DataCore SANsymphony Pricing
The installation is really important. It is preferable that the installation be carried out by a certified integrator. This is perhaps a little more expensive than doing it yourself, however, the good practices imposed by the publisher are respected.
View full review »The complexity of the initial installation may not be immediately clear.
View full review »I'd advise users to do their homework. This software gives you good reliability and performance.
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DataCore SANsymphony
March 2024
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You should start small, as data deduplication reduces the amount of data. One problem could be that an FC infrastructure structure has to be set up. It might be better to switch to an alternative that you already have.
View full review »The service cost and setup are low. Licensing could be cheaper.
View full review »The licensing cost is reasonable, a bit on the expensive side but manageable.
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Arkadiusz Majewski
IT Administrator at Anton Häring KG Werk für Präzisionstechnik
Don’t do it on your own. You need someone with some DCSA experience and five or more years of experience.
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Julien GUILLAUMOU
Chief Technical Officer at INTEGRA SYSTEMS
Users need to remember that they just need to buy what they use.
View full review »The license is paid twice per year.
View full review »Good sizing is the basis for a stable and high-performance environment. It is important to plan in sufficient reserves.
It can make sense to license a higher number of TB if this puts you in a better price category.
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reviewer1762257
Sales representative for A customers / key accounts at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
DataCore SANsymphony's pricing is very high and should be much cheaper. You buy a license of DataCore SANsymphony, and then you have to add three or four times the price in hardware.
You have several SLAs. You have to buy the hardware equipment because DataCore SANsymphony doesn't run independently but on server hardware.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate DataCore SANsymphony's pricing a seven or eight out of ten.
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Tempreviewerb Ea
Systems engineer at Monaco Digital | Avangarde
Most of the time, it is easy to prove that in the long term, this solution is the most advantageous for the client cost-wise; both in terms of equipment renewal and ease of handling.
View full review »The main work in building a SANsymphony solution is to design and select the correct hardware parts. The setup is quite easy and the configuration is too.
The licensing is by terabyte and can be quite expensive.
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Jeffery Pinto
IT Consultant at Power Source Sdn Bhd
We have licensing costs on a yearly basis. They charge per terabyte, so in terms of cost, it can be very costly.
They have three different features, and you have to pay extra for those.
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Andrija Veskovic
General Manager at Datatek
The solution is cost effective.
When it comes to a simple 2 node cluster business continuity solution for SMB companies, the downtime can be expensive.
The solution has very advanced storage features, accompanied by a cost effective application or license.
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Rog Fed
Technical Services Manager (Enterprise Systems) at Maimonides Medical Center
In regards to Fibre Channel, buy a server that can handle the highest number of Quad Port HBA cards. Purchase as much memory for the server as you can afford. Anything you spec out, you will need to double if you want redundancy.
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reviewer1799106
Datacenter Architect, Sen. Systemadministrator, virt. environment Solution Architect at AKF Leasing GmbH & Co KG
DataCore is a good and valuable solution. The licensing costs depend on the storage and the volume of use. They were leveling on a good basis.
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reviewer1058013
Presales Engineer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
This product has a good ratio between quality and price. In many cases, it's less expensive to work with DataCore than other storage systems.
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Scott Lambourne
System Administrator at Superior Water And Air
I had the vendor that sold me the software and hardware assist with setting up the systems. I also paid for three years of support at the same time when I purchased the software. Again, I found it affordable.
View full review »Good planning is always very important. SSY is very flexible and can cover very different requirements. Therefore, it is important to keep a close eye on the requirements. If you have questions before implementation, ask support or a partner.
Also, pay attention to licensing. It may be cheaper to license a few TB more if you can make a jump in the discount scale.
Also note: Using DAS (internal storage) can be very cost-effective compared to external storage.
View full review »When we initially purchased DataCore, it was extremely cost-effective with a perpetual license. They have since moved to a subscription model, which may prove too expensive for us in the future.
Make sure you are made aware of the annual subscription cost when purchasing.
View full review »We have not calculated the ROI of the software. Only the benefits in redundancy and scalability were important for us.
The licensing is very easy to understand/calculate since the new license model. You just have to license the storage and additional features.
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sleisse
Senior Manager at Leisse & Soehne GmbH
The product was installed by our IT partner in one day, so the installation cost is OK.
Pricing and licensing was also fair.
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Michael Ollesch
IT System Administrator at Molkerei Ammerland eG
A very good price-performance ratio. The license model is very successful.
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Damon
System Engineering at Patriot LLC
I would recommend sending administrators through DataCore's DCIE training/certification. DataCore has many options from hyper-converged solution, to even providing their own storage appliances if that's what you are looking for.
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Sigfrid CECILLON
IT Service Manager at EKIUM
Pricing has improved but it is still expensive. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.
View full review »For installation and upgrades, work with a good IT partner with a DCIE.
View full review »The pricing and licensing are better with DataCore.
View full review »The cost is at the same level as other storage solutions and it is easy to understand the licensing.
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Maxence VIODET
Technicien SIC at SDIS 58 - Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours
Check what really needs fast storage and migrate it to DataCore and let low access data be on other storages.
Check what's out there.
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JefeDeIna6eb
Jefe de Infraestructura Tecnológica at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
In my case, the licensing per terabytes is very high and it must be licensed for each extra functionality.
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DataCore SANsymphony
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about DataCore SANsymphony. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.