We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Pure Storage FlashArray based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, DataCore, Dell Technologies and others in Storage Software."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."
"The most valuable feature for us is that we can adjust the size of the storage very easily, without stopping production."
"DataCore SANsymphony's stability is okay."
"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 interface is user-friendly."
"For us, fault tolerance is the most important feature of DataCore."
"Auto-tiering to obtain performance at a lower cost without the customer having to purchase ultra-fast storage is great."
"The DataCore system has been rock solid since we have been using it - from 2007 on."
"The ease of use. That's what our customers love. They say it's very easy, they don't need special training, they don't need to call us or any other company or integrator to help them do their job. That's the main reason they purchase Pure."
"The job of support for the storage engineers dramatically changed. We know more quickly the automation of the provisioning. We can now focus on things that bring more value to the company than just managing storage."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"The top-tier support and reliable storage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The amount of data that I have moved to it from legacy storage has enabled us to retire units that are three or four times the physical size."
"It's actually very stable"
"The tool has reduced our power consumption."
"It worked flawlessly."
"When I sometimes reboot for maintenance, the connectivity from the iSCSI initiator host could be improved."
"NVMeoF should be implemented. This protocol will play a major role in storage infrastructure in the future."
"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 cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model."
"DataCore should integrate its own file server into SANsymphony."
"I think the performance reporting can be improved by adding historical statistics into a database for the purpose of comparing."
"The cloud reporting interface is quite poor compared to other vendors."
"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."
"I would like to see them lower the costs."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 2nd in Storage Software with 54 reviews while Pure Storage FlashArray is ranked 3rd in All-Flash Storage with 174 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Pure Storage FlashArray is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashArray writes "Effective provisioning, helpful support, and reliable". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and StarWind Virtual SAN, whereas Pure Storage FlashArray is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, HPE Nimble Storage, IBM FlashSystem and VMware vSAN.
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