"Duplication, interface and the manageability is good and simple."
"The backup features are valuable. I've heard from our backup and data protection people that our clients are very satisfied with the performance in junction with the backup, which they archive on this type of object storage."
"It uses the same platform for connectivity so integration is seamless."
"It's very easy-to-use."
"The main feature I have found to be product replication."
"It performs well and it is also very fast."
"It is very easy to use, and it is very fast."
"The product is scalable and easy to expand."
"The initial setup is pretty quick."
"The most valuable features are the Metro clustering, and disaster recovery."
"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."
"The feature that we're waiting on is better integration with the cell services."
"I want efficiency. FlashBlade doesn't have efficiency now."
"It would be nice if you could store file-based in the same box with the same technology."
"Compared to, for example, Hitachi NAS, the solution is not mature at all. It's just in its infancy as far as technology goes."
"There could be improvements in public cloud integration."
"The solution is expensive."
"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."
"There is some room for new features related to authentication and integration with Kubernetes, and other solution using S3 Bucket."
NetApp StorageGRID is ranked 9th in File and Object Storage with 2 reviews while Pure Storage FlashBlade is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 9 reviews. NetApp StorageGRID is rated 9.0, while Pure Storage FlashBlade is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of NetApp StorageGRID writes "Very satisfied with the backup performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashBlade writes "Performs well with very little maintenance and an easy initial setup". NetApp StorageGRID is most compared with Dell EMC ECS, MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Cloudian HyperStore and IBM Cloud Object Storage, whereas Pure Storage FlashBlade is most compared with Pure Storage FlashArray, Qumulo, HPE Primera, MinIO and Scality RING8.
See our list of best File and Object Storage vendors.
We monitor all File and Object Storage reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
