We performed a comparison between Commvault Distributed Storage [EOL] and DataCore SANsymphony based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS)."Some customers have chosen this solution for its features, benefits, and user-friendly interface."
"Commvault is a user-friendly tool, so most people are happy to adopt this solution."
"The most valuable feature of DataCore SANsymphony SDS is its high availability. This solution also exhibits good performance and has high stability."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The DataCore system has been rock solid since we have been using it - from 2007 on."
"Active-active is the most valuable aspect for us."
"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)."
"Our system is designed to be scalable and flexible, so it can grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of our clients."
"The ability to pool the storage to leverage thin-provisioning is a huge saving in space and costs."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its versatility, with there being support for all new hardware technologies and platforms, disc mirroring and very effective auto tiering."
"NAS backups and BNP protocol backups could be improved. We require some more advanced features. I would also like some features that would enable us to deploy faster, like an orchestrator or something."
"The solution does not support some cloud SaaS applications and has room for improvement with better integration to the storage array."
"For customers or technicians who don't speak and understand English, it would be great to have other language support, all the more so given the number of countries in which SanSymphony is used."
"Datacore is developing a new WebUI with new dashboards. It is a good idea as the classic GUI is lacking dashboards."
"I found it a little unnecessary to have to rename the configurations within the graphics console in order to have unique names."
"I'd like to see the company make the renewal of the software cheaper."
"The solution is constantly evolving."
"One limitation of this solution is that it's Windows-based, e.g. one requirement to install DataCore SANsymphony SDS is putting it on a Windows server machine. It relies on Windows and that is a limitation because there are some customers who are looking for non Windows systems."
"I think the performance reporting can be improved by adding historical statistics into a database for the purpose of comparing."
"There is no way of quickly matching the exact size of a vDisk to a disk pool."
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Commvault Distributed Storage [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 2 reviews while DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 4th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 54 reviews. Commvault Distributed Storage [EOL] is rated 9.0, while DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Commvault Distributed Storage [EOL] writes "Fast storage, performance, and backup for users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". Commvault Distributed Storage [EOL] is most compared with Portworx Enterprise, whereas DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and NetApp ONTAP.
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