Dell XC Appliance and StarWind Virtual Tape Library are competitors in the storage and data management domain. StarWind Virtual Tape Library is preferred for its superior functionality and data protection features.
Features: Dell XC Appliance offers hyper-converged infrastructure, seamless integration with existing systems, and features like data deduplication, compression, and support for diverse workloads. StarWind Virtual Tape Library excels in data backup and recovery efficiency, automated storage management, and compatibility with diverse cloud storage services.
Room for Improvement:Dell XC Appliance could improve in reducing hardware costs, enhancing user interface intuitiveness, and expanding support for additional cloud services. StarWind Virtual Tape Library may benefit from simplifying deployment processes, reducing initial cost, and providing more extensive integration options with non-standard cloud providers.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell XC Appliance is known for straightforward deployment with consistent support in varied IT environments. StarWind Virtual Tape Library offers detailed deployment strategies tailored to backup infrastructure, supported by specialist customer service focusing on data protection workflows.
Pricing and ROI: Dell XC Appliance provides competitive setup costs with attractive ROI through integrated solutions reducing operational expenses. StarWind Virtual Tape Library, while having a higher initial investment, ensures compelling ROI with enhanced security and savings from reduced data loss risks.
XC Series hyper-converged appliances integrate Dell EMC 14th generation PowerEdge servers with Nutanix software to offer one of the industry’s most versatile and scalable hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platforms. By supporting a choice of hypervisors, XC Series appliances can be deployed quickly for all virtualized workloads to reduce management complexity and total cost of ownership.
For SMB and Enterprises, who either look to get rid of backup tapes completely, or are willing to accelerate backup process and add an extra level of protection, our solution is StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL). It is an appliance that eliminates the need in physical tape and “pretends” to be a supported tape drive or autoloader, keeping all data on inexpensive, fast and high-capacity spinning disks.
Even with explosive data growth, StarWind VTL fits the backup into backup window by accelerating it, so the process does not overlap with production time. Optionally, it creates additional copy of backup data for better safety. It is also available in a software-only form, as part of StarWind VSAN functionality.
StarWind VTL targets those, who need to replace existing tape backup infrastructure or accelerate it if regulatory requirements prohibit replacement. In case the goal is just virtualizing tape backup or creating a stretched backup infrastructure, StarWind Tape Redirector will come in handy.
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