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."You can turn your local disk storage into high-availability iSCSI storage."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"The backup is readily available for use, and the restoration process is easy."
"Their support goes above and beyond with the integration of their software."
"The support has been amazing and quick to reply."
"Support keeps track of alerts of the system and verifies with us if we need help to fix any issues. They have great and quick technical support."
"The primary purpose of this software is to create a virtual SAN between local storage on Hyper-V hosts. I find this feature most valuable since it accomplishes this quite well."
"It also provides a seamless and efficient solution for personal storage requirements, showcasing the versatility and scalability of my Virtual SAN configuration."
"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."
"DataCore's ability to seamlessly move virtual volume data between storage pools as well as their synchronous mirroring has made maintenance and disaster recovery planning achievable."
"An advantage of SANsymphony is its ease of use, especially when installing or upgrading the system."
"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."
"I am very happy with this product's ability to adapt, increase, and modify existing infrastructures."
"Our central storage has very high availability. DataCore SANsymphony ensures high business continuity."
"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)."
"I found the solution to be very stable."
"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."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is scalable"
"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."
"We find the initial implementation process simple and straightforward."
"No concerns regarding the footprint in the data center."
"It is easy to install."
"We don't really have any issues with this product."
"I would say that the documentation is mostly great, however, some features could be expanded upon a bit."
"Currently, the StarWind management console is a bit clunky to navigate and isn't the most user-intuitive interface."
"A better overall view of the different deployments could be beneficial, although this is difficult due to how flexible the solution is."
"Improvements in documentation and support resources could enhance the user experience."
"It would help us if the vendor continues to release software updates for earlier versions of the Windows operating systems."
"We would like the documentation to be more complete. Most items are covered, but if you don't know something, you may need to contact their support."
"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."
"For customers or technicians that don't speak and understand English, it could be great to have other languages support, all the more so given the number of countries in which SanSymphony is used."
"One limitation of this solution is that it's Windows-based, e.g. one requirement to install DataCore SANsymphony SDS is putting it on a Windows server machine. It relies on Windows and that is a limitation because there are some customers who are looking for non Windows systems."
"Its interface could be better."
"DataCore SANsymphony should integrate file servers at a good price into the solution."
"There is no way of quickly matching the exact size of a vDisk to a disk pool."
"For customers or technicians who don't speak and understand English, it would be great to have other language support, all the more so given the number of countries in which SanSymphony is used."
"I found it a little unnecessary to have to rename the configurations within the graphics console in order to have unique names."
"I'd like to see the company make the renewal of the software cheaper."
"Upgrades are carried out manually."
"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload. The only workload that it's not designed to support is big data."
"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 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."
"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."
"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."
"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes must be flexible since it is complex in designing concepts. It needs to improve stability. The product should integrate with the public cloud."
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 IBM Spectrum Virtualize, 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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