We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster."
"Recovery and maintenance are now less stressful and most importantly, it allows our users to keep working."
"I save both physical and virtual space."
"The failover protection and the ability to expand storage and nodes with no downtime are by far the best physical features we have benefited from."
"We can lose a site or even two of our three, and we would lose no data and have no outage."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"Being hardware agnostic is a must and definitely scored points for us."
"For those basic uses, it's simple to set up and manage, and it seems to do a fine job."
"It allows data to be available from two DataCore servers."
"DataCore SANsymphony's stability is okay."
"The DataCore system has been rock solid since we have been using it - from 2007 on."
"Mirroring is the most valuable feature because I can provide a high-level of service and optimize the use of obsolete storage."
"The most valuable feature of DataCore SANsymphony SDS is its high availability. This solution also exhibits good performance and has high stability."
"Our system is designed to be scalable and flexible, so it can grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of our clients."
"The most useful feature of SANsymphony is that it's able to manage any brand of block storage."
"I am very happy with this product's ability to adapt, increase, and modify existing infrastructures."
"They are heading in the right direction and moving to integrate everything with a hybrid cloud, and moving workloads back and forth."
"I have found the most important features of Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are the capacity to manage the storage because the storage is built in the servers. The type of profiles you can attribute to the storage is a benefit. You can manage the storage by profiles. Overall the solution is a good speed and performance."
"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."
"You don't have to spend much time evaluating the hardware. It can be deployed in a short time. The tool is also easy to upgrade."
"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."
"The most valuable feature is the set of user tools that are available."
"The most valuable feature of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is file sharing."
"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."
"This product would benefit from having automated alerting functionality."
"It would help if the manufacturer provided clearer and more detailed documentation, with explanations of how the application can be installed in various HA configurations."
"The documentation could be clearer in terms of explaining the installation."
"I would like to see different levels of support offered."
"The only way I can see this product needing improvement is the consultation level of the StarWind sales and engineers."
"An update caused a syncing issue and it took over a month to resolve it"
"I want to suggest that the complexity of the startup and shutdown procedure needs to be reduced."
"I would like to see options for automated notifications of any changes, including, for example, synchronization issues."
"Having an enterprise "Storage Dashboard" that can show capacity, usage, performance, and any issues would be very beneficial."
"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."
"NVMeoF should be implemented. This protocol will play a major role in storage infrastructure in the future."
"I would like to see reporting added, such as a monthly connectivity report."
"The graphical interface is not always very stable."
"The cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model."
"I would like for it to improve into a more ergonomic management console and a translation into the French language. It should have some process for a shutdown of a VM properly in case of a problem."
"I would like to see SMPA (Shared Multi-Port Array) technology developed with the aim of allowing a configuration identical to other storage arrays."
"The deployment is done by doing it one by one and could be simplified."
"The solution doesn't scale."
"There is room for improvement in the maintenance pricing. Maintenance isn't difficult, but the prices are high and ridiculous. Some customers feel it is better to go with a new solution rather than renew this one."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes' deployment is complex."
"Scalability is an area that could be improved. We are looking at a maximum of 32 nodes now in a cluster, but going to 64 or 128 would be a major advantage."
"The Dell VxRail solution is based on vSAN Ready Nodes, but the Dell VxRail is fully automated. It would be helpful if this automation feature could be added to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. For example, we need to install VMware ESXi, and manually expand the cluster."
"The solution should provide daily task alerts for data recovery maintenance, usage, and other instructions to ensure the systems are in a good status."
"The power switch on the hardware is located in a poor location where it can accidentally be pushed. In an update, they should solve this issue so people do not push it accidentally to have their service go down. A possible solution is the switch should be inside."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 7th in HCI with 54 reviews while Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is ranked 11th in HCI with 14 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes writes "Offers good performance and is easy to use". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and StorPool, whereas Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Dell PowerFlex and Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes report.
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