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IBM Spectrum Virtualize vs VxRail comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
7.8
VxRail offers seamless scalability and flexibility for diverse workloads, supporting various industries with efficient growth and integration capabilities.
 

Valuable Features

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Sentiment score
8.5
VxRail offers seamless integration, high performance, and easy management, enhancing scalability, cost-effectiveness, and efficient virtual machine management.
 

Room For Improvement

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4.8
VxRail users seek improved compatibility, streamlined installation, cost-effective licensing, enhanced automation, and better scalability, support, and integration features.
 

Stability Issues

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Sentiment score
8.5
VxRail is praised for its stability and performance, with minimal issues and positive feedback on resilience during failures.
 

Customer Service

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Sentiment score
7.9
VxRail's customer service is generally praised for responsiveness and hardware support, though experiences with technical support vary.
 

Setup Cost

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Sentiment score
5.7
VxRail offers reliable, cost-effective performance, but upfront costs vary by configuration and may challenge smaller enterprises.
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (20th)
VxRail
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
128
Ranking in other categories
HCI (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM Spectrum Virtualize and VxRail aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM Spectrum Virtualize is designed for Software Defined Storage (SDS) and holds a mindshare of 1.8%, down 2.2% compared to last year.
VxRail, on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 21.2% mindshare, up 21.3% since last year.
Software Defined Storage (SDS)
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

Nicolae Chirea - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust, stable, with good performance, and easy to implement
The primary use case with IBM Spectrum Virtualize for us is in relationship to databases I like that it can virtualize more than three hundred storage providers. I enjoy the performance, replication, and compression. I value all of the features. I would like to see three-side support. When we do…
Sushil MIshra - PeerSpot reviewer
Trouble-free architecture, we don't have to juggle multiple components like in a traditional three-tier architecture
I like the caching mechanism. Frequently used data is stored, so it definitely improves performance. VxRail's integration with VMware environments is very good. Our VxRail is built on VMware, and the integration is seamless. We haven't faced any challenges. We can migrate VMs between servers in real-time and replicate them to our DR site without any problems.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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Sample Customers

Pelephone, Sprint IT Enterprise Services
World Wide Technology Inc, Renault Sport Formula One Team, 8x8 Inc, Brownes, Canadian Pacific, Canopy, Denton, EDF, Unilin, Xerox
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