SANsymphony™ Research Charts

SANsymphony™ Customer Research

How would you rate DataCore SDS?

	38%
	16%
	28%
	6%
	3%
	3%
	6%

SANsymphony™ Customer Research

How would you rate DataCore SDS?

	30%
	16%
	38%
	9%
	4%
	2%
	2%
	1%

SANsymphony™ Customer Research

DataCore Support: Best in Industry

How would you rate DataCore Technical Support?

	40%
	14%
	26%
	7%
	7%
	3%
	1%
	0%
	0%
	1%

SANsymphony™ Customer Research

DataCore effectively reduced our storage-related spending by:

85% or more	4%
70% or more	15%
50% or more	35%
25% or more	24%
Less than 25%	22%

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%

SANsymphony™ Customer Research

DataCore has enabled us to:

Reduce storage-related downtime	69%
Reduce time spent on storage administration	62%
Reduce overall storage costs	44%
Confidently add new technology into our storage architecture	42%
Build a Software Defined foundation that prepares us for the future	37%
Extend the life of legacy hardware	34%

SANsymphony™ Customer Research

DataCore has enabled us to:

Reduce storage-related downtime	69%
Reduce time spent on storage administration	62%
Reduce overall storage costs	44%
Confidently add new technology into our storage architecture	42%
Build a Software Defined foundation that prepares us for the future	37%
Extend the life of legacy hardware	34%

DataCore Customer Research

DataCore Drastically Improves Performance

Since we virtualized our storage with DataCore, performance has improved more than:

8x+: 27%

5x: 35%

3x: 25%

Less than 3x: 13%

DataCore Customer Research

DataCore Provides a Low TCO

DataCore effectively reduced our storage-related spending by:

50% or more: 62%

25% or more: 32%

Less than 25%: 6%

DataCore Customer Research

DataCore Reduces Storage Downtime

With DataCore, customers reduced their storage-related downtime by the following levels:

90% or more: 61%

75% or more: 13%

50% or more: 17%

Less than 50%: 10%

DataCore Customer Research

Immediate Value

We realized a positive ROI from our investment in DataCore within:

The first month: 13%

120 days or less: 10%

6 months or less: 21%

The first year: 55%

Immediate Value

We realized a positive ROI from our investment in DataCore within:

the first month	13%
120 days or less	10%
6 months or less	21%
the first year	55%

Immediate Value

We realized a positive ROI from our investment in DataCore within:

The first month	14%
120 days or less	10%
6 months or less	21%
The first year	56%

Choice to Defer Storage Hardware Aquisition

How many storage hardware refresh cycles have you been able to defer using DataCore software?

5 or more	9%
4	4%
3	19%
2	31%
1	38%

Thanks to DataCore, we reduced our storage-related downtime:

100%: 25%

90% or more: 35%

75% or more: 10%

50% or more: 12%

Less than 50%: 17%

Deploying DataCore

The DataCore deployment was:

Well planned and expertly executed	68%
Accomplished with minimal disruption	50%
Simple and quick	47%

Decrease in Time Spent Managing Storage

With DataCore, the amount of time spent on routine storage tasks has decreased by:

90% or more: 14%

75% or more: 22%

50% or more: 36%

Less than 50%: 28%

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%

Major Cost Saving

DataCore effectively reduced our storage-related spending by:

75% or more	10%
50% or more	37%
25% or more	35%
Less than 25%	19%

Several Years without Storage-Related Downtime Thanks to DataCore

We’ve been running DataCore without any storage-related planned or unplanned downtime for:

8+ years: 3%

5+ years: 14%

4+ years: 16%

2+ years: 28%

Since DataCore has been installed: 40%

Painless Data Migrations and Hardware Upgrades with DataCore Software

How many non-disruptive/seamless data migrations, upgrades and technology refreshes have you completed since DataCore was installed?

1: 20%

2: 35%

5: 27%

10: 10%

20+: 8%

Several years without downtime thanks to DataCore

We’ve been running DataCore without any storage-related planned or unplanned downtime for:

8+ years: 2%

5+ years: 11%

4+ years: 15%

2+ years: 23%

< 2 years: 50%

Skip expensive hardware refreshes with DataCore

How many storage hardware refresh cycles have you been able to defer using DataCore software?

5	2%
4	2%
3	16%
2	39%
1	41%

Investment in DataCore pays off quickly

We realized a positive ROI from our investment in DataCore within:

the first month: 14%

120 days or less: 14%

6 months or less: 22%

the first year: 49%

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24 Charts

DataCore Support: Best in Industry

DataCore Drastically Improves Performance

DataCore Provides a Low TCO

DataCore Reduces Storage Downtime

Immediate Value

Immediate Value

Immediate Value

Choice to Defer Storage Hardware Aquisition

Thanks to DataCore, we reduced our storage-related downtime:

Deploying DataCore

Decrease in Time Spent Managing Storage

Storage Performance Improvement with DataCore

Major Cost Saving

Several Years without Storage-Related Downtime Thanks to DataCore

Painless Data Migrations and Hardware Upgrades with DataCore Software

Several years without downtime thanks to DataCore

Skip expensive hardware refreshes with DataCore

Investment in DataCore pays off quickly