We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware and others in HCI."The software is easy to setup and manage, and the support is excellent."
"The ease of reaching the support team and their promptness for support is great."
"Besides being 80% cheaper than the other alternatives, the simplicity makes reconfiguration and support much easier."
"StarWind vSAN was very easy to integrate into our system and ran flawlessly during our entire use time."
"This has helped to improve the reliability of service and operation in all departments, without having to stop in case of emergency situations."
"We went from "no way DB applications would have good performance" to "Wow! We can now actually have a DB running and have some VMs running at the same time.""
"It includes every feature that a traditional SAN offers and so much more."
"The features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are a lot of counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress)."
"The most valuable feature for us is that we can adjust the size of the storage very easily, without stopping production."
"Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."
"CDP is an important feature for avoiding data loss in the event of ransomware attacks. You need more storage capacity, however, you get the possibility to return at any time and use the data saved up to that point. The recovery is much faster than with a classic restore."
"I'd have to say that the biggest improvement gained by using SANsymphony has to be the performance of the product."
"Supporting of Automated-Storage-Tiering (AST) is a good feature that saves money."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are many counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress)."
"The replication technology can move data faster than EMC MirrorView and requires less bandwidth. The Storage Virtualization technology is the most mature in the market, outside of IBM’s Storwize (which has a lot of compatibility issues, and EMC’s very expensive VPLEX solution); and it works."
"This solution allowed us to move from using standalone systems to having all our data center management in one place."
"In our implementations, HDS Storage Virtualization has helped in migrating data with the least amount of downtime, compared to other storage technologies."
"We would like to see the documentation more fully developed."
"I would like additional documentation regarding possible networking configurations with 10GbE switching."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"While StarWind.com excels in numerous areas, there are a couple of notable functionalities that it currently lacks. One of these is duplication, which could be an invaluable feature for data redundancy and backup purposes. The ability to duplicate data across different storage locations can be crucial for safeguarding against data loss, and its absence is a minor limitation in an otherwise stellar offering."
"Though I have learned some of the nuances with the upgrading of firmware/windows/etc., it would be nice to have a more efficient method of doing so."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"I would like to see options for automated notifications of any changes, including, for example, synchronization issues."
"We have, in rare cases, received conflicting guidance between different support folks within StarWind."
"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."
"The solution could be better packaged and marketed."
"The cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model."
"Its interface could be better."
"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."
"I found it a little unnecessary to have to rename the configurations within the graphics console in order to have unique names."
"I still see room for improvement with DataCore SANsymphony in the area of alarm and task management."
"I would like to see reporting added, such as a monthly connectivity report."
"An update to its technology would be good. The G Series has been around for more than five years and HDS seriously needs to ramp up, since the competition has better performance at a lower cost with better features and functionalities. For example, it needs redirect on write Snapshot, preconfigured storage tiering with better IOPS, built-in deduplication technology on hybrid disk, etc."
"An area for improvement would be technical support. In the next release, I would like to see more features added to make this a more complete solution."
"HDS reaches a ceiling depending on model. The G200 cannot transition to G400, the G400 can transition to G600 but cannot transition to G800, which is the top-end model."
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DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 7th in HCI with 54 reviews while Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is ranked 24th in HCI. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series writes "Allows for centralized management with great interconnectivity". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and VxRail, whereas Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VxRail, VMware vSAN, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and HPE Alletra dHCI.
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