Overview
What is SANsymphony?
DataCore SANsymphony software-defined storage aims to deliver flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency in a HCI platform. Powered by a block-level storage virtualization technology, SANsymphony is designed to provide flexibility to control how data is stored, protected, and accessed. The vendor states…
Gain peace of mind and performance with SANsymphony
Software-Defined Storage Leader
Hyper-Converged SANsymphony is a must-see
Fantastic Software. Terrible Support.
You've virtualized CPUs and Memory, why not gain the same/addiational benefits by visualizing SAN storage
SANsymphony 10
Awesome Virtual SAN
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DataCore SanSymphony is a versatile solution that has been widely adopted by users across various industries. One key use case is ensuring redundancy for business continuity and data security. Users have implemented DataCore SanSymphony to protect their critical data by leveraging its Continuous Data Protection and Snapshots functionalities, which provide reliable backup options.
Another major use case of DataCore SanSymphony is its ability to support different types of infrastructure architectures. Users can build hybrid infrastructures by combining legacy, converged, and hyperconverged architectures. This flexibility allows businesses to leverage their existing infrastructure investments while also adopting new technologies as needed.
Customers and prospects often utilize DataCore SanSymphony for demonstrations and training purposes on their production environment. The product's ease of configuration and use, especially when running on Windows, has been praised by users. It offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies the management of storage resources.
DataCore SanSymphony also excels in improving performance and storage utilization. Users have reported increased I/O and the ability to flexibly utilize storage resources across their environment. As one of the best Virtual SANs available, it enables the creation of fast tiers using different disk types, providing optimal performance for varying workloads.
Furthermore, DataCore SanSymphony offers robust offsite replication capabilities, making it an ideal solution for disaster recovery scenarios. Its iSCSI attachment feature is not only utilized for virtual hosts but also for FileServer and backups, enhancing its versatility.
The product's high availability features make it a recommended choice for maintaining a resilient IT system. Users appreciate the flexibility that DataCore SanSymphony provides in terms of hardware purchases, allowing them to choose based on value rather than being locked into a single provider.
Additionally, DataCore SanSymphony has proven successful in multi-site deployments with significant storage capacity. It supports off-the-shelf hardware and charges based on the amount of storage used, promoting cost-effectiveness.
By leveraging storage virtualization, DataCore SanSymphony enables the building of high-performing storage platforms with features like fiber channel, iSCSI, thin provisioning, storage tiering, snapshots, and continuous data protection and recovery. This comprehensive feature set empowers users to create efficient and reliable storage environments tailored to their specific needs.
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(1-7 of 7)Gain peace of mind and performance with SANsymphony
- It's an agnostic solution that works on any hardware platform
- RPO/RTO/RTA close to zero
Software-Defined Storage Leader
- Easily scalable infrastructure
- Better storage performance
- the deduplication / compression functionality is not yet ready
Hyper-Converged SANsymphony is a must-see
- ROI has been fantastic. Since purchasing it, I have not had it once go down in the 3 years I have had it.
Fantastic Software. Terrible Support.
- It has significantly increased the speed and therefore the effectiveness of our database.
- It has simplified and made our data infrastructure more robust.
- It provides an easy solution for offsite replication.
You've virtualized CPUs and Memory, why not gain the same/addiational benefits by visualizing SAN storage
- More uptime - Typical SANs have redundant controllers, redundant power supply's and can make the drives redundant by leveraging RAID-0, 5, 6, and 10. The claim to be HA but they are not. That is because if I spay water all over them or catch the SAN on fire, the storage will go down. With DataCore's solution we have identical systems (maybe even at different datacenters connected with long-haul-fiber) including duplicate storage. So one side of the solution can totally be taken offline by water, fire, etc. and the other side will remain up providing true-HA storage. Because of this, we can upgrade the SANs during the day and still keep storage services running (zero-downtime).
- Lower Costs - Ability to use 3rd party hardware which lowers the costs, not only for the initial investment but as storage capacity grows.
- All the features one can want - High Availability, Thin Provisioning, Asynchronous and Synchronous mirroring/replication, snap-shotting, continues data protection, deduplication, storage reporting, trending with graphs, centralized console for easier management and many more.
SANsymphony 10
- Very positive. We get requests to be added to the SAN.
- Don't have to think about it. Solid stability.
Awesome Virtual SAN
- Very low cost storage
- Save on space and power
- Low lattency