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Enables increased resilience but lacks RDMA support for inter-OSD communication
The product allows our OpenStack environment to move away from the classic network type of backend storage. It enables increased resilience using... Read more →
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  • "The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical."
  • "There is no cost for software."
  • "Most of time, you can get Ceph with the OpenStack solution in a subscription​​ as a bundle.​"
  • "We never used the paid support."
  • "If you can afford a product like Red Hat Ceph Storage then go for it. If you cannot, then you need to test Ceph and get your hands dirty."
  • "The price of this product isn't high."
  • "The price of Red Hat Ceph Storage is reasonable."
  • "The operational overhead is higher compared to Azure because we own the hardware."

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    Top Answer:Red Hat Ceph does well in simplifying storage integration by replacing the need for numerous storage solutions. This solution allows for multiple copies of replicated and coded pools to be kept, easy… more »
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    18th
    out of 37 in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
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    3rd
    out of 37 in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
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    4,181
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    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    330
    Rating
    7.7
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    Overview

    LINBIT keeps Linux systems up and running. As the developers of DRBD® software (www.linbit.com), LINBIT has led the way in high availability since 2001. DRBD has been included in the Linux kernel since version 2.6.33 (2009), has been deployed on all major Linux distributions and is fully compatible with systems, applications, devices and services.

    With LINBIT SDS the company creates a high performing Software-Defined Storage (SDS) solution using Linux OS for shared block storage which integrates with the relevant cloud and virtualization systems. With the LINBIT SDS solution, common-off-the-shelf hardware is turned into blazingly fast, reliable block storage. DRBD is integrated into OpenStack, OpenNebula, Docker Kubernetes and Proxmox.

    Red Hat Ceph Storage is an enterprise open source platform that provides unified software-defined storage on standard, economical servers and disks. With block, object, and file storage combined into one platform, Red Hat Ceph Storage efficiently and automatically manages all your data.
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    Computer Software Company23%
    Comms Service Provider18%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise51%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    LINBIT SDS is ranked 18th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) while Red Hat Ceph Storage is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 22 reviews. LINBIT SDS is rated 0.0, while Red Hat Ceph Storage is rated 8.2. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Ceph Storage writes "Provides block storage and object storage from the same storage cluster". LINBIT SDS is most compared with StorMagic SvSAN, Portworx Enterprise, StorPool, Red Hat Gluster Storage and Veritas Access Appliance, whereas Red Hat Ceph Storage is most compared with MinIO, VMware vSAN, Portworx Enterprise, Pure Storage FlashBlade and NetApp StorageGRID.

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