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IBM Storage Scale vs. StarWind Backup Appliance

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Storage Scale

    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    IBM Storage Scale (formerly IBM Spectrum Scale) supports storage management of unstructured data for big data analytics.N/A

    StarWind Backup Appliance

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AStarWind Backup Appliance (BA) is designed to help organizations eliminate the dependency of their production environment on the backup processes. Powered by NVMe storage, it removes the common backup repository performance bottleneck and the need to plan and fit into a specific backup window. With it, backups can be performed at any time without impacting applications and services. Moreover, the user can instantly recover files or VMs in case of emergency, to meet the strictest RTO and…N/A
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    IBM Storage ScaleStarWind Backup Appliance
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    IBM Storage ScaleStarWind Backup Appliance
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    IBM Storage ScaleStarWind Backup Appliance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage ScaleStarWind Backup Appliance
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    IBM
    When you get a Spectrum Scale solution from IBM you are certain of two things. 1) You will need a specialized storage admin who will be able to take all of its advantages and make available for your organization. It is an appliance that not so many storage admins would be comfortable working on. Invest properly on both hardware and human resources. 2) You will scale forever. We started with a couple of hundred of Terabytes and grew to dozens of Petabytes.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Secure data storage platform.
    • Secure environment to handle big data through.
    • Creating reports from multiple platforms easily.
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    StarWind
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Not suited for HPC.
    • Doesn't work well for retail.
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    StarWind
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    It was the solution that fit the requirements of our customers.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Allowed reuse of existing storage
    • Flexibility to provision storage quickly, allowing us to right size storage.
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