FormationOne Dynamic Storage Platform vs IBM Spectrum Accelerate comparison

FormationOne is a Dynamic Storage Platform that delivers hyper-scale storage capacity, with excellent cost savings, agility and elasticity. Automation, self-service and API level integration deliver multi-tenant private cloud capabilities for your data center, running on your choice of industry-standard hardware. FormationOne runs on x86 server nodes that virtualize all the elements of enterprise data storage with a loosely-coupled, fully-distributed architecture. FormationOne includes key differentiated capabilities including QoS performance control and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) integrated with Copy Data Management that maximize performance, improve controls, and lower your TCO. FormationOne provides remote replication and data mobility with SafeGuard for replicating between Formation Cloud Domains as well as replication into AWS S3 or Glacier for Cloud DR, Backup, Archive and tiering.

IBM Spectrum Accelerate is a software-defined block storage solution designed for rapid deployment across heterogeneous infrastructure for hybrid cloud and delivering consistent service levels to a dynamic workload mix. It is based on proven grid-architecture, enterprise-scale IBM XIV technology. IBM Spectrum Accelerate can be deployed, including as hyper-converged infrastructure, on any x86 server, on pre-installed third-party appliances or on public cloud infrastructure, and is available as a service on IBM Cloud infrastructure.