Datacenter Architect, Sen. Systemadministrator, virt. environment Solution Architect at AKF Leasing GmbH & Co KG
User
Mar 24, 2022
We’ve been using Datacore for many years and it has stable performance, high availability, hardware independent architecture, scalability with multiple nodes, and additional possibility to add a tertiary asynchronous mirror that met our full needs.
Storage Migration to new hardware including OS change is possible within our environment without loss of service. We proceeded this migration multiple times.
We’re running a 100% SAN Storage availability since many years.
The ROI is payed back many times by serving those availability.
Technical Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
User
Nov 5, 2022
We have two VMware servers attached to two DataCore SanSymphony servers. The two SanSymphony servers are in high availability. Each server has two NVMe cards and some SAS disk in RAID5. We use the auto-tiering function to manage the two kinds of storage and place the dormant blocks on the SAS disks. We also use the Continuous Data Protection function to protect our volumes against crypto lockers, for example. The solution allows us to have real Business Continuity Planning on our storage system.
SANsymphony is a software solution that enables storage virtualization. We implemented SANsymphony due to its mirroring and continuous data protection features. The installation is done independently of the hardware and even allows infrastructures in synchronous replication in active/active with different manufacturers. The data is identical and accessible on both storage nodes. The solution also allows you to create a Disaster Recovery Site with an asynchronous and bidirectional mirror that is easier to test.
We utilize the software-defined storage for our database systems and virtualization environments (we have multiple). One detail we utilize most is the HA provided by the vendor. We have two “legs” for connectivity to our SAN. This provides two logical locations in two physically separate data centers. This keeps our DBAs and admins happy. We can perform changes and updates on one side while the app (DB) data is accessible on the other. The data is synced almost instantly when both sides are up and operational. This allows us a lot of flexibility.
We work with the enterprise edition, SANsymphony V SDS. The solution is geared towards small and medium-sized businesses, with two or three node clusters supporting business continuity and nonstop operations of virtual machines or servers. This makes the solution very stable, cost effective and simple to administer and maintain.
SANsymphony is a hardware-independent solution that provides storage virtualization. We implemented SANsymphony because of its mirrors feature. So it allows you to store the data on two sides synchronously on a single storage server. However, that single storage server consists of two independent hardware boxes in two data centers, but it behaves like one storage server because it's mirrored. No other vendor was offering that kind of transparent behavior when we implemented it.
We're using SANsymphnony for our primary storage in a HA environment for sensitive production data. Storage nodes are HPE servers with SSD drives in them. They serve storage to two servers blades enclosures in a Fibre Channel storage network. We have a total of 50TB in a mirror. 16 servers use this storage in a VMware vSphere environment. This infrastructure has run without any issues since 2017 and we update it twice a year. Before that, we had other SANsymphony infrastructure running on an old HMP MSA storage array. We migrated without any interruption.
SANSymphony is used to provide HA storage block services to the vSphere Streched Cluster. The backend virtualized storage is a mix of internal node storage and SAN (Dell Compellent, IBM Storwize). It can be fiberchannel connected or iscsi or both. By using this solution we provide a High Availability storage solution. We can do the running of VMs in classic Windows or Linux workload and Citrix virtual Apps. This is a software solution, so new functionality does not rely on any hardware.
We have been using DataCore SANsymphony for many years to protect data-availability and keeping productive. It helps us to improve reliability for our complete IT solutions.
Technical Services Manager (Enterprise Systems) at Maimonides Medical Center
Real User
May 24, 2019
DataCore is our main Enterprise SAN solution. We serve all workloads among five different DataCore server groups. These workloads include all hypervisors, SQL and Oracle Databases, file shares, archive, and backups. DataCore helps us achieve disaster recovery by allowing us to mirror our data between two sites.
DataCore is the primary storage solution for all of our VMware hosts, installed on a Dell EMC RX740 server with a combination of spinning and NVMe storage. We have just moved to a 2-host, hyperconverged solution utilizing DataCore. All of our servers and services are running off the 2-node DataCore solution.
Head of Repair at a logistics company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Apr 19, 2019
We use SANsymphony for all of our business-critical data. We run a dual host, VMware 6.7 host environment with a 25Gb/s network fabric connecting to mirrored SANsymphony nodes. We have two business systems running in this environment. One is running Red Hat Linux and Progress DB, whereas the other is running Windows and Microsoft SQL server.
