IBM Storage Scale vs. StorPool

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.

We do recommend StorPool.

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

Incentivized

• Simplicity and compatibility - StorPool is intuitive and can be managed with minimal training.
• StorPool also proved to be very scalable and easy to deploy.
• StorPool has a great technical support team - quick and professional. In many cases, they walk the extra mile to advise us on all aspects of our cloud - from hardware selection to soſtware solutions.

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

Incentivized

• Cons - Support for VMware is with iSCSI at this point. This is fine, but we're waiting for the full VMware integration they are working on.

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.

Incentivized

Along with StorPool, we also considered CEPH, LizardFS and some others. However the best price/performance ratio was delivered by StorPool.

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

Incentivized

• At this moment we haven’t yet calculated exactly the ROI. Our main focus is to secure the best performance on a reasonable price and that's exactly what we got when we started working with Storpool.