IBM Spectrum Scale vs Veritas Access comparison

IBM and Veritas are both solutions in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category. IBM is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.5, while Veritas is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.0. IBM holds a 5.0% mindshare in SDS, compared to Veritas’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Veritas users who would recommend it.

IBM Spectrum Scale

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100% willing to recommend

Veritas Access

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100% willing to recommend

IBM Spectrum Scale

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Scale and Veritas Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM Spectrum Scale vs. Veritas Access Report (Updated: October 2024).

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IBM Spectrum Scale vs. Veritas Access

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Scale

Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)

6th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Software Defined Storage (3rd)

Veritas Access

Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)

15th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Scale is 5.0%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Access is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

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Janith Ranasinghe

Senior Manager - IT at LankaClear

Nov 14, 2022

A stable solution with valuable profile-sharing features

The profile share is a valuable feature. We only use the parallel file system at my company I rate this solution a nine out of ten. I believe there is no graphic user interface, so they should include it. We have been using this solution since 2014, and it is deployed on-premises. It is stable…

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Jayson Martin

Head IT Data Storage at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Feb 13, 2024

Provides seamless integration within the existing infrastructure and has an easy deployment process

We leverage Veritas Access for efficient management of our extensive unstructured data. Its cost-effectiveness, notably providing the lowest cost per terabyte, has influenced our decision to use it for extended data retention periods. We aim to minimize yearly expenditure on capacity while ensuring high-performance levels. Despite focusing on long-term retention, it enables direct and efficient data recovery from the client, ensuring that accessibility is maintained. The most essential feature of Veritas Access for our storage needs is its support for both block and object storage. The data tiering capability of Veritas Access has had a positive impact on our storage efficiency by preventing unnecessary expenditures on capacity, especially in terms of backup operations. It provides seamless integration within the existing infrastructure. It helps us meet compliance and data retention requirements, particularly from an insurer's perspective. I rate the product a nine 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

"We are using it for monitoring all of our storage."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to share files across different platforms."

"The profile share is a valuable feature."

"We can have multiple systems within the same file system."

"Its great servicing high availability. That is what it is used for."

"It has been pretty reliable throughout the years. As far as capacity is concerned, it can handle most heavy loads."

"The high performance of the solution is its most valuable aspect. If you compare it to other storage solutions, it's much better."

"Allows us to share files across multiple environments."

More IBM Spectrum Scale pros

"It has a huge deduplication ratio for backups of long-term archives."

"The product deployment is easy."

"Veritas Access is user-friendly and the NAS and SAN volumes are valuable."

Cons

"We do have some issues where Spectrum Scale does not work as expected. We have seen our Spectrum Scale servers go down unexpectedly, but because we have a cluster, it does not take out the entire organization."

"The biggest problem is that it is not able to provide block storage."

"I believe there is no graphic user interface, so they should include it."

"The main issue that we have now is with the encryption. They want to use more metrics in encryption, which is not working very well."

"Maybe it needs integration with HA."

"Integration with other vendors is not available."

"This is probably the biggest challenge, getting everything upgraded, because it just takes time. We wish it was a faster solution to be able to do everything at once, but you have do each node individually. The more nodes, the longer it takes."

"Making it a little easier to add bad file sets would help. There is a transition to how you add storage and how you add a file set, so making that a little smoother would probably be my recommendation."

More IBM Spectrum Scale cons

"I would like to see Veritas Access included as an S3 target."

"The downtime of Veritas Access could be improved."

"They could improve additional fees for the platform's data capacity. It could be more cost-effective."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is costly but reliable."

"The licensing model is complex and depends on factors such as the number of processing cores and the amount of storage."

"The licensing is based on the number of terabytes."

"This product is not cheap. The only extra cost is the licensing."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Government

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Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Scale?

It is a scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Scale?

The solution is costly but reliable.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Scale?

The solution's pricing could be better.

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What do you like most about Veritas Access?

The product deployment is easy.

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What needs improvement with Veritas Access?

They could improve additional fees for the platform's data capacity. It could be more cost-effective.

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What is your primary use case for Veritas Access?

We use the product for long-term data retention.

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Overview

IBM Spectrum Scale is a cluster file system that provides concurrent access to a single file system or set of file systems from multiple nodes. The nodes can be SAN attached, network attached, a mixture of SAN attached and network attached, or in a shared nothing cluster configuration. This enables access to this common set of data to support a scale-out solution or to provide a high availability platform. IBM Spectrum Scale has many features beyond common data access including data replication, policy based storage management, and multi-site operations. You can create a cluster of AIX nodes, Linux nodes, Windows server nodes, or a mix of all three. IBM Spectrum Scale can run on virtualized instances providing common data access in environments, leverage logical partitioning, or other hypervisors. Multiple IBM Spectrum Scale clusters can share data within a location or across wide area network (WAN) connections.

Veritas Access is a software-defined, scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) solution for unstructured data that uses intelligent policies to optimize data placement on-premise or on public clouds. Access provides resiliency, multi-protocol access and automated data movement to realize application performance, cost-effectiveness and scalability gains.

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IBM Spectrum Scale vs. Veritas Access

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