We performed a comparison between Dell ECS, NetApp StorageGRID, and Scality RING based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"It's definitely good for unstructured data. In earlier days, we had Centera, so for the DR it's really good. It has load balancing facility, and we're using it with the Kemp Load Balancer."
"The most valuable feature for me is off-site storage."
"What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"It is 100% stable. It is also scalable."
"We face very few hardware failures."
"I have been satisfied with the stability."
"I have found Dell ECS to be scalable."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The implementation with NetApp went smoothly. It is a 'setup and forget' type of appliance."
"The speed of the disks removed the bottleneck from our storage."
"It has awesome scalability. We consume it with storage appliance nodes, then we just plug and play as we need more."
"The most valuable feature is tiering."
"It improves our operational efficiency."
"It has enabled us to save money on storage costs. We removed our tape library."
"The ability to get to the StorageGRID from anywhere on my network. The solution is remote. You don't have to be at a physical location."
"It helps automate our storage infrastructure."
"I think it's the economic factor. This solution has the lowest cost for storage systems."
"The most valuable feature of Scality RING8 is its performance and good interface."
"Another feature I like is the life cycle management that helps me with data storage efficiency."
"The initial setup is not so easy."
"You should be able to calculate so that when it's full it's 100% full, not just 90%."
"Dell ECS needs to improve its performance."
"They could provide centralized reports."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"It is a good solution, except for the cost."
"Its security can be improved."
"The solution could be more cost-effective and secure."
"The integration with more apps has room for improvement."
"The redundancy and reliability are great, but I also see room for improvement there. I would like to see more efficiency in the storage and dedupe/compression solutions."
"One key improvement I'd like to see in StorageGRID is enhanced visibility for management purposes."
"I would like to see them integrate more with the monitoring platforms. It is a bit difficult to get automated monitoring of the system."
"It has its quirks here and there, but it is an older NetApp system."
"The only real issue that we have run into is, when we are cloning, we cannot do a thin provision clone, it has to be a full clone."
"The price is something that NetApp could improve, as with most companies. NetApp is known for not being the cheapest storage option, which is also valid for StorageGRID. There are other storage options on the market which we are aware of and have done proofs of concept for, but you cannot really compare the list prices because, as a big user of NetApp storages, we have totally different prices than some list prices. Still, the price information we got for other options are almost always less expensive than StorageGRID."
"I just recommend improving the marketing campaigns in Pakistan."
"Scality RING8 could improve by having more features. We have to use two automation tools to meet our needs. We would prefer to use only one."
"Scality RING is not easy to learn for someone new. It is a little bit difficult. There are a lot of components to it, and you also need to understand them to work with it effectively."
"When we used this solution in 2015, it was not scalable at all. I don't know if they have improved on that, but at the time, scalability was just horrible."