* A powerful, always-on system. We used DataCore for a few years. * The best solution to get build and an always-on strategy. It has zero downtime and is very fast and flexible.
I run two servers with DataCore doing what it does. I then run VMware on top of that for my Window servers. I currently have roughly 50 users that are constantly using the various servers.
With DataCore we manage the central storage for VMware virtualisation and Oracle databases. At the first location are two mirrored DataCore servers. At a second site, we use a DataCore server as an asynchronous replication target.
System Engineering at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
MSP
Top 20
Mar 28, 2019
We use this solution for providing software-defined storage that is virtualized, in a true HA configuration. It provides SAN storage services to VMware vCenter hosts and VMware Horizon hosts, as well as some physical Windows and Linux servers. This platform allows us to leverage any storage that Windows can leverage, including other vendor SAN devices. This allows us to keep existing storage, mirror SANs from 2 different vendors and even allow very easy migration from one vendor to another. Most of our locations just use RAID attached storage (as it is the least expensive) with enterprise-class drives (both HDD and SSD).
The first use case was for our data center at the headquarters. We currently have two server rooms, connected by fibre, and the data is synchronized between both using DataCore.
Administrateur Systèmes et réseaux at Centre Hospitalier de PAU
Real User
Feb 26, 2019
* We use DataCore SANsymphony as our primary storage solution replicated on two hosts since October 2012. In July 2018, we dispatched them to the two server rooms. * Each DataCore node consists of a server and two storage bays connected in SAS. * We use this SAN to store our VMware datastore (300 virtual machines) for our 10 ESXi servers. * Each server is connected to storage via two fiber channel links 8Gbps.
We can not afford periods for maintenance. So we need a solution with which we can provide appropriate high availability. 100% guaranteed with DataCore SANSymphony-V.
DataCore SANsymphony enhances storage environments with features like synchronous mirroring, scalability, and flexibility. It optimizes performance through parallel I/O, ensuring high availability, efficiency, and protection against data loss with hardware independence and user-friendly management.DataCore SANsymphony offers a robust platform for managing storage in VMware environments and beyond, enabling high-performance storage with disaster recovery features and synchronous mirroring....
We’ve been using Datacore for many years and it has stable performance, high availability, hardware independent architecture, scalability with multiple nodes, and additional possibility to add a tertiary asynchronous mirror that met our full needs.
Storage Migration to new hardware including OS change is possible within our environment without loss of service. We proceeded this migration multiple times.
We’re running a 100% SAN Storage availability since many years.
The ROI is payed back many times by serving those availability.
We have two VMware servers attached to two DataCore SanSymphony servers. The two SanSymphony servers are in high availability. Each server has two NVMe cards and some SAS disk in RAID5. We use the auto-tiering function to manage the two kinds of storage and place the dormant blocks on the SAS disks. We also use the Continuous Data Protection function to protect our volumes against crypto lockers, for example. The solution allows us to have real Business Continuity Planning on our storage system.
SANsymphony is a software solution that enables storage virtualization. We implemented SANsymphony due to its mirroring and continuous data protection features. The installation is done independently of the hardware and even allows infrastructures in synchronous replication in active/active with different manufacturers. The data is identical and accessible on both storage nodes. The solution also allows you to create a Disaster Recovery Site with an asynchronous and bidirectional mirror that is easier to test.
The product is primarily used for providing block storage space for the virtualization environment.
We utilize the software-defined storage for our database systems and virtualization environments (we have multiple). One detail we utilize most is the HA provided by the vendor. We have two “legs” for connectivity to our SAN. This provides two logical locations in two physically separate data centers. This keeps our DBAs and admins happy. We can perform changes and updates on one side while the app (DB) data is accessible on the other. The data is synced almost instantly when both sides are up and operational. This allows us a lot of flexibility.
We work with the enterprise edition, SANsymphony V SDS. The solution is geared towards small and medium-sized businesses, with two or three node clusters supporting business continuity and nonstop operations of virtual machines or servers. This makes the solution very stable, cost effective and simple to administer and maintain.
SANsymphony is a hardware-independent solution that provides storage virtualization. We implemented SANsymphony because of its mirrors feature. So it allows you to store the data on two sides synchronously on a single storage server. However, that single storage server consists of two independent hardware boxes in two data centers, but it behaves like one storage server because it's mirrored. No other vendor was offering that kind of transparent behavior when we implemented it.
