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DataCore SANsymphony vs StorMagic SvSAN comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
DataCore SANsymphony ensures high availability, cost-effectiveness, licensing flexibility, enhanced security, and performance, despite challenges in quantifying exact returns.
Sentiment score
8.3
StorMagic SvSAN helps companies save significantly by reducing server requirements and lowering hardware, maintenance, and licensing costs.
In the long run, StorMagic SvSAN has been cost-effective.
StorMagic SvSAN has delivered great benefits in overall cost-efficiency since it is an integral part of our complete solutions for clients.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.1
DataCore SANsymphony's customer support is highly rated for responsiveness, expertise, and efficiency, providing industry-leading technical assistance.
Sentiment score
8.7
StorMagic SvSAN offers exceptional 24/7 customer support, praised for rapid response, knowledgeable consultants, and efficient problem resolution.
They respond rapidly to support requests and provide assistance beyond their scope.
StorMagic offers exemplary customer and technical support, ensuring excellent service and timely assistance that enhances my clients' experience.
I rate them at a nine out of ten due to their prompt responses and effective solutions to our issues.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
DataCore SANsymphony offers seamless scalability and flexibility, enabling effortless storage expansion and performance upgrades without disruptions.
Sentiment score
7.2
StorMagic SvSAN is highly scalable in edge environments, but additional nodes can increase costs due to licensing fees.
I have suggested improvements, such as supporting more nodes beyond the current limit, to enhance resource distribution and performance.
StorMagic SvSAN is easy to scale.
Scaling CPU and servers can be costly due to increased licensing fees beyond two nodes.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
DataCore SANsymphony is highly reliable and stable, with minimal downtime, improved by updates and Microsoft server enhancements.
Sentiment score
8.8
StorMagic SvSAN is highly stable, resource-efficient, with effective redundancy, earning user praise for reliability even during power outages.
StorMagic SvSAN has demonstrated flawless stability over the past six years, with no reported downtime, bugs, or glitches.
I've observed that any issues tied to downtime are often related to hardware rather than StorMagic SvSAN itself.
So far, we have not experienced any downtime since using StorMagic SvSAN, and I expect this stability to continue in the future.
 

Room For Improvement

DataCore SANsymphony users seek improved support, pricing, interface, integration, connectivity, reporting, analytics, updates, and licensing flexibility.
StorMagic SvSAN needs licensing, UI, security, features, monitoring integration, and scalability improvements for enhanced user experience.
Ideally, the console should provide plugins or similar configuration options for seamless integration with these tools.
Unauthorized access to the SvSAN server could cause significant damage.
It would be beneficial to have a central place for configurations, similar to VMware vCenter.
 

Setup Cost

DataCore SANsymphony's pricing is mixed, balancing cost-effective licensing with expenses and requiring careful cost optimization and certified integrator collaboration.
StorMagic SvSAN provides cost-effective storage with pricing based on capacity, offering substantial savings and flexibility compared to competitors.
Choosing the maximum capacity proved cost-effective, especially compared to alternatives like VMware vSAN, which would have been significantly more expensive based on VCP cores.
I would rate the cost a one out of ten with ten being the most costly.
Its straightforward licensing model, based on storage capacity instead of CPU or VM count, simplifies cost management for both myself and my customers.
 

Valuable Features

DataCore SANsymphony offers high availability, seamless data migration, and efficient performance with robust compatibility and scalable capabilities.
StorMagic SvSAN offers high availability, simplicity, compatibility, and cost-effectiveness, supporting 1,000 clusters with zero latency for budget-conscious enterprises.
I am able to bring fully functional virtual infrastructure in a matter of two hours with StorMagic SvSAN, compared to other technologies that are very complex.
StorMagic SvSAN's most valuable feature is its simplicity, requiring only 30 minutes to install, configure, and deploy.
StorMagic engineers were very helpful in setting up the system, remoting into our system to assist, which was very beneficial.
 

Categories and Ranking

DataCore SANsymphony
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
5th
Ranking in HCI
7th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Storage Software (2nd), Storage Performance (1st)
StorMagic SvSAN
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
6th
Ranking in HCI
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of DataCore SANsymphony is 7.5%, up from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StorMagic SvSAN is 7.5%, up from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Defined Storage (SDS)
 

Featured Reviews

TempreviewerD - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust with good replication and access protection
The solution is constantly evolving. Recently, deduplication and compression have been further improved to meet customer needs, and updates are easily implemented without stopping production. The update assistant checks the state of health before using good practices, during checks that the data is still presented for service continuity, and afterward, if the actions carried out are indeed active. Technical support is truly available even without a production incident. This is really essential right now.
Georgi Petrov - PeerSpot reviewer
Allowed us to achieve unification and standardization across our sites, making it easy to install and maintain
What we like the most is how easy it is to implement. I am able to bring fully functional virtual infrastructure in a matter of two hours with StorMagic SvSAN, compared to other technologies that are very complex. StorMagic SvSAN does not have hardware-specific requirements and is hypervisor agnostic, which makes it easier compared to competitors like HPE SimpliVity that are limited to specific hardware. This solution has allowed us to achieve unification and standardization across our sites, making it easy to install and maintain.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Healthcare Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Retailer
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DataCore SANsymphony SDS?
I rate the pricing of this solution as an eight. It is relatively expensive, and the additional costs for hardware and storage can make it a significant investment for customers.
What do you like most about DataCore SANsymphony?
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).
What needs improvement with DataCore SANsymphony?
One area where the solution could improve is its software platform. Many customers have expressed dissatisfaction with the software running on Microsoft Windows. Although an attempt was made to dev...
What do you like most about StorMagic SvSAN?
It helps us prevent any data loss while working with the failover clusters.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StorMagic SvSAN?
StorMagic SvSAN is very cost-efficient. The pricing model, based on the usable storage capacity, is simple and predictable. You know exactly how much each storage tier costs, and upgrading is strai...
What needs improvement with StorMagic SvSAN?
One area for improvement would be to enhance the Edge Control capabilities. Currently, it shows the VSA and hypervisors but doesn't offer much in terms of VSA configuration management. It would be ...
 

Also Known As

DataCore Virtual SAN
StorMagic
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Volkswagen , Maimonides Medical Center, NASA, Thorntons, Inc., TUI, ISCO Industries, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, United Financial Credit Union, Derby Supply Chain Solutions, Mission Community Hospital, Bellarmine College Preparatory, Colby-Sawyer College, Mount Sinai Health System, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Quorn Foods, Bitburger, University of Birmingham, Stadtverwaltung Heidelberg, NetEnt to name a few.
Sheetz Inc., Giant Eagle, RWE Renewables, Keiser Corp., TDK, Oxford University, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Rommelsbacher, Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort, Eugen Forschner GmbH
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