FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL) vs. StorPool

FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL)

1 Reviews and Ratings

StorPool

6 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
FalconStor StorSafe	Score8 out of 10	N/A	StorSafe is the latest release of FalconStor's, headquartered in Austin, VTL product. It is a 100% software product that runs on industry-standard servers, or in any cloud as a VM, to provide a next-generation virtual tape library that FalconStor presents as scalable, state-of-the-art, and 100% compatible with existing enterprise backup software. StorSafe aims to eliminate tapes and manual processes completely in favor of cloud object storage for offsite protection of backup sets, if desired.	N/A
StorPool	Score8 out of 10	N/A	StorPool is a block-storage software that uses standard hardware and builds a storage system out of this hardware. It is installed on the servers and creates a shared storage pool from their local drives in these servers. Compared to traditional SANs, all-flash arrays, or other storage software StorPool is faster, more reliable and scalable.	N/A

Pricing

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Pricing Offerings
FalconStor StorSafe	StorPool
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
	FalconStor StorSafe	StorPool
Small Businesses	StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10	StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10	StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM Storage Scale Score9.1 out of 10	IBM Storage Scale Score9.1 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	FalconStor StorSafe	StorPool
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (5 ratings)

User Testimonials
	FalconStor StorSafe	StorPool
Likelihood to Recommend	FalconStor Software No answers on this topic	StorPool Storpool performs well on block level (and that is what we use it for). It is not yet supporting a kind of distributed filesystem or object storage - a filesystem layer needs to be built on top of it. Michael Kutzner CEO Read full review
Pros	FalconStor Software No answers on this topic	StorPool Distributed Storage array with very high throughput in terms of reading & write operations. Horizontal scaling without much complexity of management. Easily integrate with OpenStack cloud. Doesn't depend on proprietary hardware, integrates with commodity hardware. SUMAN MUKHOPADHYAY AVP - Senior Director Read full review
Cons	FalconStor Software No answers on this topic	StorPool Graphical interface is for monitoring and stats, but not for operations. Martin Vasev Director of Support and DEVOPS (CTO) Read full review
Alternatives Considered	FalconStor Software No answers on this topic	StorPool We made a very careful selection of our storage vendor and solution. After researching the newest technologies, our team decided to deploy a software-defined storage solution from StorPool. Paul Davies Director Read full review
Return on Investment	FalconStor Software No answers on this topic	StorPool We have not calculated precise ROI. We focused on getting the best solution at a reasonable price, based on market research. Initially, we didn’t need a lot of capacity, so we invested in servers and network, which could handle several times more capacity, but bought smaller drives to keep the investment low. We achieved a starting price of $3.2/GB usable and $1.4/GB logical. Later we expanded the capacity by adding more drives to the system. Currently, the system has a price of approximately $2.3/GB usable and $0.99/GB logical and a price of $0.09/IOPS. Verified User Read full review
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