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CA 1 Tape Management vs CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

CA 1 Tape Management
Ranking in Storage Management
5th
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CA Allocate DASD Space and ...
Ranking in Storage Management
13th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of CA 1 Tape Management is 5.7%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement is 3.4%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CA 1 Tape Management5.7%
CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement3.4%
Other90.9%
Storage Management
 

Featured Reviews

Beyza Aksöz - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe System Programmer at Türkiye İş Bankası
An easy-to-use solution with good technical support services
We use the solution to manage virtual tape volumes The solution is easy to use. The solution's pricing could be better. We have been using the solution for eight years. I rate the solution's stability an eight out of ten. We have 20 solution users in our organization. Also, we plan to…
it_user354057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe Storage Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's a space recovery product that helps us fix problems before they happen so we work on them after running a job, but I don't want to have to touch a file to make changes or updates.
One of the biggest benefits of CA Allocate is in the cost. We initially went with BMC MainView, which is a great product and a little more user friendly than CA Allocate. But because of our good relationship with CA, we were able to mimic everything we had with BMC. Any issues we had doing that, CA collected them right away to help us. As a space recovery product, CA Allocate helps us fix problems before they happen and then we work on them after we run a job. If somebody does not put the right space parameter, we let the job run and then we fix it after. If somebody does not optimize a data set, we run our reports after talking to these people without ever having an event waste CPU cycles.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution is stable."
"To me, the CA 1 tool is the industry standard."
"It has become easy to backup and archive all our system data and financial data, it helps us mainly in managing the backup of our databases, and it is easy to retrieve that data and find it in a secure place."
"The Vault Management function keeps track of where a tape should be and tells the operators which tapes should be sent offsite, and which ones should return."
"CA 1 is our intake management system, and it's just one of the best products out there."
"With this product, it all becomes automatic: locating the data, backing up the data, restoring the data. We can automate all that with it."
"The tapes are mounted automatically. You can read a tape automatically without waiting for someone to insert it."
"Literally everything about the product is great!"
"As a space recovery product, CA Allocate helps us fix problems before they happen and then we work on them after we run a job."
 

Cons

"Installation and customization could be improved."
"When we want to interface the CA 1 product with other vendors, IBM or others, it is difficult to interface it with them, because you need some exits, you need to compile some assemblers."
"When we want to interface the CA 1 product with other vendors, IBM or others, it is difficult to interface it with them, because you need some exits, you need to compile some assemblers."
"The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well."
"Sometimes it does not detect all chaining errors and the reporting on them could be improved as well."
"The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"Allocate is a good product, but it's not there yet in terms of that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price could be better."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Insurance Company
14%
Hospitality Company
6%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Also Known As

BrightStor Tape Management
BrightStor DASD Space and Placement
 

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Sample Customers

TravelPort, AlphaServe, Rogers Communication
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