DataCore SANsymphony vs Red Hat Ceph Storage comparison

DataCore and Red Hat are both solutions in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category. DataCore is ranked #5 with an average rating of 9.4, while Red Hat is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8. DataCore holds a 6.8% mindshare in SDS, compared to Red Hat’s 21.1% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of DataCore users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Red Hat Ceph Storage and DataCore SANsymphony compete in the storage solutions market. Red Hat Ceph has the upper hand in cloud integration and open-source flexibility, while DataCore SANsymphony offers superior performance and efficiency.

Features: Red Hat Ceph Storage's open-source and highly scalable architecture suits cloud-native applications, integrating well with OpenStack and Kubernetes. It supports block, object, and file storage from a single platform. Ceph's adaptability to various hardware adds to its flexibility. DataCore SANsymphony provides high data throughput with parallel I/O technology, enhancing performance. Its flexibility supports diverse storage devices, and it offers built-in continuous data protection, mirroring, and synchronous replication.

Room for Improvement: Red Hat Ceph Storage could streamline its deployment process to be more user-friendly. Improved support for hybrid environments can enhance its offerings. Enhanced user interfaces for configuration and management would be beneficial. DataCore SANsymphony could improve cost-effectiveness to attract a broader range of users. Enhanced integration with other platforms could expand its usability. Simplifying the licensing model may make it more attractive for varied businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Red Hat Ceph Storage has a complex deployment model that requires expertise but benefits from community support. DataCore SANsymphony offers straightforward deployment with intuitive management tools and professional support, easing implementation for IT teams.

Pricing and ROI: Red Hat Ceph Storage is initially cost-effective due to its open-source nature but may incur additional operational costs requiring skilled personnel. DataCore SANsymphony involves higher initial costs but provides a better long-term ROI through efficient resource use and reduced latency, justifying a premium price for organizations valuing performance.

To learn more, read our detailed DataCore SANsymphony vs. Red Hat Ceph Storage Report (Updated: May 2025).

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 4.2%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DataCore SANsymphony is 6.8%, up from 5.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Ceph Storage is 21.1%, down from 22.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Eric Black

Solutions Architect at Recovery Point Systems

The ability to leverage multi-tenancy along with immutability is a huge benefit for us

The only thing I feel FlashBlade is missing is the SOS API. If it had SOS API, that would put it well over the top. Veeam Backup specifically has started to streamline their API, and they are doing that with SOS API. They have optimized it. Any of the S3 devices out there that support this SOS API can have far more API calls at once. On our side, that translates to better restoration. With SOS API, it can leverage far more restorations at a single given time or read from the device in simple terms. That results in maximizing the output and throughput from the device itself.

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TempreviewerD

Architecte Principal at Orange

Robust with good replication and access protection

The solution is constantly evolving. Recently, deduplication and compression have been further improved to meet customer needs, and updates are easily implemented without stopping production. The update assistant checks the state of health before using good practices, during checks that the data is still presented for service continuity, and afterward, if the actions carried out are indeed active. Technical support is truly available even without a production incident. This is really essential right now.

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ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI

IT Private Cloud & Infrastructure Leader at Sicredi

Offers cost-effective scalability through open-source storage integration

Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage. We appreciate the scalability of the open-source solution, allowing us to address our growing data needs without encountering major issues. Having used it as a pilot system in Brazil, we gained significant knowledge and the ability to manage our infrastructure as code.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It helps simplify our storage, because the user interface is very simple and the installation is easy."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the rewrite speed and the nonstop services."

"I would rate this solution an eight plus. It has has good flexibility and stability, it's easy to manage and the response time is good."

"It has also helped to simplify storage for us in the way that it's easy to manage. Their automatic monitoring really helps when things break or are about to break. They see a problem coming and alert us even before our own system does."

"The main feature I have found to be product replication."

"The most valuable feature is Safe Mode."

"We have seen a reduction in the total cost of ownership by around 20%."

"The most valuable features of FlashBlade include its replication capabilities, reports, and easy allocation. Everything is user-friendly."

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"CDP is an important feature for avoiding data loss in the event of ransomware attacks. You need more storage capacity, however, you get the possibility to return at any time and use the data saved up to that point. The recovery is much faster than with a classic restore."

"It's a software storage solution that can scale as we like. There is also has a parallel feature that enhances the performance of the storage solution. We can separate storage and computing, and we can scale these two parts of the platform to meet business needs efficiently."

"Our central storage has very high availability. DataCore SANsymphony ensures high business continuity."

"Our system is designed to be scalable and flexible, so it can grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of our clients."

"The ability to pool the storage to leverage thin-provisioning is a huge saving in space and costs."

"During the maintenance periods, on any part of the storage or VMware migration, we have had no downtime."

"The synchronous mirror allows us to operate a fully redundant storage solution that is distributed across two sites."

"The most useful feature of SANsymphony is that it's able to manage any brand of block storage."

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"It's a very performance-intensive, brilliant storage system, and I always recommend it to customers based on its benefits, performance, and scalability."

"The setup is very easy, deserving a ten out of ten."

"The ability to provide block storage and object storage from the same storage cluster is very valuable for us."

"It has helped to save money and scale the storage without limits."

"Data redundancy is a key feature, since it can survive failures (disks/servers). We didn’t lose our data or have a service interruption during server/disk failures."

"The solution is pretty stable."

"Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage."

"Red Hat Ceph Storage is a reliable solution, it works well."

