Original Research on SANsymphony™

Storage Performance Improvement with DataCore

With DataCore, storage performance has improved more than:

10x: 7%

8x: 11%

5x: 30%

3x: 31%

Less than 3x: 21%

DataCore Customer Testimonial

DataCore ist einfach zu nutzen und ist unabhängig vom verwendeten Storage so dass sich die Oberfläche bei Hardwarewechsel nicht ändert.

— IT Project Manager, Large Enterprise Wholesale Distribution Company

SANsymphony™ Customer Review

5/5 Stars

How would you describe DataCore SDS to a friend or colleague?:

The parallel I/O function is very useful when there are many requests for read/write access to the disks. The administration is simple and easy. * It is possible to create a virtual disk very easily, and moving the virtual machines is fast.

In a few sentences, describe the biggest benefits you have seen since implementing DataCore storage virtualization software:

DataCore SANsymphony allows us to have a reliable, fast and easy administration infrastructure. We have a reliable and secure infrastructure thanks to SANsymphony, and all at less cost

Stennis Space Center

Introduction

This case study of ASRC Federal, Stennis Space Center, MS is based on a December 2015 survey of DataCore customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“DataCore SANsymphony not only provided Stennis Data Center the virtualization of our SAN, but also provided the capability to mirror our SAN environment. That alone has protected out critical applications from unplanned outages. The Engineering and Test Directorate at Stennis Space Center is currently testing the new rocket engines for the Space Launch System, and a system outage could have scrubbed a test, costing millions of dollars to reschedule. DataCore has been extremely important in ensuring the Stennis Data Center services are high performing and highly available.”

Use Case

Decreased the amount of time spent on routine storage tasks by 50% or more since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.
Completed 20+ non-distruptive/seamless data migrations, upgrades and technology refreshes since DataCore was installed.
Has been able to defer 3 storage hardware refresh cycles using DataCore software.

Results

Realized a positive ROI in the first year with DataCore.
Effectively reduced their storage-related spending by 25% or more with DataCore.
Improved performance by 10x since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.
Reduced their storage-related downtime by 90% or more since implementing DataCore.
Agrees the transition to DataCore was:
- Well planned and expertly executed
- Accomplished with minimal disruption

Case Study: Open Systems International Inc

Introduction

This case study of OPEN SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC is based on a February 2014 survey of DataCore SANsymphony-V Storage Virtualization Software customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“DataCore has made managing storage simple and provides extremely easy, 100% uptime, utilizing dual nodes.”

Challenges

Has been running DataCore without any storage-related planned or unplanned downtime for 2+ years.

Use Case

Decreased the amount of time spent on routine storage tasks by 75% since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.
Has been able to defer 3 storage hardware refresh cycles using DataCore software.

Results

Realized a positive ROI in < 6 months with DataCore.
Effectively reduced their storage-related spending by > 50% with DataCore.
Improved performance by 5x since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.
Reduced their storage-related downtime by 100% since implementing DataCore.
Cut planned downtime on data migrations, upgrades and technology refreshes by > 75% with DataCore.
Turned stranded storage capacity into > 50% more free space with DataCore.

SANsymphony™ Customer Research

DataCore SDS has given us the freedom to choose the hardware platforms that best meet our needs and budget.

Strongly agree: 52%

Agree: 44%

Disagree: 4%

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Storage Performance Improvement with DataCore

How would you describe DataCore SDS to a friend or colleague?:

In a few sentences, describe the biggest benefits you have seen since implementing DataCore storage virtualization software:

Stennis Space Center

Introduction

Use Case

Results

Organization Profile

About DataCore

Case Study: Open Systems International Inc

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

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About SANsymphony™

SANsymphony™ is DataCore’s flagship 10th generation storage virtualization solution. In use at over 10,000+ customer sites, it maximizes IT infrastructure performance, availability and utilization by virtualizing storage hardware.