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We performed a comparison between FalconStor FreeStor and IBM Spectrum Virtualize based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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A highly scalable product that is relatively easy to use and set up
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  • "Generally the bundled licensing is more cost effective and gives flexibility to the solution. Linking into the Spectrum Suite can also be advantageous, but depends on the scale of the enterprise."
  • "We have struggled with Pure Storage, but people are understanding that much of Pure has been consumer grade SSDs. Therefore, when the customer is really understands what they are getting, they realize that IBM presents the same sort of value as existing vendors."
  • "We would like the CPU cycle to save more on the licensing costs for us."
  • "Do a proof of concept, if you are not comfortable jumping in, but do it."
  • "It has a lot of advanced functions for a reasonable price."
  • "I am very happy with the pricing. There is no comparison when it comes to pricing. I have looked at all solutions from EMC, Veritas, Hitachi, Dell, etc. None of them compares to IBM when it comes to pricing. I get great pricing from them."
  • "The entry point of pricing for this product is the most amazing price ever in the industry."
  • "This solution came as an additional cost for the TSM package we chose."

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    What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Virtualize?
    Top Answer:Compared to other storage vendors, the solution is quite convenient to use.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Virt...
    Top Answer:The pricing is pretty good. I rate the solution’s pricing a five out of ten. We have to pay for additional licenses.
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    What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Virtualize?
    Top Answer:The solution could have a better built-in performance monitor. I use a different product for performance monitoring.
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    26th
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    Overview

    FalconStor FreeStor is a single integrated platform that simplifies the management of data across legacy, modern, and virtual storage environments. FreeStor delivers enterprise-class software-defined, intelligent data services combined with predictive analytics across any primary or secondary storage hardware; in the cloud or on-premise. FreeStor helps IT organizations realize more economic value out of existing environments and any future storage investments while reducing complexity, maximizing flexibility, and improving operational efficiency.

    FreeStor offers Core-to-Edge analytics, Cloud enablement, Secure multi-tenancy, Unified client management, and Intelligent pricing (primary copy pricing 

    IBM Spectrum Virtualize is a dependable solution that improves data value, security, and simplicity for new and existing storage infrastructure. Proven over 12 years in thousands of deployments, its innovative virtualization capabilities help organizations achieve better data economics by supporting new workloads that are critical to their success. IBM Spectrum Virtualize software helps make new and existing storage more effective and standardizes functions traditionally deployed separately in disk systems for greater flexibility and potentially lower costs.

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    Telefonica, Egenera, C&C Computação e Comunicação, Sunrise Communications Group, Imptech
    Pelephone, Sprint IT Enterprise Services
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    Healthcare Company19%
    University14%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer10%
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    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government11%
    Retailer6%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    FalconStor FreeStor is ranked 26th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) while IBM Spectrum Virtualize is ranked 15th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 36 reviews. FalconStor FreeStor is rated 0.0, while IBM Spectrum Virtualize is rated 8.8. On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Virtualize writes "A highly scalable product that is relatively easy to use and set up". FalconStor FreeStor is most compared with , whereas IBM Spectrum Virtualize is most compared with Dell VPLEX, VMware vSAN, VxRail, IBM Spectrum Scale and DataCore SANsymphony.

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