We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and StarWind Virtual SAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature for us is that we can adjust the size of the storage very easily, without stopping production."
"Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."
"Auto-tiering to obtain performance at a lower cost without the customer having to purchase ultra-fast storage is great."
"Continuous data protection (CDP), can be used to "protect" again ransomware by recording all write on disk in a log. You can recover your data with incredible time granularity."
"The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are many counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress)."
"It is a stable solution."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The documentation repository is really useful and kept updated."
"Starwind made it easy to deploy fully redundant, highly available storage at a low cost."
"Virtualizing data infrastructure with StarWind Virtual SAN improves efficiency and reduces operational costs."
"The StarWind VSAN is always up and allows us to move VMS to other nodes for maintenance, without interruption to service."
"One of the standout features of StarWind.com is its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with Dell systems. This integration provides users with an unmatched level of convenience and compatibility, allowing for streamlined operations within a Dell environment. This compatibility factor alone can save significant time and effort for IT professionals, ensuring a smooth integration process and optimized performance."
"The features that I found most valuable are ease of use of the software that StarWind offers - with the first setup being a bit painful."
"The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup."
"The ease of reaching the support team and their promptness for support is great."
"StarWind SANs come with outstanding support."
"The cloud reporting interface is quite poor compared to other vendors."
"We are waiting for container support (on the roadmap), as well as a user-friendly full web-administration capability, and an improved API."
"DataCore should integrate its own file server into SANsymphony."
"There is room for improvement in the graphical interface."
"If it could integrate to a cloud gateway, then we could carry it directly to storage, instead of having middleware in between the storage and the cloud."
"Datacore is developing a new WebUI with new dashboards. It is a good idea as the classic GUI is lacking dashboards."
"If you're dealing with big databases or transactional databases, it might not be the best-suited solution. The design of DataCore's solution isn't oriented towards this type of data."
"Management could be improved. The management console sometimes reacts very slowly."
"We ran into an issue with alerts."
"Proper training sessions should be included with the licensing."
"I would like to see more advanced free versions."
"The only thing that I have any difficulty with is that in order to perform upgrades, it is required that the SANs be detached from the Hosts before that can happen."
"I struggled when bit figuring out how to go about doing the evaluation."
"I would like additional documentation regarding possible networking configurations with 10GbE switching."
"Maybe in the future, the replication will be supported in more cloud providers."
"It would be great if it provided thin provisioned virtual disks."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 4th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 54 reviews while StarWind Virtual SAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 182 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while StarWind Virtual SAN is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of StarWind Virtual SAN writes "Excellent support, great performance, and good redundancy". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and VxRail, whereas StarWind Virtual SAN is most compared with VMware vSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, StorMagic SvSAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage and HPE SimpliVity. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. StarWind Virtual SAN report.
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