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CA 1 Tape Management vs Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CA 1 Tape Management
Ranking in Storage Management
7th
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dell Storage Resource Manag...
Ranking in Storage Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of CA 1 Tape Management is 5.5%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) is 5.6%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM)5.6%
CA 1 Tape Management5.5%
Other88.9%
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…
Kazi Amranul Houqe - PeerSpot reviewer
First Assistant Vice President (Fa VP) & Unit Head Of Server & Storage Management Unit at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has streamlined provisioning and enabled centralized monitoring across hybrid environments
Considering nowadays, all the concentration is focusing on data protection, data security, and data resilience with Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM). I suggest to the Dell team to concentrate on data security and cybersecurity, as it is the most significant concern. I work in a bank, and for financial organizations, much focus is spotlighted on how to protect data, secure data, and prevent any kind of fraud. Many financial organizations' data is corrupted and hacked by third parties, so it's crucial to find ways to protect data security and save data by creating an air-gap solution. Having ideas on an air-gap solution to prevent data leakage without a network layer would be beneficial. Maintaining a security layer is important, so this is my expectation for Dell.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tapes are mounted automatically. You can read a tape automatically without waiting for someone to insert it."
"The solution is stable."
"Literally everything about the product is great!"
"package that manages all of your tapes. Create/write/catalog, retention, delete. There are queries and reports, which are needed to know when/where/length keeping, etc., in order to track them or find out current status."
"To me, the CA 1 tool is the industry standard."
"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 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."
"Ease of administration fits in well with all the EMC SAN storage."
"It's all about ease of use and reliability."
"The partitions function well for backup storage."
"The alerting feature is valuable because it completes the gap of storage monitoring."
"It has many features and capabilities such as local protection and global protection."
"You have a singular view across all of your storage platforms of what is being used, what is available, and then being able to manage and manipulate those resources as long as it has the capability to manage them."
"The most valuable features of either of the SRM tools were the reporting and real-time ability to show management that additional storage was required or who was using what storage and bandwidth."
"This is a product with a high demand right now because of its ability to not only manage but to handle more tasks."
 

Cons

"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."
"Installation and customization could be improved."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"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."
"I would like to see third-party storage management."
"The support needs to be improved because I have found that even simple issues take a long time to be solved."
"In my country, Dell has not ensured the replacement parts for critical components, which is very dangerous."
"Technical support needs improvement, as well as the engineering resources, who do the upgrades."
"To be frank, I believe there are many other applications that allow us to manage the array, along with in-depth analysis. Even EMC has developed better products than ECC."
"Technical support is inadequate."
"We were unhappy as no one from EMC heard our plea for assistance and it became expensive in terms of the license and the amount of resources it took."
"The installation was complex because we had to setup multiple servers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price could be better."
"There are no licensing costs for this product."
"The solution is mid-priced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
 

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What needs improvement with Dell Storage Resource Manager?
Considering nowadays, all the concentration is focusing on data protection, data security, and data resilience with Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM). I suggest to the Dell team to concentrate on...
What is your primary use case for Dell Storage Resource Manager?
The use case for Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) is good for us, as there is good provisioning and we use it for the resource manager for thin provisioning and managing the storage. I'm using a...
What advice do you have for others considering Dell Storage Resource Manager?
I was using Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) fully on-prem, but currently, it is almost a hybrid solution. The banking applications are diverting from on-prem to the cloud and Kubernetes microse...
 

Also Known As

BrightStor Tape Management
Dell EMC SRM, Dell EMC ViPR SRM, ViPR SRM, EMC ControlCenter, ECC, EMC ProSphere
 

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Sample Customers

TravelPort, AlphaServe, Rogers Communication
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