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We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The installation was very easy. You just install an agent on a server, and you give that agent access to your storage device, then it just collects the data. It took five minutes to set up.""The product keeps historical data for a very long time.""The granularity of this solution has been most useful. Customers can click on a single item and get the information only for the single item they choose.""The most valuable feature is the ease of use. The ability to get into a storage device and look at whatever you are trying to look at as far as performance, then obtain the reports that you need to do your analytical work.""In my opinion, it's the best monitoring and report creation tool for IBM storage devices. You can do a lot of performance stats and reports with very nice tools for IBM storage devices.""Spectrum Control is highly secure and competitively priced.""Spectrum Control's scalability is fine - we can extend it for the backup requirement.""Technical support is quite responsive and helpful."

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"The most valuable features of IBM Storage Insights are the server and storage."

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Cons
"Spectrum Control could be more user-friendly.""The initial setup for IBM Spectrum Control is a bit complicated. They should also make it easier to integrate and use the Cosmos Analytics tool, which is very complicated.""If we were to add VM level performance being able to monitor VMs on a VM level, then that would be good.""I would like to see is more information regarding the copy groups (the replication).""The solution must support multi-vendor storage.""The pain points were, and may still continue to be, the fact that there are multiple components of the product which are installed, you might say, somewhat individually.""The database could be improved so that the complexity of installation could be easier. We would also like to have more granularity in the profiles and products for users. We would like to link the users to the tool to managers or auditors."

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"The solution's performance, configuration, and pricing could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is pay for the amount of storage that you are monitoring. The more that we use the tool and like the tool, we may want to extend it to other storage platforms. This is just a matter of cost."
  • "We were already licensing Spectrum Control. This was one reasons why we went to Control rather than using the other product."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced."
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  • "IBM Storage Insights is cheaper than other products."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product keeps historical data for a very long time.
    Top Answer:The solution must support multi-vendor storage.
    Top Answer:The solution can be used for monitoring storage.
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of IBM Storage Insights are the server and storage.
    Top Answer:IBM Storage Insights is cheaper than other products.
    Top Answer:The solution's performance, configuration, and pricing could be improved.
    Ranking
    1st
    out of 27 in Storage Management
    Views
    667
    Comparisons
    287
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    203
    Rating
    7.3
    9th
    out of 27 in Storage Management
    Views
    338
    Comparisons
    205
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    225
    Rating
    7.0
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    Overview

    IBM Spectrum Control is a comprehensive solution that can significantly improve monitoring, automation and analytics capabilities in multi-vendor storage environments. IBM Spectrum Control helps manage storage systems, software-defined storage, storage-area network (SAN) fabrics and devices. Storage can be seen from multiple perspectives, including departmental, application and server views. IBM Spectrum Control helps simplify provisioning, tier optimization, performance management and data replication processes.

    IBM Storage Insights provides an unparalleled level of visibility across your storage environment to help you manage complex storage infrastructures and make cost-saving decisions. It combines proven IBM data management leadership with proprietary analytics from IBM Research. As a cloud-based service, it enables you to deploy quickly and save storage administration time while optimizing your storage. It also helps automate aspects of the support process to enable faster resolution of issues. Two editions enable you to select the capabilities that serve your needs best.

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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Large Enterprise67%
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    April 2024
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    IBM Spectrum Control is ranked 1st in Storage Management with 8 reviews while IBM Storage Insights is ranked 9th in Storage Management with 1 review. IBM Spectrum Control is rated 7.8, while IBM Storage Insights is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Control writes "Scalable but not user-friendly". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Storage Insights writes "A good solution that can be used for storage, but its performance, configuration, and pricing could be improved". IBM Spectrum Control is most compared with , whereas IBM Storage Insights is most compared with Dell EMC DataIQ.

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