Compare DataCore SANsymphony SDS vs. Red Hat Gluster Storage
DataCore SANsymphony SDS is ranked 5th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 23 reviews while Red Hat Gluster Storage is ranked 13th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 1 review. DataCore SANsymphony SDS is rated 9.2, while Red Hat Gluster Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony SDS writes "Provides HA virtualized storage independent of storage type or vendor". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Gluster Storage writes "The price tag is good compared to the amount of data and high availability provided". DataCore SANsymphony SDS is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct and StarWind Virtual SAN, whereas Red Hat Gluster Storage is most compared with VMware vSAN, IBM Spectrum Scale and LizardFS.
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The ability to pool the storage to leverage thin-provisioning is a huge saving in space and costs. During the maintenance periods, on any part of the storage or VMware migration, we have had no downtime. Supporting of Automated-Storage-Tiering (AST) is a good feature that saves money. DataCore's ability to seamlessly move virtual volume data between storage pools as well as their synchronous mirroring has made maintenance and disaster recovery planning achievable. DataCore has helped provide flexible, highly available, high-performance storage that otherwise would have been outside our price range. The features I have found most valuable are the active-active, or so-called grid technology, and the integration into our VMware-vCenter. I'd have to say that the biggest improvement gained by using SANsymphony has to be the performance of the product. The most valuable feature for us is that we can adjust the size of the storage very easily, without stopping production. | The price tag is good compared to the amount of data and high availability provided. |
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Having an enterprise "Storage Dashboard" that can show capacity, usage, performance, and any issues would be very beneficial. I think the performance reporting can be improved by adding historical statistics into a database for the purpose of comparing. 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. The cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model. 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. There is no way of quickly matching the exact size of a vDisk to a disk pool. The alert system could have more features. | The system should be more intuitive and easier to manage. |
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This solution allows the use of off-the-shelf hardware and charges by the TB of storage. Make sure you are made aware of the annual subscription cost when purchasing. The cost is at the same level as other storage solutions and it is easy to understand the licensing. The pricing and licensing are better with DataCore. | If you need cheap storage, but still need high availability, it's a good product to look at. |
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Views 4,391 Comparisons 1,999 Reviews 22 Average Words per Review 327 Avg. Rating 9.2 | Views 4,458 Comparisons 3,444 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 327 Avg. Rating 8.0 |
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Also Known As | |
| DataCore SANsymphony, SANsymphony, DataCore Virtual SAN | Red Hat Gluster, Red Hat Storage Server |
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| DataCore™ SANsymphony™ enterprise-class Software-defined Storage (SDS) platform provides a high-performance, highly available and agile storage infrastructure with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). | Red Hat Gluster Storage (formerly known as Red Hat Storage Server) is a software-defined storage (SDS) platform designed to handle the requirements of traditional file storage—high-capacity tasks like backup and archival as well as high-performance tasks of analytics and virtualization. But unlike traditional storage systems, Red Hat Gluster Storage isn’t rigid and expensive. It easily scales across bare metal, virtual, container, and cloud deployments. |
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| Volkswagen , Maimonides Medical Center, The Biodesign Institute, ISCO Industries, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, United Financial Credit Union, Derby Supply Chain Solutions, Mission Community Hospital, Bellarmine College Preparatory, Colby-Sawyer College, Mount Sinai Health System, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Quorn Foods, Bitburger, University of Birmingham, Stadtverwaltung Heidelberg, NetEnt to name a few. | NTT Plala, McMaster University, University of Basque Country, Goodtech ASA, Cox Automotive, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), SaskTel, Glashart Media, Casio |
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Government23% Non Profit15% Manufacturing Company15% Transportation Company15% Real Estate/Law Firm24% Software R&D Company15% Government11% Outsourcing Company10% | Software R&D Company41% Retailer12% Comms Service Provider9% Government6% |
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