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March 2024
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There is an automated built-in failover mechanism, but you must build it yourself if you have no support contract in...
We have been running LizardFS for a while now, but only inside a testing environment. It will be deployed to production soon and it will help to... Read more →
Guillaume Lapouge
Offers UTIPI (Unified Tiered Infrastructure Per IOPS) feature in billing but lacks extensive testing
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    19th
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    16th
    out of 37 in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
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    576
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    2
    Average Words per Review
    353
    Rating
    7.5
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    Also Known As
    Scality RING, RING8
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    Overview

    Software Defined Storage LizardFS is a distributed, scalable, fault-tolerant and highly available file system. It allows users to combine disk space located on many servers into a single name space which is visible on Unix-like and Windows systems in the same way as other file systems. SDS LizardFS makes files secure by keeping all the data in many replicas spread over available servers. It can also be used to build space-efficient storage, because it is designed to run on commodity hardware. Disk and server failures are handled transparently without any downtime or loss of data. If storage requirements grow, it's possible to scale an existing SDS LizardFS installation just by adding new servers _ at any time, without any downtime. The system will automatically move some data to newly added servers, because it continuously takes care of balancing disk usage across all connected nodes. Removing servers is just as easy as adding a new one.

    Scality RING object storage enables enterprises and cloud service providers to run petabyte-scale, data-rich services like web applications, VOD, active archives, compliance archives, and private storage clouds. The RING is software, so you can deploy it on standard x86 servers of your choice, taking advantage of server and media innovation over time. Acting as a single, distributed system, the RING can scale linearly across thousands of servers, multiple sites, and an unlimited number of objects. Data is protected with policy-based replication, erasure coding, and geo-distribution, achieving up to 14 9s of durability and 100% availability.
    Sample Customers
    Orange Polska, Platige Image, United State Department of Agriculture, Virtu Financial
    Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, EuroSport, Orange, Deluxe, DailtMotion, SFR, RTL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Telstra
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider25%
    University12%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    LizardFS is ranked 19th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) while Scality RING is ranked 16th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 4 reviews. LizardFS is rated 8.6, while Scality RING is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of LizardFS writes "There is an automated built-in failover mechanism, but you must build it yourself if you have no support contract in place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Scality RING writes "Offers UTIPI (Unified Tiered Infrastructure Per IOPS) feature in billing but lacks extensive testing ". LizardFS is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage and Red Hat Gluster Storage, whereas Scality RING is most compared with Dell ECS, MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Qumulo and Cloudian HyperStore.

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