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Dell Storage Resource Manager vs IBM SAN Volume Control comparison

Dell Technologies and IBM are both solutions in the Storage Management category. Dell Technologies is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.0, while IBM is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.5. Dell Technologies holds a 6.2% mindshare in SM, compared to IBM’s 6.6% mindshare. Additionally, 62% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IBM users who would recommend it.
Dell Storage Resource Manager
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62% willing to recommend
IBM SAN Volume Control
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  • 416 Views
  • 189 Comparison Views
100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive Summary
We performed a comparison between Dell Storage Resource Manager and IBM SAN Volume Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Storage Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Storage Resource Manager
Ranking in Storage Management
7th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM SAN Volume Control
Ranking in Storage Management
6th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of Dell Storage Resource Manager is 6.2%, down from 8.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SAN Volume Control is 6.6%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Kazi Amranul Houqe - PeerSpot reviewer
Great features that allow for supervision of storage, management of users and driver-related updates
It needs to be segregated if you compare the EMC storage with HP and IBM. We have to identify the reliability of the fiber channel ports. If this can be improved, it will be better for the end-user. There are issues if you manage through the sensory in the fiber channel. We want to be able to manage things like storage, hosting, details about the mount point, and how much IOP is collapsed to which host in any single console. In addition, it will help us to identify and segregate the issues blocks.
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Nagendra Nekkala. - PeerSpot reviewer
A sustainable product that has ultra-low latency and reliable security features
Initially, we had some challenges with massive amounts of customer data. We have an airport segment where the passenger data are required, and it’s huge data. We needed a system that could store bulk data with low latency and provide a good customer experience. The solution is very famous. Ultra latency provides miraculous performance and productivity. It also enables advanced virtualization for good scalability. Anyone can opt to use the product. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has many features and capabilities such as local protection and global protection."
"It is easy to control the storage."
"The partitions function well for backup storage."
"It's all about ease of use and reliability."
"The most valuable features of IBM SAN Volume Control are the copy services, performance metrics, and analysis. Additionally, they have upgraded and introduced visual volumes."
"The product has an ultra-low latency."
"The solution is easy to use, easily configurable, and easy to upgrade, manipulate, and add new storage."
"The virtualization layer has been great."
"With SVC it is very easy to manage and to use for migration, meaning that when we want to move or to keep control of the volume or update a server database, it is very easy. That's why we use it."
 

Cons

"Technical support needs improvement, as well as the engineering resources, who do the upgrades."
"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved."
"When it was deployed, it was challenging to manage."
"Technical support is inadequate."
"Patch management and upgrades must be made easier."
"IBM support can be very slow."
"They just need to put in the snap volume because now they use what is called a flash copy. This means that you have to take all the volume instead of NetApp which uses their snapshot."
"I would like to see the usage of virtualized storage boxes improved. I'd like to see this feature fixed, especially for SVC controller, and to be able to hold more storage."
"IBM SAN Volume Control could improve by better integrations with other vendor systems. IBM SAN Volume Control can store the environment and are able to integrate with Veeam, but I don't know if they can integrate as well with SVC or other vendors' systems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is mid-priced."
"There are no licensing costs for this product."
"With SAN Volume Controller, we need to license by terabyte."
"The initial price of IBM SAN Volume Control is steep."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
15%
Healthcare Company
7%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Energy/Utilities Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell Storage Resource Manager?
It is easy to control the storage.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell Storage Resource Manager?
Because of the license costs, we selected the software bundle price with the storage boxes, so most of the software costs are bundled. So, there are no defined manager prices.
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What needs improvement with Dell Storage Resource Manager?
It needs to be segregated if you compare the EMC storage with HP and IBM. We have to identify the reliability of the fiber channel ports. If this can be improved, it will be better for the end-user...
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What do you like most about IBM SAN Volume Control?
The product has an ultra-low latency.
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What is your primary use case for IBM SAN Volume Control?
Heterogenous Storage management.
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What advice do you have for others considering IBM SAN Volume Control?
Initially, we had some challenges with massive amounts of customer data. We have an airport segment where the passenger data are required, and it’s huge data. We needed a system that could store bu...
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Also Known As

Dell EMC SRM, Dell EMC ViPR SRM, ViPR SRM, EMC ControlCenter, ECC, EMC ProSphere
IBM SVC
 

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Overview

ViPR SRM is a software solution that provides multi-vendor capacity, performance, and configuration dashboards and reports for traditional and software-defined storage resources.

Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software—part of the IBM Spectrum Storage family—IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is an enterprise-class storage system that helps organizations achieve better data economics by supporting the new large scale workloads that are critical to success. SVC systems can handle the massive volumes of data from mobile and social applications and enable flexible hybrid multicloud deployments and deliver the performance and scalability needed to gain insights from the latest analytics technologies.

 

Sample Customers

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