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Cons

"The documentational aspect of FlashBlade needs improvement."

"The speed could be improved."

"I want efficiency. FlashBlade doesn't have efficiency now."

"The technical support needs to improve. When we open a case, it is auto assigned to a support tech person. Nine out of ten times, we get an email right back saying that person is off until tomorrow. I cannot handle that. They just did this over the weekend to us, too. I had to call our rep and have them do something about it."

"In the realm of micro-services, I think that Pure Storage can do well if they start getting in there and making their arrays more micro-services ready."

"I would like to see better integration."

"An area for improvement in Pure Storage FlashBlade is its price. It could be reduced. The technical support for Pure Storage FlashBlade also needs improvement. It used to be good, with more experienced engineers. Nowadays, it isn't, and it takes longer for support to solve problems."

"Commvault has mainly driven the Analytics, providing data and reports. However, the product has room for improvement, especially regarding storage analytics. Upgrading firmware has caused issues, requiring feature disabling to revert to traditional backups. The firmware upgrades sometimes affect Commvault backups."

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"DataCore should integrate its own file server into SANsymphony."

"The solution could be better packaged and marketed."

"It would be ideal if they were providing archive licensing with the ability to create a second pool on existing storage nodes."

"Problem detection could be easier. It should help customers identify problems very quickly because it's not easy to analyze on the platform today."

"There is room for improvement in the graphical interface."

"Its interface could be better."

"The cloud reporting interface is quite poor compared to other vendors."

"NVMeoF should be implemented. This protocol will play a major role in storage infrastructure in the future."

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"I've heard the integration with OpenShift is great, however, the licensing cost is excessively high."

"While the documentation for Ceph Storage is helpful, it could be improved."

"The licensing cost is excessively high. This is a significant issue from my perspective."

"An area for improvement would be that it's pretty difficult to manage synchronous replication over multiple regions."

"If troubleshooting is needed, the response should be faster."

"Rebalancing and recovery are a bit slow."

"It would be nice to have a notification feature whenever an important action is completed."

"We have encountered slight integration issues."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I feel that the price could always be lowered."

"Our licensing is renewed annually."

"Our customers have seen a reduction in TCO."

"The price is a little high."

"The price of this solution could be made more affordable."

"In my opinion, we have paid the right price for the product. I don't think that it is too much or too little."

"The pricing is relatively expensive due to the FlashBlade technology. However, for companies needing quick and reliable data access, the cost is justified."

"It is within reason for what you get. From what we have found comparing it to other vendors, it is in the same range as others. Given the choice, we would definitely redeploy it based on the cost."

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"The pricing and licensing are better with DataCore."

"Pricing has improved but it is still expensive."

"The solution is cost effective."

"Make sure you are made aware of the annual subscription cost when purchasing."

"We have licensing costs on a yearly basis. They charge per terabyte, so in terms of cost, it can be very costly. They have three different features, and you have to pay extra for those."

"It is relatively expensive, and the additional costs for hardware and storage can make it a significant investment for customers."

"The cost is at the same level as other storage solutions and it is easy to understand the licensing."

"DataCore SANsymphony's pricing is very high and should be much cheaper."

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"We never used the paid support."

"I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten."

"The price of Red Hat Ceph Storage is reasonable."

"The operational overhead is higher compared to Azure because we own the hardware."

"The price of this product isn't high."

"Most of time, you can get Ceph with the OpenStack solution in a subscription as a bundle."

"There is no cost for software."

"The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power out...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The pricing for FlashBlade is between cheap and moderate. FlashBlade is worth the money due to the experience and per...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?

Its configuration should be easier. There should be easier language for the configuration.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DataCore SANsymphony SDS?

The cost changed from a perpetual license to a subscription model, and it seems reasonable. I am technical personnel ...

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What do you like most about DataCore SANsymphony?

The dashboard is very intuitive, and there are a lot of counters to diagnose what happens during a short period (like...

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What needs improvement with DataCore SANsymphony?

In my opinion, there should be improvements in how to get and filter logs. However, this is not a frequent need becau...

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How does Red Hat Ceph Storage compare with MiniO?

Red Hat Ceph does well in simplifying storage integration by replacing the need for numerous storage solutions. This ...

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What do you like most about Red Hat Ceph Storage?

The high availability of the solution is important to us.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Ceph Storage?

I have not identified any drawbacks, however, the response to public platform inquiries could be faster.

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Overview

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

Pure Storage

Experience peace of mind with DataCore SANsymphony, the ultimate software-defined storage solution alleviating storage management challenges. Say goodbye to the complexities of managing different storage tiers and disruptions with SANsymphony's block-level storage virtualization technology, empowering you to automate capacity provisioning and data placement across diverse storage environments including SAN, DAS, HCI, and JBOD. Break down silos, control data placement, meet business continuity objectives, boost performance, and seamlessly expand or refresh hardware with SANsymphony. Benefit from features like asynchronous replication for disaster recovery, minimizing data loss, accelerating application responsiveness, and integrating new technology non-disruptively. Trusted by industry leaders like NASA, Thorntons, Inc., and TUI Cruises, DataCore SANsymphony guarantees unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and reliability, ensuring uninterrupted data access and application availability while reducing storage costs and inefficiencies.

DataCore

Red Hat Ceph Storage is an enterprise open source platform that provides unified software-defined storage on standard, economical servers and disks. With block, object, and file storage combined into one platform, Red Hat Ceph Storage efficiently and automatically manages all your data.

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