IBM Storage Scale vs. Springpath

IBM Storage Scale

IBM Storage Scale

32 Reviews and Ratings

Springpath

Springpath

1 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM Storage Scale	Score 6.4 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
Springpath	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Springpath in Sunnyvale, California offers software defined storage.	N/A

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IBM Storage Scale	Springpath
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Community Pulse
	IBM Storage Scale	Springpath
Considered Both Products	IBM Storage Scale Diana Dumpsey PPC Manager Chose IBM Storage Scale Through the use IBM Spectrum Scale tools its quite easy and secure environment that are provided to manipulate business data smoothly and manage multiple data storage platforms. IBM Spectrum Scale also allows effective data access and data transportation channels for big files … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM Storage Scale 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Leonardo Molinares Meza Arquitecto de soluciones Chose IBM Storage Scale We chose this solution thanks to our experience with GPFS, and we have confirmed the functionalities of the product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM Storage Scale It was the solution that fit the requirements of our customers. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose IBM Storage Scale Spectrum Scale is a unique product in that it allows for both storage management and orchestration. Incentivized Helpful?	Springpath Isaac Holland Marketing Executive Chose Springpath Springpath is the only platform that is unique in enhancing excellent networking across our organization. I have not worked with similar products though this platform ensures that internet connection between our company and customers is excellently managed. It gives us reliable … Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	IBM Storage Scale	Springpath
Small Businesses	StarWind Virtual SAN Score 9.9 out of 10	StarWind Virtual SAN Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	StarWind Virtual SAN Score 9.9 out of 10	StarWind Virtual SAN Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises	Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure Score 8.3 out of 10	IBM Storage Scale Score 6.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
	IBM Storage Scale	Springpath
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM Storage Scale	Springpath
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Diana Dumpsey PPC Manager Read full review	I have experienced excellent services throughout the period I have been using this great platform. We have been able to get [a] universal storage platform for all our data that enhances security for any saved information. Our team implementing projects and tasks from remote areas can easily interlink with our team members from the organization for teamwork. Incentivized Isaac Holland Marketing Executive Read full review
Pros	Good for storage Optimizing. Good velocity. Strong agility in the product. Incentivized Leonardo Molinares Meza Arquitecto de soluciones Read full review	Integration of data across the entire company. Updating all our team members on any new event taking place. Incentivized Isaac Holland Marketing Executive Read full review
Cons	Price Requires a learning curve and training to manage the product Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The product is enriched with great features. I have not experienced any poor performance. Incentivized Isaac Holland Marketing Executive Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Springpath is the only platform that is unique in enhancing excellent networking across our organization. I have not worked with similar products though this platform ensures that internet connection between our company and customers is excellently managed. It gives us reliable and secure data center for saving all customers contacts for future use during email marketing campaigns. Incentivized Isaac Holland Marketing Executive Read full review
Return on Investment	Different versions in a short period of time Re-creation of the certificates after an update creates confusion Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It has performed effectively contributing to positive ROI. We have been able to achieve all our set plans based on proper networking. Incentivized Isaac Holland Marketing Executive Read full review
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