Data collector vs Call Home with cloud services
IBM Storage Insights supports specific features depending on how your resources are connected. Find the key differences between monitoring resources through data collector and Call Home with cloud services.
The following table summarizes the differences in feature support, version availability, and other requirements between data collector and Call Home with cloud services.
| Feature | Data collector | Call Home with cloud services | Available for IBM Storage Insights Free and Pro version | Firmware version and other requirements |
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| Logs upload feature for IBM Storage Virtualize systems |  |
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| Data collection through probes and performance monitors for IBM Storage Virtualize systems | |
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| Environmental metrics data collection for IBM Storage Virtualize systems | |
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IBM Storage Virtualize systems with firmware version 8.6.2.0 or later | |
| Environmental metrics data collection for DS8000 storage system | |
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DS8000 storage system with firmware version 7.2 or later | |
| Workload placement advisor | |
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IBM Storage Virtualize systems |
| Storage partition migration | |
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IBM Storage Virtualize systems with firmware version 8.7.0 or later | |
| FlashSystem grid | |
Pro only | IBM Storage Virtualize systems with firmware version 8.7.0 or later | |
| Ransomware threat detection for volumes | |
Pro only |
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| Ransomware threat detection for volume group | |
Pro only |
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| Workload anomaly detection | |
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Pro only | IBM Storage Virtualize systems with firmware version 8.6.0.0 or later |
| Volume group | |
Pro only |
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| Monitoring IBM Storage Ceph® | |
Pro only | IBM Storage Ceph systems with version 7 or later | |
| Logs upload feature for existing IBM Storage Ceph support tickets | |
Pro only |
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