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We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Computing and RightScale Cloud Management Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Mohamed Youssef
Provides stable backup for our databases and has good technical support
Anonymous User
Good CMPs for cloud provisioning and excellent scalability
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Pros
"The most valuable feature is the backup capability.""This solution is working for both VTL and tape.""Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis.""The most valuable aspect of the product is the policy driving resource management, to optimize the computing across data centers.""Easy to operate and use.""We are satisfied with the technical support, we have no issues."

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"The most valuable feature is Optima, which is something that we use quite extensively.""With this platform, users could migrate to the cloud on the go and use public cloud services like Oracle database while integrating with their own local storage."

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Cons
"Spectrum Computing is lagging behind other products, most likely because it hasn't been shifted to the cloud.""Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish.""SMB storage and HPC is not compatible and it should be supported by IBM Spectrum Computing.""We'd like to see some AI model training for machine learning.""We have not been able to use deduplication.""This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."

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"There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates.""Technical support is an area that can be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "This solution is expensive."
  • "Spectrum Computing is one of the most expensive products on the market."

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  • "The price is higher than an open-source product, or CloudForms, or IBM Cloud Pak, but it is still not very high."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Computing?
    Top Answer:Easy to operate and use.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Comp...
    Top Answer:This solution is too expensive for a lot of our customers.
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    What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Computing?
    Top Answer:The biggest problem is the lack of documentation in general, and documentation in Spanish, in particular.
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    What do you like most about RightScale Cloud Management Platform?
    Top Answer:With this platform, users could migrate to the cloud on the go and use public cloud services like Oracle database while integrating with their own local storage.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RightScale Cloud ...
    Top Answer:It can be a bit pricy.
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    What needs improvement with RightScale Cloud Management Platform?
    Top Answer:There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates. However, the issue can be resolved by correcting the certificates. Getting OEMs like Huawei or Morpheus to change… more »
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    Ranking
    10th
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
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    4,076
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    240
    Rating
    9.0
    25th
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
    Views
    501
    Comparisons
    298
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    1,485
    Rating
    8.0
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    IBM Platform Computing
    RightScale MultiCloud Platform
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    Overview

    IBM Spectrum Computing uses intelligent workload and policy-driven resource management to optimize resources across the data center, on premises and in the cloud. Now up to 150X faster and scalable to over 160,000 cores, IBM provides you with the latest advances in software-defined infrastructure to help you unleash the power of your distributed mission-critical high performance computing (HPC), analytics and big data applications as well as a new generation open source frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark.

    With the RightScale Multi-Cloud Platform, you can mix and match public clouds, private clouds, and virtualized environments to meet your cloud portfolio strategy. In addition to clouds, you can support a portfolio of hypervisors — KVM, Xen, and vSphere — as well as operating systems — CentOS, RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, and Windows. A portfolio approach gives your enterprise the ability to future-proof your cloud strategy, optimize cost and performance, access a global footprint with best-of-breed capabilities, and gain financial flexibility and negotiating leverage.

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    London South Bank University, Transvalor, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Genomic
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider31%
    Media Company16%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Computer Software Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    University7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise68%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    IBM Spectrum Computing is ranked 10th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews while RightScale Cloud Management Platform is ranked 25th in Cloud Management with 4 reviews. IBM Spectrum Computing is rated 7.8, while RightScale Cloud Management Platform is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Computing writes "Provides stable backup for our databases and has good technical support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RightScale Cloud Management Platform writes "Good CMPs for cloud provisioning and excellent scalability". IBM Spectrum Computing is most compared with Apache Spark, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric and IBM Turbonomic, whereas RightScale Cloud Management Platform is most compared with .

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