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IBM Spectrum Virtualize

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Score 10.0 out of 10
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IBM Spectrum Virtualize supports provides data storage security and control across hybrid environments.N/A
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IBM Spectrum Virtualize
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Jesus Mora Luna | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jesus Mora Luna
System Administrator
Chose IBM Spectrum Virtualize
IBM Spectrum Virtualize is better in my opinion because of its ease of installation, implementation and above all its administration of the services and resources it has to provision storage, the connection of the hosts is simpler and the allocation of resources is also …
ML
Mark Lewandowski
Sr Network and Systems Engineer
Chose IBM Spectrum Virtualize
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.
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User Ratings
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
ML
Mark Lewandowski
Sr Network and Systems Engineer
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Pros
IBM
  • Provision drives over fiber and/or iSCSI connections
  • Perform volume replications between 2 storages efficiently
  • The ability to virtualize other storage and make it easy to provision
Jesus Mora Luna | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jesus Mora Luna
System Administrator
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Cons
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.
ML
Mark Lewandowski
Sr Network and Systems Engineer
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Usability
IBM
The equipment is easy to configure, implement and manage, it does not require investing a lot of time to manage them since they are very reliable and secure.The equipment is easy to configure, implement and manage, and does not require a lot of time to manage it as it is very reliable and secure.Its components are not easily damaged and any alert that occurs can be quickly corrected without interrupting services.
Jesus Mora Luna | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jesus Mora Luna
System Administrator
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Alternatives Considered
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.
ML
Mark Lewandowski
Sr Network and Systems Engineer
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Positively, it has generated good initial sales for us and with proper management, the growth of application operations generates more services to manage.
  • Positively, the growth of the operation has also helped the team to update its capabilities in order to grow.
  • The only possible disadvantage is that since the equipment is very reliable and durable, technological change is not easy to make. Clients prefer to grow the equipment while they can rather than make a complete change, but even so, the time comes when all this produces more services.
Jesus Mora Luna | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jesus Mora Luna
System Administrator
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