We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and StarWind Virtual SAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The synchronous mirror allows us to operate a fully redundant storage solution that is distributed across two sites."
"An advantage of SANsymphony is its ease of use, especially when installing or upgrading the system."
"Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."
"Our system is designed to be scalable and flexible, so it can grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of our clients."
"The documentation repository is really useful and kept updated."
"I'd have to say that the biggest improvement gained by using SANsymphony has to be the performance of the product."
"Active-active is the most valuable aspect for us."
"The most valuable feature of DataCore SANsymphony SDS is its high availability. This solution also exhibits good performance and has high stability."
"This solution enables us to make better cost-effective use of our existing hardware and leverage the current infrastructure at a higher level than we could before."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"Virtual SAN runs on iSCSI, which is free and easy to configure. It's easy to manage from StarWind's GUI console, and it only required a few extra switch ports."
"The ability to keep data accessible even in the event of hardware failures is highly valued, as it ensures business continuity."
"The primary purpose of this software is to create a virtual SAN between local storage on Hyper-V hosts. I find this feature most valuable since it accomplishes this quite well."
"StarWind allows us to move virtual machines from one physical host to another, which greatly reduces the downtime required for maintenance."
"Having the ability to scale horizontally if needed is a huge plus for future growth."
"VSAN works great; it's very easy to install, configure, and manage."
"The alert system could have more features."
"There is room for improvement in the graphical interface."
"Management could be improved. The management console sometimes reacts very slowly."
"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."
"We'd like to manage the raid on the disk directly in SanSymphony."
"I think an easier way to open a service call, right through the DataCore GUI, would be an improvement, especially when there is an urgent issue."
"We are waiting for container support (on the roadmap), as well as a user-friendly full web-administration capability, and an improved API."
"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."
"For me, the product could be improved by it being made cheaper."
"We ran into an issue with alerts."
"While we had little to no issues in setting up StarWind and received excellent support from the StarWind technicians, we would have appreciated a clearer guideline for a setup with the free version of StarWind Management Console or, in other words - for the setup with the PowerShell."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"I did not see any indication that StarWinds vSAN is a usable solution with non-GUI instances of Hyper-V."
"StarWind doesn't really have any performance reporting, especially compared with other vSAN products we've used."
"The only way I can see this product needing improvement is the consultation level of the StarWind sales and engineers."
"I had to buy upgraded support, which was not a problem, but it wasn't a prorated amount, so I paid for the support, the full upgrade, but I only got a couple of months out of it because it was only good until renewal time."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 4th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 54 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 182 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and VxRail, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and HPE SimpliVity. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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