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Pros
"The snapshots, replication, and the ability to have immutable blades are the most valuable features. You're putting data snapshots out in those blades, and they cannot be touched. Its performance is great.""The solution is able to handle workloads and is easy to use. It allows us to actually manage the boxes in less time.""It is very easy to use, and it is very fast.""The solution provides many controllers.""The most valuable features of this solution are the rewrite speed and the nonstop services.""What I like best about Pure Storage FlashBlade is its object storage functionality, plus it has fast underlying hardware. Pure Storage FlashBlade is also very stable. I find its stability one of its valuable features.""The tool's most valuable features are data warehousing, speedy recovery, and analytics. Its latest release is cost-effective.""Pure Storage FlashBlade is user-friendly. It's replication feature is great because it has active replication and active DR. That's the beauty of the product. It's a perfect solution for block storage."

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"The most valuable feature of Scality RING8 is its performance and good interface."

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Cons
"File storage needs a lot of improvement. Mainframe connectivity also needs improvement because it requires additional components to be integrated with Pure Storage FlashBlade. If you want to keep your backup data, then this becomes an even more expensive solution because Pure Storage FlashBlade will not be able to meet your backup needs.""An area for improvement in Pure Storage FlashBlade is its price. It could be reduced. The technical support for Pure Storage FlashBlade also needs improvement. It used to be good, with more experienced engineers. Nowadays, it isn't, and it takes longer for support to solve problems.""It would be beneficial if the layer could support the S3 protocol and be container ready in the next release.""I want efficiency. FlashBlade doesn't have efficiency now.""Pure Storage FlashBlade should improve on more cloud integration.""There is some room for new features related to authentication and integration with Kubernetes, and other solution using S3 Bucket.""It usually comes down to just what you hit and the value you're getting when you spend the money and license the products. I would always go, "If you want to make things better, lower your price and make your licensing simpler." There's always an opportunity around that.""I would also like to see better support for CIFS workloads."

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"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I feel that the price could always be lowered."
  • "Pure Storage FlashBlade is a hardware appliance, and it's very expensive if you compare its price with other solutions. You can get the same features and benefits from its competitor, VAST Data, but for half the price of Pure Storage FlashBlade."
  • "It's a costly solution, but Pure Storage FlashBlade doesn't require additional licenses. All of the software is combined into one bundle."
  • "The price could be cheaper."
  • "The product is very expensive."
  • "I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."
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  • "The cost of Scality RING8 could be less expensive. It is difficult for smaller businesses to afford it."
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    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable features are data warehousing, speedy recovery, and analytics. Its latest release is cost-effective.
    Top Answer:Pure Storage FlashBlade should improve on more cloud integration.
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Scality RING8 is its performance and good interface.
    Top Answer: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.
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    Also Known As
    Scality RING, RING8
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    Overview

    FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

    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.
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    Sample Customers
    ServiceNow, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Dominos, Man AHL
    Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, EuroSport, Orange, Deluxe, DailtMotion, SFR, RTL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Telstra
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Manufacturing Company18%
    University12%
    Energy/Utilities Company12%
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    Educational Organization36%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm7%
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise42%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    Large Enterprise64%
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    Pure Storage FlashBlade is ranked 6th in File and Object Storage with 9 reviews while Scality RING is ranked 14th in File and Object Storage with 1 review. Pure Storage FlashBlade is rated 8.6, while Scality RING is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashBlade writes "Immutable snapshots, great performance, and simple and easy replication". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Scality RING writes "High performance, good support, and useful interface". Pure Storage FlashBlade is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Pure Storage FlashArray, MinIO, VAST Data and NetApp StorageGRID, whereas Scality RING is most compared with Dell ECS, Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Qumulo and Dell PowerScale (Isilon).

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