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DataCore SANsymphony pros and cons

Vendor: DataCore
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PROS

DataCore SANsymphony offers high scalability and flexibility, accommodating the evolving needs of businesses efficiently.
It enhances business continuity by ensuring high availability and robust fault tolerance.
Features like synchronous mirroring and automatic tiering provide both cost efficiency and high performance.
The software supports high-performance capabilities, notably through its use of RAM caches to expedite data read/write processes.
Continuous data protection is highlighted as a key feature, enabling effective defense against ransomware by allowing precise recovery options.

CONS

The connectivity from the iSCSI initiator host could be improved during maintenance reboots.
It would be ideal if DataCore SANsymphony provided archive licensing with the ability to create a second pool on existing storage nodes.
The cost has become prohibitive since they moved to a subscription model.
There is no way to quickly match the exact size of a vDisk to a disk pool.
DataCore SANsymphony could improve by integrating cloud gateway functionality without the need for middleware.
 

DataCore SANsymphony Pros review quotes

DD
Aug 3, 2021
The ability to pool the storage to leverage thin-provisioning is a huge saving in space and costs.
Christian Baldauf - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 20, 2023
CDP is an important feature for avoiding data loss in the event of ransomware attacks. You need more storage capacity, however, you get the possibility to return at any time and use the data saved up to that point. The recovery is much faster than with a classic restore.
Malte Lübkemann - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 17, 2024
An advantage of SANsymphony is its ease of use, especially when installing or upgrading the system.
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Christian Baldauf - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 12, 2024
The synchronous mirror allows us to operate a fully redundant storage solution that is distributed across two sites.
DF
Jan 12, 2024
Auto-tiering to obtain performance at a lower cost without the customer having to purchase ultra-fast storage is great.
Raphaël Julmy - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 21, 2023
The documentation repository is really useful and kept updated.
Fernando Villamil - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 4, 2022
Active-active is the most valuable aspect for us.
reviewer1799106 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 4, 2022
The DataCore system has been rock solid since we have been using it - from 2007 on.
JG
Oct 9, 2023
Storage is always available.
CP
Nov 5, 2022
I found the solution to be very stable.
 

DataCore SANsymphony Cons review quotes

DD
Aug 3, 2021
Having an enterprise "Storage Dashboard" that can show capacity, usage, performance, and any issues would be very beneficial.
Christian Baldauf - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 20, 2023
NVMeoF should be implemented. This protocol will play a major role in storage infrastructure in the future.
Malte Lübkemann - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 17, 2024
I still see room for improvement with DataCore SANsymphony in the area of alarm and task management.
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Christian Baldauf - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 12, 2024
Management could be improved. The management console sometimes reacts very slowly.
DF
Jan 12, 2024
I would like to see SMPA (Shared Multi-Port Array) technology developed with the aim of allowing a configuration identical to other storage arrays.
Raphaël Julmy - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 21, 2023
The cloud reporting interface is quite poor compared to other vendors.
Fernando Villamil - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 4, 2022
Right now, the version used is run on Microsoft Windows Server. Having a Linux version or even an appliance would be better as it would eliminate the use of additional licensing for another piece of hardware.
reviewer1799106 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 4, 2022
It would be ideal if they were providing archive licensing with the ability to create a second pool on existing storage nodes.
JG
Oct 9, 2023
The graphical interface is not always very stable.
CP
Nov 5, 2022
We'd like to manage the raid on the disk directly in SanSymphony.