We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and VMware vSAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is also quite flexible. As an example, other vSAN solutions that we looked at had more stringent requirements regarding mixed HDD/SSD storage which wouldn't have worked in our environment."
"I have found the graphical user interface to be the most useful thing about Virtual SAN."
"The product has improved the ability to mimic physical SAN environments to demo scenarios and troubleshoot problems."
"The customer support provided by StarWind is excellent."
"StarWind allows us to move virtual machines from one physical host to another, which greatly reduces the downtime required for maintenance."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"Speed and high availability have been the most valuable for us."
"This has helped to improve the reliability of service and operation in all departments, without having to stop in case of emergency situations."
"Good security with this solution."
"I am very happy with this product's ability to adapt, increase, and modify existing infrastructures."
"SANsymphony is flexible, with many potential options for implementation. SANsymphony's can be used with VMware, Hyper-V, or even with a hypervisor agnostic approach. It can also be used for strictly physical non-virtualized solutions."
"The DataCore system has been rock solid since we have been using it - from 2007 on."
"Our central storage has very high availability. DataCore SANsymphony ensures high business continuity."
"Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."
"It's a software storage solution that can scale as we like. There is also has a parallel feature that enhances the performance of the storage solution. We can separate storage and computing, and we can scale these two parts of the platform to meet business needs efficiently."
"Oracle OLTP benchmark to test how it improves the performance while using flash drive NVMe."
"I have used VMware for 15 years and I never had any problems with stability."
"One of the valuable features for us is the ability to restrict the performance capacity per client. Other solutions don't have this feature."
"It's completely hyper-converged, so it's very convenient."
"It completely removes the need for a storage network and for a storage administrator and all of that infrastructure and the costs that are involved with them."
"It is easier to deploy than the traditional SAN."
"The simplicity, as well as the integration with virtualization."
"While we haven't made major changes to our disaster recovery and business continuity processes yet, moving towards stretch vSAN across sites will simplify and expedite our DR processes in the future."
"vSAN Health is a feature designed to monitor the health and performance of the vSAN environment. It's crucial for us and our customers to frequently check on this to ensure everything is operating smoothly."
"Other vendors such as VMware vSAN have a bigger community of users, so it is easier to find more pre-sale or post-sale information from users."
"Feature-wise we are only waiting for the release of a "planned disaster" feature that would allow us to patch a hypervisor node without having to take the full storage offline."
"Perhaps more reporting features on the utilization, usage, and performance of the configured high-availability images and underlying physical disks would be helpful."
"I would love to see more vendor selection to be available for the HCA/vSAN appliances."
"The documentation could be clearer in terms of explaining the installation."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"I had issues locating the documentation that applied to my version of StarWind vSAN."
"An extended trial period would serve as a way to get clean insights into the technology's adaptability and alignment with their specific needs before committing to long-term integration."
"I would like to see reporting added, such as a monthly connectivity report."
"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."
"Problem detection could be easier. It should help customers identify problems very quickly because it's not easy to analyze on the platform today."
"We'd like to manage the raid on the disk directly in SanSymphony."
"The main problem is there is no DataCore OS."
"I found it a little unnecessary to have to rename the configurations within the graphics console in order to have unique names."
"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 still see room for improvement with DataCore SANsymphony in the area of alarm and task management."
"As a software-based product, it requires a lot of system resources."
"In a future release, they could add micro-segmentation or security level features integrated into vSAN."
"Dedupe in non flash drives can be improved."
"I would like to see the availability of more template based VMware systems. Combined with the ability to check and measure multiple and converging data segments. Another issue I've seen is that the tool seems to be slow when first starting up."
"The platform’s pricing needs improvement. Additionally, there should be an appliance module included in it."
"Its price could be improved. It is too expensive for our clients."
"The product's complex setup phase is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Because of virtual storage, the system reaches reserve storage for its functions. It also consumes a certain amount of storage, which then results in the creation of a fault tolerance for the system. All of this adds to a lot of capacity being consumed in terms of storage for each drive for vSan. I find this to be one drawback of using vSan."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 7th in HCI with 54 reviews while VMware vSAN is ranked 2nd in HCI with 226 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while VMware vSAN 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 VMware vSAN writes "Very stable, easy to set up, and easy to use". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN, NetApp ONTAP and VxRail, whereas VMware vSAN is most compared with VxRail, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage and HPE Nimble Storage. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. VMware vSAN report.
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