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 useful feature of SANsymphony is that it's able to manage any brand of block 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."
"It allows data to be available from two DataCore servers."
"Oracle OLTP benchmark to test how it improves the performance while using flash drive NVMe."
"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)."
"The use of the RAM cache allows you to speed up the writing and reading of data while also allowing for a possible increase in performance by increasing the RAM on the servers."
"Good security with this solution."
"I have found the graphical user interface to be the most useful thing about Virtual SAN."
"The license price is one of the cheapest in the market."
"The most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster."
"The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."
"The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup."
"The product creates opportunities with hybrid on-premise solutions."
"It's quite easy to install."
"Right now, the version used is run on Microsoft Windows Server. Having a Linux version or even an appliance would be better as it would eliminate the use of additional licensing for another piece of hardware."
"Its interface could be better."
"We'd like to manage the raid on the disk directly in SanSymphony."
"The solution could be better packaged and marketed."
"The cost is becoming prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model."
"I would like to see SMPA (Shared Multi-Port Array) technology developed with the aim of allowing a configuration identical to other storage arrays."
"I would like to see reporting added, such as a monthly connectivity report."
"DataCore should integrate its own file server into SANsymphony."
"Android app for monitoring and receiving push notifications as alarms or monitoring I/O from any mobile device could be a good feature and nice to have as we are not always on our desk."
"The documentation could be better."
"StarWind Virtual SAN could benefit from better integration with other tools and technologies, such as backup and disaster recovery solutions."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"It would be nice if we could designate pools, or tiers, for storage of different speeds, and then assign rules to new VMs that would automatically place them into the proper pool."
"StarWind Command Center's single-pane management solution only works with Hyper-V."
"Updates seem to be non-existent."
"It would be helpful to have a little more insight into what kind of performance the VSAN cluster is utilizing; something that would be more proactive on our side, versus their ProActive Support."
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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