Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler Review - why 3.2 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Sep 20, 2019

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What is Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler?

Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler is a storage and visualization management software solution for your business. The software was designed and launched by VMware, Inc., headquartered in California, United States. It provides aggregate and centralized storage of different storage resources and simplifies storage management.

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Who is it best for?

The software can be deployed in any kind and size of business as long as the main concern is storage and visualization management. If you do not have centralized management for your resources and would like to use a solution that can make it possible for you, you can benefit from SDRS.

Other than providing these services, the software will also provide performance and availability management for the resources. Education, financial services, government, and heal care sectors have found the use of this software helpful.

Some major customers of the software include NYSE Euronext, Australian Hearing, Associated Surgeons and Physicians, and AT&T Hosting etc.

Main features and functionalities

Like other major visualization management solutions, SDRS also focuses on configuration, performance and availability aspects of business processes. Related to all these domains, the software offers a variety of useful features. For instance, to efficient configuration and allocation of resources, the software offers the features of capability management, clustered file systems, data store pools, dynamic data-store allocation, and dynamic short volume changes.

To supervise the performance of virtual machines and resources, the software provides the services of capability shortage prediction, continuous resource allocation, memory ballooning, real time capability monitoring, and VM sprawl control. In the availability module, you have the features of automated live migration, live VM migration, and user access levels.

The sole security feature of the software is the availability of application firewall against unauthorized access. Technical support is available through online self service, remote training, webinars and other means.

What is the actual cost?

ITQlick pricing score is 6.6 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler.

Pros

• The software provides simultaneous configuration of clustered file systems.
• Dynamic storage volume changes allow you to manage storage allocation on runtime.
• Computing resources are scaled and managed without any disruption in the running services.
• The software automatically allocates appropriate resources to virtual machines.
• Real time capacity monitoring allows you to keep an eye on the resource demand and needs of virtual machines.

Cons

• Performance features of the software do not include adaptive analysis, core parking, and memory compression.
• There is no service for proactive availability monitoring in the availability module of the software.
• There are no features for reporting on the software.
• Configuration module of the software does not include migration modeling and physical to virtual conversion.
• There are no features for port monitoring, power management, and real time alerts on SDRS.

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler vs alternative software solutions.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)