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Dell Storage Resource Manager vs IBM Spectrum Control comparison

Dell Technologies and IBM are both solutions in the Storage Management category. Dell Technologies is ranked #9, while IBM is ranked #6 with an average rating of 6.0. Dell Technologies holds a 7.2% mindshare in SM, compared to IBM’s 9.1% mindshare. Additionally, 62% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of IBM users who would recommend it.
Dell Storage Resource Manager
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62% willing to recommend
IBM Spectrum Control
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87% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Dell Storage Resource Manager and IBM Spectrum Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Storage Resource Manager
Ranking in Storage Management
9th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Spectrum Control
Ranking in Storage Management
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of Dell Storage Resource Manager is 7.2%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Spectrum Control is 9.1%, up from 7.8% 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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Aamir Jameel - PeerSpot reviewer
Scalable but not user-friendly
Spectrum Control could be more user-friendly. IBM also needs to provide proper training to handle Spectrum Control because it's a complicated solution I've been using Spectrum Control for almost three years. Spectrum Control's stability is fine.  Spectrum Control's scalability is fine - we can…
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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

"The partitions function well for backup storage."
"It is easy to control the storage."
"It has many features and capabilities such as local protection and global protection."
"It's all about ease of use and reliability."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use. The ability to get into a storage device and look at whatever you are trying to look at as far as performance, then obtain the reports that you need to do your analytical work."
"The benefits would be mostly the ability to diagnose a problem."
"Spectrum Control is highly secure and competitively priced."
"The granularity of this solution has been most useful. Customers can click on a single item and get the information only for the single item they choose."
"The installation was very easy. You just install an agent on a server, and you give that agent access to your storage device, then it just collects the data. It took five minutes to set up."
"Technical support is quite responsive and helpful."
"Spectrum Control's scalability is fine - we can extend it for the backup requirement."
"The product keeps historical data for a very long time."
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Cons

"Technical support is inadequate."
"Technical support needs improvement, as well as the engineering resources, who do the upgrades."
"When it was deployed, it was challenging to manage."
"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved."
"The pain points were, and may still continue to be, the fact that there are multiple components of the product which are installed, you might say, somewhat individually."
"If we were to add VM level performance being able to monitor VMs on a VM level, then that would be good."
"The solution must support multi-vendor storage."
"Spectrum Control could be more user-friendly."
"The initial setup for IBM Spectrum Control is a bit complicated. They should also make it easier to integrate and use the Cosmos Analytics tool, which is very complicated."
"I would like to see is more information regarding the copy groups (the replication)."
"The database could be improved so that the complexity of installation could be easier. We would also like to have more granularity in the profiles and products for users. We would like to link the users to the tool to managers or auditors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is mid-priced."
"There are no licensing costs for this product."
"We were already licensing Spectrum Control. This was one reasons why we went to Control rather than using the other product."
"It is pay for the amount of storage that you are monitoring. The more that we use the tool and like the tool, we may want to extend it to other storage platforms. This is just a matter of cost."
"The solution is reasonably priced."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Healthcare Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
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What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Control?
The product keeps historical data for a very long time.
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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Control?
The solution must support multi-vendor storage.
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What is your primary use case for IBM Spectrum Control?
The solution can be used for monitoring storage.
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Also Known As

Dell EMC SRM, Dell EMC ViPR SRM, ViPR SRM, EMC ControlCenter, ECC, EMC ProSphere
Spectrum Control
 

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.

Dell Technologies

IBM Spectrum Control is a comprehensive solution that can significantly improve monitoring, automation and analytics capabilities in multi-vendor storage environments. IBM Spectrum Control helps manage storage systems, software-defined storage, storage-area network (SAN) fabrics and devices. Storage can be seen from multiple perspectives, including departmental, application and server views. IBM Spectrum Control helps simplify provisioning, tier optimization, performance management and data replication processes.

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