We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Virtualize and Veritas Access Appliance 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)."It provides transparency, because of its advanced copy features."
"Compared to other storage vendors, the solution is quite convenient to use."
"We can failover easily, because a lot of our data is replicated from family to the second replication."
"We acquire companies (and things), so we end up with odd hardware. We bring it behind the SVC and it allows us to migrate stuff off of it seamlessly. SVC can also cover up a host of defects of the underlying storage."
"Using SBC, a valuable feature is the mirroring, which is the virtualization of the disk between disparate places."
"The ability to have a feature-rich software set which extends the capabilities of the back-end storage arrays."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity of use, the flexibility, and the options included. I mean, it's just a big time saver."
"I like that it can virtualize more than three hundred storage providers."
"Overall the solution works well."
"It is a very stable program."
"Level 1 technical support needs improvement."
"Tighter integration with cloud storage might be useful as a target for a variety of use cases."
"I already discussed possible improvements with some of the guys from Hearnsley. One of our frustrations is when you go to expand volumes in a global mirror environment, you have to stop everything in order to expand. So that's one of the things."
"They are actually working on one bug we found, which was with flash restore. This was the user interface design for virtual environments."
"The integration would be an option that we would like, but I understand that's not how it's going to be implemented."
"t is limited in terms of a single system to eight nodes or four, what they call IO groups."
"There are things that occur when you get to this size and capacity. We're very large, i.e., petabytes. When you get to that sheer volume of the numbers of things, it is too big for people to keep track of."
"For improvement considerations, I would probably say multiple sites."
"I would like to see more platforms added."
"The Veritas support for Access Appliance could improve. They are a pioneer in the industry, and they provide an enterprise-level solution. However, when comparing the storage, they can't compete with the NetBackup solution."
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IBM Spectrum Virtualize is ranked 15th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 36 reviews while Veritas Access Appliance is ranked 23rd in Software Defined Storage (SDS). IBM Spectrum Virtualize is rated 8.8, while Veritas Access Appliance is rated 7.6. 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 Veritas Access Appliance writes "Overall functions well, stable, but technical support could improve". IBM Spectrum Virtualize is most compared with Dell VPLEX, VMware vSAN, VxRail, IBM Spectrum Scale and DataCore SANsymphony, whereas Veritas Access Appliance is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Veritas Access and LINBIT SDS.
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