The configuration is a little laborious. However, it is simple in its implementation.

The initial installation is carried out together with a professional. However, I found this to be quite simple

The initial setup is very simple. There are documents to send to Datacore Support, and these were a little bit difficult to fill.

The setup process is okay. Training is required for deployment, which is standard. It's not overly complicated.

You may want to get professional services to start the setup if there are key features you want to be implemented.

I think that the initial setup is quite simple.

The deployment of DataCore depends on many factors, but for us, it took about one day for each server.

The initial setup is very simple; there is a wizard to help you deploy the solution. 

The setup is quite simple if you are familiar with the storage environment. Certification as a DCIE is required. This ensures that you are sufficiently familiar with the system to install and administer it.

I am not completely satisfied with the initial setup. I rate DataCore SANsymphony a five out of ten for its initial setup.

DataCore SANsymphony’s deployment takes around eight weeks.

The initial training and accompanying certification made it simple and practical to implement the solution.

The initial setup is easy via the use of a comprehensible wizard.

The initial setup is very simple as there are many wizards.

The design is the more complex part due to all use case you can address with the product. That said, the setup is simpler if you are a SAN Storage admin.

The initial setup is very straightforward.

One person can easily manage the entire software. There is a learning curve, and you need to understand the features, how it works, how to create your storage pool, and how to tier your storage pool. Once you understand those things, everything is actually quite easy and streamlined. You just need to know the basic architecture.

The installation is nice and straightforward. 

The length of deployment varies with the complexity of the customer's environment and can last from three to five days, including the planning and optimization.

We've always had DataCore come in with Professional Services to do the initial setup.

I can't say that the installation is difficult, but it's impossible for a customer who doesn't know the product or the installation process. You will need the help of a consultant or a reseller to install and deploy this solution.

I had to bring in outside support as I was not familiar with the setup. I believe it took about two days to set everything up.

The implementation is somewhat more complex than with simple storage. In addition to the actual storage resources and the SAN infrastructure, the x86 server with Windows Server and SSY must also be installed.

The configuration of the storage is easy, as it is best to create many identical volumes and present them to the Datacore server.

These volumes are then included in the pool within SSY and centrally managed there.

The SAN configuration includes the construction of a FrontEnd, BackEnd, and Mirror layer. It is a little more complex, but not complicated.

The host systems access the resources via SSY, so these must also be configured in SSY. On the other hand, only the SSY servers need to be set up on the storage.

The initial setup of a conventional vSAN is straightforward.

Our recent setup of a two-node hyperconverged solution was a little more complicated, though this was mainly due to the Dell servers we had ordered as hosts, rather than DataCore itself. The DataCore consultants setting up the solution were very knowledgable and it was completed without too much trouble.

The initial setup was straightforward and easy. With good planning and knowledge of your own environment, the setup works like a charm.

DataCore provides well-documented configuration guides.

The setup was done by our IT partner. It is complex because he also had to set up our iSCSI environment. With Fibre Channel it would be much easier.

We installed it through our IT partner. Installation time took around one day.

Simple, as the initial training by the manufacturer and the help is very good.

If you're an experienced SAN administrator you'll have no problems understanding their setup.  It is very straight forward.  The design of what you can do, because it's so flexible, is the most complex part.  You have LOTS of options. 

This initial setup of this solution wasn´t complex. The necessary functional test plan of the implementation company was time-consuming, but it guaranteed the correct implementation.

The initial setup was straightforward, no special hardware, good documentation.

The initial setup was not complex. The migration was fast and we experienced no problems.

Straightforward. It supports fibre channel.

The setup was very simple, except the iSCSI network driver on Windows.