IBM Storage Scale vs. StarWind SAN & NAS

IBM Spectrum Scale creates excellent and real time data results and the capability to extract data and data modeling tools via IBM Spectrum Scale is amazing. The capacity planning and data archiving and the data security offered by IBM Spectrum Scale is more productive and the data quality control using the system is impressive.

For companies wanting a lean 2 node HC cluster Starwind VSAN is the way to go. Performance, ease of setup, reliability, and management are very good. However, If companies have more than 2 node-setups Starwind isn't the best option as it only does mirrors. Having more than 2 nodes essentially means wasting 2/3 of storage capacity. If StarWind can add distributed raids in future releases that would be perfect

• Good for storage Optimizing.
• Good velocity.
• Strong agility in the product.

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• mirroring internal disks and flash between hypervisor servers.
• Creates powerful environment at low cost.
• Allows maintenance in zero down time.

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• Price
• Requires a learning curve and training to manage the product

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• Documentation could be little better
• Have a distributed raid option

When we implemented the Spectrum Scale solution, we had in place a NetApp FAS series working in Metro Cluster mode. What is great about NetApp is its low maintenance. On the other hand, it lacks performance, especially on the CPU nodes. We needed a solution that will deliver steady performance while keeping a steady growth.

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Overall the combination is really doing great and helping the business to perform smoothly. The main reason behind selecting StarWind is, It's budget-friendly, has good support and it's great product functionalities.

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• Different versions in a short period of time
• Re-creation of the certificates after an update creates confusion

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• Even though we have had one host disk failure on one of the cluster nodes, there was no interruption to our users. The server was repaired and the StarWind SAN & NAS made the transition very simple.
• There has been zero downtime since the StarWind SAN & NAS was implemented.,

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