Amazon FSx vs. IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Amazon FSx

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon FSx	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	Amazon FSx is a cloud storage service designed to make it easy and cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. It supports a range of workloads boasting reliability, security, scalability, and broad set of capabilities. As a fully managed service, it handles hardware provisioning, patching, and backups, and supports four widely-used file systems: NetApp ONTAP, OpenZFS, Windows File Server, and Lustre.	N/A
IBM Spectrum Virtualize	Score 9.9 out of 10	N/A	IBM Spectrum Virtualize supports provides data storage security and control across hybrid environments.	N/A

Pricing

Amazon FSx

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Amazon FSx	IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Amazon FSx	IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Top Pros	Pro File server Pro One database Pro File storage	Pro Block storage Pro Saves time
Top Cons	Minus No missing functionality Minus Missing functionality Minus Advanced tools	Minus User interface

Features

Amazon FSx

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon FSx 8.0 1 Ratings 5% below category average	IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Ratings
Versioning	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video files	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio files	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document collaboration	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access control	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
File search	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device sync	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon FSx 10.0 1 Ratings 15% above category average	IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Ratings
User and role management	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
File organization	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device management	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon FSx 10.0 1 Ratings 16% above category average	IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Ratings
Performance	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reliability	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Storage Reports	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Amazon FSx	IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Small Businesses	SugarSync Score 10.0 out of 10	Cyberduck Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10	Cisco UCS Manager Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10	Cisco UCS Manager Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Amazon FSx	IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Amazon FSx	IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Likelihood to Recommend	Amazon AWS - For any enterprise-grade storage, this is the best option. - EDA workloads are very strong with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and NetApp's FlexCache technologies. - Random read workloads such as OLTP are awesome on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. - File Services are the best in class on FSxN. - DR sites from ONTAP on-premises are amazing. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM Saves hours of staff time copying data from one Disk Array/Block Storage to newer system without impacting the servers that are using the SAN. We have virtualized storage like VMware/HyperVee virtualizes servers. Takes the complications out of being a SAN administrator. Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
Pros	Amazon AWS Enterprise grade unified storage in the cloud Multiprotocol access PV for EKS Data mobility Data security Integration with NetApp Cloud Manager Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM Virtualizes all your Block Storage Works on Fibre Channel or iSCSI Saves time, engineering and money for overtime of just watching data copy Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
Cons	Amazon AWS Data Protection from AWS console Advance Matrix FlexGroups creating as part of AWS console Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM Costly but worth every dime in staff hours saved Each generation has its limits on Fibre Channel speed it supports and one must upgrade the nodes to get to higher speeds User Interface is now light speed ahead of where it started. Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Amazon AWS I have not worked with other reliable and powerful platform that is as reliable as this product. This platform has given us room to concentrate on more productive activities leaving our data under a safe system. It automates file transfer and saves time in uploading documents across all team members. It interlinks all our applications systems to enhance teamwork and increase production. Incentivized Judith Perez Brand Manager Read full review	IBM IBM Spectrum Protect Virtualize beats ALL competition hands down, and one does not need to deal with the complications that are put into some of the Disk Array/ block Storage systems. Excellent Storage management and can see performance of your SAN that goes thru it easily. Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Amazon AWS It improved our TCO by optimizing storage costs between SSDs and S3 It speeded our TTM with speedy deployment and orchestration It removed needed expertise from our engineers Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM Positive ROI and saves labor costs of engineers Fast to implement Worth the cost !! Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
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