#1 most frequent
United States of America
33.3%3 installations of 9
What is IBM Spectrum Virtualize?
IBM Spectrum Virtualize supports provides data storage security and control across hybrid environments.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses IBM Spectrum Virtualize
#2 most frequent
Spain
22.2%2 installations of 9
#3 most frequent
Canada
11.1%1 installation of 9
The best option for storage is IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In our case we use it in two ways, the first in our internal laboratory where it is connected to the development and testing servers for the applications that are supported by our clients with whom we manage their services and the other way we use IBM Spectrum Virtualize is with the clients where we manage the storage service.
Pros
- 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
Cons
- I would like the management of connections through the network to be easy to see
- The new GUI is easy to use but has less viewing area in the sections than the previous one
- The configuration in the new GUI on remote copies is more complicated than the previous one that showed everything in 2 tabs
Return on Investment
- 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.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series
Other Software Used
Veeam Backup for AWS, Proxmox VE
IBM Spectrum Virtualize is worth the buy, no costly SAN administration needed.
Pros
- Virtualizes all your Block Storage
- Works on Fibre Channel or iSCSI
- Saves time, engineering and money for overtime of just watching data copy
Cons
- 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.
Most Important Features
- Easy to learn and use
- GUI is intuitive and without using it for a while, your comfort level comes back quickly.
- Non service impacting, even when upgrading nodes.
Return on Investment
- Positive ROI and saves labor costs of engineers
- Fast to implement
- Worth the cost !!
Alternatives Considered
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Other Software Used
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches, Schneider Electric Uniflair, formerly from APC, Schneider Electric Smart-UPs, formerly from APC