DataCore SANsymphony
DataCore SANsymphony: A self-hosted storage platform combining rollback, replication, mirroring, and failover. Ranked #4 of 29 in Continuous Data Protection Software by our editors (8.7/10); pricing: Pricing on request · 30-day trial; best for self-hosted infrastructure teams.
At a glance
- Editor score8.7 / 10
- PricingPricing on request · 30-day trial
- Best forSelf-hosted infrastructure teams
- Free planNo
- Founded1998 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Continuous point-in-time rollback with immutable snapshots
- Synchronous mirroring, transparent failover, and site recovery
- Supports physical servers, VMs, containers, and heterogeneous storage
Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires contacting sales
- Business requires 10 TB per group and two nodes
- Backup Repository has a two-host concurrent limit
Our verdict on DataCore SANsymphony
DataCore SANsymphony is software-defined block storage for SAN and hyperconverged infrastructure environments. It is designed for organizations that need continuous data protection alongside storage consolidation, high availability, disaster recovery, and flexible on-premises deployment. The platform pools and virtualizes storage across heterogeneous hardware, while supporting physical servers, virtual machines, and containers. Its protection capabilities include point-in-time rollback, immutable snapshots, synchronous mirroring, transparent failover, asynchronous replication, and site recovery.
SANsymphony is sold through four editions. Enterprise is the full-featured edition, with the highest performance and flexibility. Standard is a midrange edition licensed by managed capacity. Business is an entry-level edition for smaller high-availability installations, with a 10 TB minimum capacity per group and a two-node minimum. Backup Repository is intended as a backup and remote-replication target, uses 25 TB expansion increments, and has a two-host concurrent limit. A 30-day free trial is available, while paid deployment follows a contact-sales model.
The product has a broad storage and protection scope rather than focusing only on backup. It combines storage pooling, thin provisioning, auto-tiering, caching, parallel I/O, deduplication, compression, encryption, snapshots, and backup integration with centralized management through REST API and PowerShell. Listed integrations include VMware Virtual Volumes, Windows File Server, and Veeam Backup & Replication. Teams seeking self-hosted infrastructure with layered recovery and storage services should consider SANsymphony. Smaller environments should evaluate the Business edition’s capacity and node requirements, while organizations wanting a narrowly focused backup product may prefer a more specialized alternative.
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DataCore SANsymphony fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Minimum RPO | Not verified |
| Retention period | Not verified |
| Point-in-time recovery | Yes |
| Immutable storage | Yes |
| VM protection | Yes |
| Database protection | Yes |
| Deployment model | Self_hosted |
| Free trial | 30 days |
| Deployment | Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Support | Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 5 integrations: REST API, PowerShell, VMware Virtual Volumes, Windows File Server, Veeam Backup & Replication |
| Pricing | Pricing on request · 30-day trial (source) |
| Website | datacore.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
DataCore SANsymphony integrations
DataCore SANsymphony lists 5 integrations on its own site.
- REST API
- PowerShell
- VMware Virtual Volumes
- Windows File Server
- Veeam Backup & Replication
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