IBM Spectrum Virtualize vs. ONTAP Comparison


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About IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ and IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ for Public Cloud together support mirroring between on-premises and cloud data centers or between cloud data centers. Migrate data between on-premises and public cloud data centers or between public cloud data centers. Enjoy consistent data management between on-premises storage and the public cloud. Working together with on-premises software, you can replicate or migrate data from any of over 500 supported storage systems so you can add hybrid cloud capability without major new investment. Pay for only the storage capacity you manage on the public cloud, with flexible software monthly pricing available. Implement disaster recovery strategies between on-premises and public cloud data centers. Enable cloud-based DevOps with easy replication of data from on-premises sources.	About ONTAP: The industry-leading enterprise data management software. You need a solid foundation for your seamless hybrid cloud. NetApp® ONTAP® data management software gives you every advantage possible—everywhere. Looks like you just won the data management lottery. Seamlessly manage your data as it flows to and from wherever you need it most. We get it—you have more than one “#1 priority” right now…Help your business grow. Reliably support your current applications. Anticipate and prepare for the future. Plus, do it all without additional IT budget. With ONTAP, you don’t need to compromise to achieve these priorities. Quickly respond to new business challenges, simplify your day-to-day activities, and impress your team. Sound like your cup of tea? Whatever your data management needs—on your premises and in the cloud—ONTAP has you covered.
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Audience Server Virtualization solution for DevOps teams	Audience Organizations that need a powerful data management platform
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	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Easy to implement, fully supports all needed S3 APIs including multipart upload. Allows for Object File duality (access same data over S3, CIFS, or NFS) Cons Uses ONTAP SnapMirror replication (a bonus for my use case) instead of storage lifecycle policies (which require way more sites and copies to achieve a lower level of protection) to replicate data to other sites. So in my case this is a plus but for folks wanting automated storage lifecycle policies to offsite protect data I recommend they use StorageGRID instead. In my case I was looking to take advantage of RAID_TEC and large raid groups to achieve much higher level of protection for edge sites with far fewer minimum disks (1 large M2 SSD in my edge use case)
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Company Information IBM Founded: 1911 United States www.ibm.com/products/spectrum-virtualize-for-public-cloud	Company Information NetApp Founded: 1992 United States www.netapp.com
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Categories Cloud Migration Supported Hybrid Cloud Storage Supported Server Virtualization Supported Storage Management Supported	Categories Data Loss Prevention Supported Data Management Supported Data Security Supported Database Supported Encryption Key Management Supported IT Risk Management Supported Storage Management Supported
	Show More Features Data Management Features Customer Data Supported Data Analysis Not Supported Data Capture Supported Data Integration Not Supported Data Migration Not Supported Data Quality Control Supported Data Security Supported Information Governance Not Supported Master Data Management Not Supported Match & Merge Supported Database Features Backup and Recovery Not Supported Creation / Development Not Supported Data Migration Not Supported Data Replication Not Supported Data Search Not Supported Data Security Supported Database Conversion Not Supported Mobile Access Supported Monitoring Supported NOSQL Supported Performance Analysis Not Supported Queries Not Supported Relational Interface Not Supported Virtualization Not Supported
Integrations AWS DataSync Not Supported ActiveScale Not Supported Amazon FSx Not Supported Amazon S3 Supported Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supported BackBox Not Supported IBM Cloud Supported IntelliMagic for SAN Supported Microsoft Azure Supported NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Not Supported NetApp MetroCluster Not Supported NetApp Virtual Storage Console Not Supported Netdata Supported Netwrix Auditor Not Supported VaultCore Not Supported Veeam Data Platform Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 6 Integrations	Integrations AWS DataSync Supported ActiveScale Supported Amazon FSx Supported Amazon S3 Not Supported Amazon Web Services (AWS) Not Supported BackBox Supported IBM Cloud Not Supported IntelliMagic for SAN Not Supported Microsoft Azure Not Supported NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Supported NetApp MetroCluster Supported NetApp Virtual Storage Console Supported Netdata Not Supported Netwrix Auditor Supported VaultCore Supported Veeam Data Platform Supported Show More Integrations View All 11 Integrations
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