IBM Storage Scale vs. StarWind Backup Appliance

IBM Storage Scale

IBM Storage Scale

32 Reviews and Ratings

StarWind Backup Appliance

StarWind Backup Appliance

3 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
StarWind Backup Appliance	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	StarWind Backup Appliance (BA) is designed to help organizations eliminate the dependency of their production environment on the backup processes. Powered by NVMe storage, it removes the common backup repository performance bottleneck and the need to plan and fit into a specific backup window. With it, backups can be performed at any time without impacting applications and services. Moreover, the user can instantly recover files or VMs in case of emergency, to meet the strictest RTO and…	N/A

Pricing

IBM Storage Scale

StarWind Backup Appliance

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IBM Storage Scale	StarWind Backup Appliance
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

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No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	IBM Storage Scale	StarWind Backup Appliance
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?	StarWind Backup Appliance No answer on this topic

Best Alternatives
	IBM Storage Scale	StarWind Backup Appliance
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	StarWind Backup Appliance
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM Storage Scale	StarWind Backup Appliance
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	No answers on this topic
Pros	Good for storage Optimizing. Good velocity. Strong agility in the product. Incentivized Leonardo Molinares Meza Arquitecto de soluciones Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	Price Requires a learning curve and training to manage the product Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
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	No answers on this topic
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	No answers on this topic
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