We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Virtualize and Maxta [EOL] 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)."The ability to have a feature-rich software set which extends the capabilities of the back-end storage arrays."
"It lowers cost. It does so by getting more efficient use out of the technology behind it."
"Compared to other storage vendors, the solution is quite convenient to use."
"It provides transparency, because of its advanced copy features."
"It's got full features, so we can compress volumes. We can do thin volumes and we can change them on the fly."
"I like all the features, but the most impressive recently has been the introduction of IBM's Flash Core Modules. They are a form of a flash drive, but they have many more features."
"Although the GUI from the XIV was used (in my view), IBM has polished and refined the GUI providing a pleasant and easy to navigate GUI experience."
"Migration from configurations where servers have storage provisioned from older SAN disk systems to newer storage systems is almost seamless using image mode migration techniques, with only a short outage of the servers."
"The single-pane-of-glass VMware interface makes configuration and management easy so you do not need IT specialists."
"The only errors I find sometimes is the solution tells me I cannot operate it because a service has turned off, you can just go back to the VM, go to services, and turn back the services. However, this should improve."
"Anything which improves performance and the ability of our systems would be a nice."
"For improvement considerations, I would probably say multiple sites."
"The integration would be an option that we would like, but I understand that's not how it's going to be implemented."
"There are big arrays now, and if a customer wants add more disks to it, you have to have another array. Adding disks to existing arrays is one of the most demanded things from our customers."
"t is limited in terms of a single system to eight nodes or four, what they call IO groups."
"I hate I/O groups. If you start swapping I/O groups, they can be potentially risky. If they could get rid of the whole I/O group principle, the risk is not there anymore. I understand the fundamental thing about I/O groups, but they are risky."
"The disk reliability is not that good."
"A new company took over the product and now the support for Maxta has gone way downhill."
Earn 20 points
IBM Spectrum Virtualize is ranked 15th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 36 reviews while Maxta [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Software Defined Storage (SDS). IBM Spectrum Virtualize is rated 8.8, while Maxta [EOL] is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Virtualize writes "A highly scalable product that is relatively easy to use and set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Maxta [EOL] writes "Has the ability to have a single-pane-of-glass using the VMware interface but it needs better support". IBM Spectrum Virtualize is most compared with Dell VPLEX, VMware vSAN, VxRail, IBM Spectrum Scale and DataCore SANsymphony, whereas Maxta [EOL] is most compared with .
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