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    IBM Spectrum Accelerate

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Spectrum Accelerate is an enterprise software defined block storage solution.N/A

    StorPool

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AStorPool 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
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    IBM Spectrum AccelerateStorPool
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    IBM Spectrum AccelerateStorPool
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    StarWind Virtual SAN
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Block Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    StarWind Virtual SAN
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Cloud Block Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Storage Scale
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Spectrum AccelerateStorPool
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    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Spectrum AccelerateStorPool
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    I recommend this product in cases when we have to Deploy scale-out storage grids in automated environments; it can be done in minutes rather than days. Another exciting point is the quality of service that it allows for establishing different performance tiers without a need for physical tiering. A point against, from my point of view, is connectivity because it only provides a connection by iscsi.
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    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.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IBM Spectrum Accelerate enables rapid deployment of high-performance and scalable blocks.
    • Data storage infrastructure over commodity hardware, either on-premises or off-premises.
    • The IBM Spectrum Accelerate solution that is described in this document provides a total of.
    • 184 TB of usable capacity.
    • This technical publication describes a Spectrum Accelerate implementation with Lenovo
    • 3650M5 server hardware.
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    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.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • not easy to manage
    • interface is not user-friendly
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    StorPool
    • Graphical interface is for monitoring and stats, but not for operations.
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    IBM
    The most important feature is the robustness; it is always online, apart from allowing us to unify our file and database storage.
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    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.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • According to conventional wisdom, an annual ROI of approximately 7% or greater is considered a good ROI for an investment in stocks.
    • Return on Investment (ROI) is a popular profitability metric used to evaluate how well an investment has performed.
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    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.
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