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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Spectrum Virtualize

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM Spectrum Virtualize supports provides data storage security and control across hybrid environments.N/A

    IntelliMagic Vision for SAN

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AIntelliMagic Vision is multi-vendor SAN performance, capacity, and configuration analytics solution that uses domain specific artificial intelligence as well as statistical analysis to accurately assess the health of your VMware, Fabric and Storage infrastructure in order to proactively identify potential risks in your infrastructure as well as quickly resolve current risks through topology embedded root cause drill downs. IntelliMagic Vision's AI-driven analytics…N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Spectrum VirtualizeIntelliMagic Vision for SAN
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Spectrum VirtualizeIntelliMagic Vision for SAN
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    IBM Spectrum VirtualizeIntelliMagic Vision for SAN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Spectrum VirtualizeIntelliMagic Vision for SAN
    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.
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    IntelliMagic, an IBM Company
    One of our SAN switches was experiencing high utilization and we were able to determine which slot and port on the switch was the problem using Intellimagic's reporting feature showing the top x utilization ports. IntelliMagic Vision for SAN reporting provided granular level data making it easy to work on the problem at hand.
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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
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    IntelliMagic, an IBM Company
    • Performance metrics for multiple vendors and equipment models
    • Stability and reliability of the system
    • Ease of report creation
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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.
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    IntelliMagic, an IBM Company
    • I have not come across any
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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.
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    IntelliMagic, an IBM Company
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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.
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    IntelliMagic, an IBM Company
    Broadcom SANnav is being used as well but it has a different scope of features
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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.
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    IntelliMagic, an IBM Company
    • Eliminated multiple reporting sources and consolidated to one
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    ScreenShots

    IntelliMagic Vision for SAN Screenshots

    Screenshot of NetApp FAS DSS Minicharts - this dashboard shows key performance metrics for NetApp FAS family storage systems. Clicking on each dashboard takes you to the larger reportScreenshot of SVC Tier Dashboard minicharts showing the key performance metrics for the SVC TierScreenshot of Disk Storage System Rated Dashboard showing DS8000 and V7000 storage systems with warnings and exceptionsScreenshot of Capacity Dashboard showing capacity growth, DSS Free Capacity, Storage Pool Free Capacity and  Tier Free CapacityScreenshot of Read and Write Throughput for EMC VMAXScreenshot of Front End Response Time for EMC VNX