moment. You can see what was on your disk in the past up to two weeks. That's a great feature because ransomware attacks are increasingly common, and that provides you some kind of protection.""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.""If you're dealing with big databases or transactional databases, it might not be the best-suited solution. The design of DataCore's solution isn't oriented towards this type of data.""DataCore needs a more efficient and better way to keep track of metrics and counters so that we can do baseline analysis to measure performance.""I would like to see SMPA (Shared Multi-Port Array) technology developed with the aim of allowing a configuration identical to other storage arrays."

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"The seamless integration between MySQL services and the rabbitMQ database can be revised during the debugging phase.""VMware has a side-to-side replication feature, which is still more mature than Rackspace OpenStack's which can't be used in a production environment.""The line migration is a problem.""It could use more examples in different languages (API use cases).​""So for the main stability, there have been a couple of issues that I've experienced.""OpenStack's UI, while user-friendly, could be improved to offer a more intuitive experience.""OpenStack is difficult for the novice in terms of beginning to use cloud tools."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "In my case, the licensing per terabytes is very high and it must be licensed for each extra functionality."
  • "The pricing and licensing are better with DataCore."
  • "The cost is at the same level as other storage solutions and it is easy to understand the licensing."
  • "Make sure you are made aware of the annual subscription cost when purchasing."
  • "Pricing has improved but it is still expensive."
  • "This product has a good ratio between quality and price. In many cases, it's less expensive to work with DataCore than other storage systems."
  • "This solution allows the use of off-the-shelf hardware and charges by the TB of storage."
  • "The solution is cost effective."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Good sizing is the basis for a stable and high-performance environment. It is important to plan in sufficient reserves. It can make sense to license a higher number of TB if this puts you in a better… more »
    Top Answer:It's difficult to say if something is missing in this solution. Maybe we'd like to manage the raid on the disk directly in SanSymphony. We essentially use RAID5 for our SAS disk and SSD, and now we… more »
    Top Answer:Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools.
    Top Answer:OpenStack's UI, while user-friendly, could be improved to offer a more intuitive experience. Additionally, the storage solutions, aside from S3, seem to be limited or restricted in their options, and… more »
    Top Answer:OpenStack is a cloud provider with several vendors, which have all been used.
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    Overview

    Experience peace of mind with DataCore SANsymphony, the ultimate software-defined storage solution alleviating storage management challenges. Say goodbye to the complexities of managing different storage tiers and disruptions with SANsymphony's block-level storage virtualization technology, empowering you to automate capacity provisioning and data placement across diverse storage environments including SAN, DAS, HCI, and JBOD. Break down silos, control data placement, meet business continuity objectives, boost performance, and seamlessly expand or refresh hardware with SANsymphony. Benefit from features like asynchronous replication for disaster recovery, minimizing data loss, accelerating application responsiveness, and integrating new technology non-disruptively. Trusted by industry leaders like NASA, Thorntons, Inc., and TUI Cruises, DataCore SANsymphony guarantees unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and reliability, ensuring uninterrupted data access and application availability while reducing storage costs and inefficiencies.

    OpenStack is an open and scalable cloud operating system for building public and private clouds. It provides both large and small organizations an alternative to closed cloud environments, reducing the risk of lock-in associated with proprietary platforms.
    Sample Customers
    Volkswagen , Maimonides Medical Center, NASA, Thorntons, Inc., TUI, ISCO Industries, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, United Financial Credit Union, Derby Supply Chain Solutions, Mission Community Hospital, Bellarmine College Preparatory, Colby-Sawyer College, Mount Sinai Health System, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Quorn Foods, Bitburger, University of Birmingham, Stadtverwaltung Heidelberg, NetEnt to name a few.
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    Non Profit27%
    Government11%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Comms Service Provider5%
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Government6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Government11%
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    Small Business49%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise34%
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    Midsize Enterprise15%
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    Small Business21%
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    DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 2nd in Storage Software with 53 reviews while Rackspace OpenStack is ranked 6th in Converged Infrastructure with 9 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Rackspace OpenStack is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rackspace OpenStack writes "A scalable open-source solution that needs some improvement with its ecosystem". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and NetApp ONTAP, whereas Rackspace OpenStack is most compared with VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, HPE SimpliVity and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance.

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