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IBM SAN Volume Control pros and cons

Vendor: IBM
4.6 out of 5
 

IBM SAN Volume Control Pros review quotes

AM
Storage and Backups Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 16, 2021
The virtualization layer has been great.
reviewer1275084 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 20, 2022
With SVC it is very easy to manage and to use for migration, meaning that when we want to move or to keep control of the volume or update a server database, it is very easy. That's why we use it.
Slav Trifonov - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Database Administration, SAN and Storage Infrastructure at United Bulgarian Bank AD
Apr 5, 2022
The solution is easy to use, easily configurable, and easy to upgrade, manipulate, and add new storage.
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KM
Senior Services Engineer at KENAC COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Dec 8, 2023
The most valuable features of IBM SAN Volume Control are the copy services, performance metrics, and analysis. Additionally, they have upgraded and introduced visual volumes.
Nagendra Nekkala. - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager ICT & at Bangalore International Airport Limited
Dec 14, 2023
The product has an ultra-low latency.
 

IBM SAN Volume Control Cons review quotes

AM
Storage and Backups Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 16, 2021
IBM support can be very slow.
reviewer1275084 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 20, 2022
They just need to put in the snap volume because now they use what is called a flash copy. This means that you have to take all the volume instead of NetApp which uses their snapshot.
Slav Trifonov - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Database Administration, SAN and Storage Infrastructure at United Bulgarian Bank AD
Apr 5, 2022
I would like to see the usage of virtualized storage boxes improved. I'd like to see this feature fixed, especially for SVC controller, and to be able to hold more storage.
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KM
Senior Services Engineer at KENAC COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Dec 8, 2023
IBM SAN Volume Control could improve by better integrations with other vendor systems. IBM SAN Volume Control can store the environment and are able to integrate with Veeam, but I don't know if they can integrate as well with SVC or other vendors' systems.
Nagendra Nekkala. - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager ICT & at Bangalore International Airport Limited
Dec 14, 2023
Patch management and upgrades must be made easier.