We're using SANsymphnony for our primary storage in a HA environment for sensitive production data. Storage nodes are HPE servers with SSD drives in them. They serve storage to two servers blades enclosures in a Fibre Channel storage network. We have a total of 50TB in a mirror. 16 servers use this storage in a VMware vSphere environment. This infrastructure has run without any issues since 2017 and we update it twice a year. Before that, we had other SANsymphony infrastructure running on an old HMP MSA storage array. We migrated without any interruption.
SANSymphony is used to provide HA storage block services to the vSphere Streched Cluster. The backend virtualized storage is a mix of internal node storage and SAN (Dell Compellent, IBM Storwize). It can be fiberchannel connected or iscsi or both. By using this solution we provide a High Availability storage solution. We can do the running of VMs in classic Windows or Linux workload and Citrix virtual Apps. This is a software solution, so new functionality does not rely on any hardware.
We use this product as a storage network.
It provides high performance and business-critical storage.
We have been using DataCore SANsymphony for many years to protect data-availability and keeping productive. It helps us to improve reliability for our complete IT solutions.
DataCore is our main Enterprise SAN solution. We serve all workloads among five different DataCore server groups. These workloads include all hypervisors, SQL and Oracle Databases, file shares, archive, and backups. DataCore helps us achieve disaster recovery by allowing us to mirror our data between two sites.
DataCore is the primary storage solution for all of our VMware hosts, installed on a Dell EMC RX740 server with a combination of spinning and NVMe storage. We have just moved to a 2-host, hyperconverged solution utilizing DataCore. All of our servers and services are running off the 2-node DataCore solution.
We use SANsymphony for all of our business-critical data. We run a dual host, VMware 6.7 host environment with a 25Gb/s network fabric connecting to mirrored SANsymphony nodes. We have two business systems running in this environment. One is running Red Hat Linux and Progress DB, whereas the other is running Windows and Microsoft SQL server.
The project was to replace an old SAN (from Dell EMC) with a new system that is more resilient and offers high availability.
Our primary use case is for a high-availability and redundant storage system with fast read and writes times with low latency.
I use DataCore SANsymphony for the redundancy with two nodes. It's a good solution with a good price for a small infrastructure like us.
* A powerful, always-on system. We used DataCore for a few years. * The best solution to get build and an always-on strategy. It has zero downtime and is very fast and flexible.
I run two servers with DataCore doing what it does. I then run VMware on top of that for my Window servers. I currently have roughly 50 users that are constantly using the various servers.
With DataCore we manage the central storage for VMware virtualisation and Oracle databases. At the first location are two mirrored DataCore servers. At a second site, we use a DataCore server as an asynchronous replication target.
We use this solution for providing software-defined storage that is virtualized, in a true HA configuration. It provides SAN storage services to VMware vCenter hosts and VMware Horizon hosts, as well as some physical Windows and Linux servers. This platform allows us to leverage any storage that Windows can leverage, including other vendor SAN devices. This allows us to keep existing storage, mirror SANs from 2 different vendors and even allow very easy migration from one vendor to another. Most of our locations just use RAID attached storage (as it is the least expensive) with enterprise-class drives (both HDD and SSD).
We use the DataCore software to provide (virtual) storage hardware to our virtualisation environment (VMware ESX).
We are using DataCore to increase I/O, to more flexibly utilize storage and to provide a robust offsite replication solution.
The first use case was for our data center at the headquarters. We currently have two server rooms, connected by fibre, and the data is synchronized between both using DataCore.
Low-cost infrastructure for SOHO.
* We use DataCore SANsymphony as our primary storage solution replicated on two hosts since October 2012. In July 2018, we dispatched them to the two server rooms. * Each DataCore node consists of a server and two storage bays connected in SAS. * We use this SAN to store our VMware datastore (300 virtual machines) for our 10 ESXi servers. * Each server is connected to storage via two fiber channel links 8Gbps.
SAN volumes for all system types. You can serve Linux and Windows systems alike, just add the multipath software.
We use it as part of the PCA. And also to recycle berries for which we deport their native intelligence on DataCore.
We use DataCore for VMware datastore. Each ESXi can access datastores stored on DataCore servers on different sites.
We can not afford periods for maintenance. So we need a solution with which we can provide appropriate high availability. 100% guaranteed with DataCore SANSymphony-V.
Installation of this hyper-converged infrastructure in our school this summer with two servers directly attached. It works perfectly!!
We use DataCore to improve the redundancy of our virtual machines so that we can achieve high availability of our server systems.