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We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Computing and vCenter Orchestrator based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The most valuable feature is the backup capability.""Easy to operate and use.""Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis.""We are satisfied with the technical support, we have no issues.""The most valuable aspect of the product is the policy driving resource management, to optimize the computing across data centers.""This solution is working for both VTL and tape."

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"The solution's most valuable feature is its good automation features.""vCenter Orchestrator is very reliable and stable.""In regards to the workflows, the fact that we can actually have a full dashboard library of all the existing workflows on this is great. We can see all the workflows and what all the actions do and can work with scripts.""It has the best workflow feature.""We can manage and relocate resources easily.""The open, flexible architecture has brought in the agile computing environment along with better Dr capabilities. Automation management and operational tasks across VMware and third-party applications, like our HMIS and other business productivity applications, have delivered peace of mind.""The technical support services are excellent.""The solution's ability to template and easily implement are the most valuable features. It offers good replication as well."

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

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"As we work towards more stability on the solution, sometimes we'll try something and it breaks and it's easier to restart the service. That's the only drawback. We've experienced this with other applications as well.""The response time of vCenter Orchestrator's support could be improved.""I did not do the initial setup. However, it was complex at the beginning.""The licensing is expensive and should be improved.""The price of this product is high and could be improved.""I would like to have an interface that can manage both on-premises and cloud solutions from a single console, where we can easily manage the resources that are being used or at least applications. Whereby clicking here and there from on-premises to cloud, or cloud to on-premises, depending on the requirements. If that can be accomplished, it will be extremely beneficial.""It could be integrated with third-party hypervisors.""I would like to see better performance."

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  • "This solution is expensive."
  • "Spectrum Computing is one of the most expensive products on the market."
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  • "Our licensing is on a yearly basis. We pay for the license and then we pay the support every year."
  • "This solution is expensive and the licensing is more attractive for Haveri."
  • "The price is reasonable, and one of the reasons that this product was selected."
  • "We provide the VMware solution to our clients, for which they pay a perpetual license."
  • "The concept of hyper-convergence is smart. I don't know if it can be applied with less cost to be more affordable for small or medium-sized companies. The cost is a very important factor for it. We are currently depending on SAN storage. However, the hyper-converged solutions are depending on the storage within the hosts, such as vSAN in the VMware. It is a smart solution."
  • "We pay a yearly fee, based on our entries."
  • "The licensing module is somewhat complex. Calculating the cost is complicated. Many of our clients are unclear about the billing system and the traffic metering."
  • "The licensing cost is manageable because they have different versions available, standard, essential, and advanced."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:This solution is too expensive for a lot of our customers.
    Top Answer:The biggest problem is the lack of documentation in general, and documentation in Spanish, in particular.
    Top Answer:The stability of the product is very good.
    Top Answer:My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product.
    Top Answer:There are some update-related issues with the product. The tool's updates are released on time, so there was continuous improvement from vCenter's end. The product also has an extended community and… more »
    Ranking
    7th
    out of 22 in Hadoop
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    214
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    240
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    9.0
    9th
    out of 66 in Process Automation
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    312
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    Average Words per Review
    417
    Rating
    8.4
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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.

    VMware vCenter Orchestrator simplifies the automation of complex IT tasks and integrates with VMware vCloud Suite components to adapt and extend service delivery and operational management, effectively working with existing infrastructure, tools and processes.
    Sample Customers
    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%
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider21%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Computer Software Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business43%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise41%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    IBM Spectrum Computing is ranked 7th in Hadoop with 6 reviews while vCenter Orchestrator is ranked 9th in Process Automation with 44 reviews. IBM Spectrum Computing is rated 7.8, while vCenter Orchestrator is rated 8.4. 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 vCenter Orchestrator writes "Enables us to do administration on a centralized layer when using multiple VMware ESX servers". IBM Spectrum Computing is most compared with Apache Spark, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric and IBM Turbonomic, whereas vCenter Orchestrator is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations, vCloud Director, Cisco UCS Director and ServiceNow Orchestration.

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