We performed a comparison between DataCore SANsymphony and Dell PowerFlex 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."Besides being 80% cheaper than the other alternatives, the simplicity makes reconfiguration and support much easier."
"The control panel is nice. It gives you a lot of good feedback as to the status and health of the VSAN."
"It enables us to provide more solution options for our clients, with the reassurance that, when implemented, they will be efficient and stable."
"The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"It allows you to use ANY consumer or enterprise HDDs and SSDs, and that's a really great thing!"
"The installation of StarWind Virtual SAN was pretty easy, and the configuration was done in no time."
"The management interface on the software is very simple. It is insanely simple compared to most SANs. The interface is also powerful when used to complete tasks that an IT administrator needs to complete."
"VSAN works great; it's very easy to install, configure, and manage."
"The documentation repository is really useful and kept updated."
"The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are a lot of counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like when a backup is in progress)."
"CDP is an important feature for avoiding data loss in the event of ransomware attacks. You need more storage capacity, however, you get the possibility to return at any time and use the data saved up to that point. The recovery is much faster than with a classic restore."
"I'd have to say that the biggest improvement gained by using SANsymphony has to be the performance of the product."
"SANsymphony is flexible, with many potential options for implementation. SANsymphony's can be used with VMware, Hyper-V, or even with a hypervisor agnostic approach. It can also be used for strictly physical non-virtualized solutions."
"It's a software storage solution that can scale as we like. There is also has a parallel feature that enhances the performance of the storage solution. We can separate storage and computing, and we can scale these two parts of the platform to meet business needs efficiently."
"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."
"Our system is designed to be scalable and flexible, so it can grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of our clients."
"The catalog of APIs for automation has been most valuable, although they are quite limited."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is integration."
"We've had no issues with scaling the solution."
"The support team responds quickly."
"The support is highly responsive."
"The setup was very straightforward."
"The solution is quite stable."
"Dell PowerFlex is a one-stop-shop solution. Storage, compute, network, application monitoring, and support cases are all combined into one solution. It's very easy to administer compared to when you have a reference architecture where you need to design and build everything yourself. You would also then have to work with multiple vendors."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"I did not see any indication that StarWinds vSAN is a usable solution with non-GUI instances of Hyper-V."
"The initial setup got a little confusing at a few points with differences between the VMware version in documentation vs the latest, etc."
"It would be nice to add the ability to use raw partitions instead of file containers."
"Some of the documentation seems to be a bit older and refers to deprecated items."
"I wish the sync after a failure, such as hardware failure or power-related issues, for example, was faster."
"I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards in future versions."
"The software could benefit from more tooling to help with initial deployment."
"We are waiting for container support (on the roadmap), as well as a user-friendly full web-administration capability, and an improved API."
"NVMeoF should be implemented. This protocol will play a major role in storage infrastructure in the future."
"The solution could be better packaged and marketed."
"I think the performance reporting can be improved by adding historical statistics into a database for the purpose of comparing."
"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."
"DataCore SANsymphony should integrate file servers at a good price into the solution."
"Unified storage (all block, objects, and files) should be in a single storage pool with unified storage concepts, hence providing the user with whatever they want."
"Datacore is developing a new WebUI with new dashboards. It is a good idea as the classic GUI is lacking dashboards."
"Including instrumentation would be a helpful improvement."
"The installation is complex."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly interface."
"They should provide continuous support for data migration."
"The solution needs to offer more documentation and educational materials."
"The storage capability must be improved."
"Exporting data from the dashboard is not very user-friendly. It's just designed in a way that it's going to cover let's say 90%, 80%, of the end-users needs. If you need more sophisticated reporting it's not easy to have."
"The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem."
DataCore SANsymphony is ranked 7th in HCI with 54 reviews while Dell PowerFlex is ranked 8th in HCI with 19 reviews. DataCore SANsymphony is rated 9.2, while Dell PowerFlex is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DataCore SANsymphony writes "Robust with good replication and access protection ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerFlex writes "Infrastructure management solution that offers rapid provisioning of computer storage but the APIs and enablers for custom automation could be improved". DataCore SANsymphony is most compared with VMware vSAN, HPE SimpliVity, Red Hat Ceph Storage, StorMagic SvSAN and VxRail, whereas Dell PowerFlex is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and HPE SimpliVity. See our DataCore SANsymphony vs. Dell PowerFlex report.
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