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We performed a comparison between Red Hat Ceph Storage and Scality RING based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Red Hat Ceph Storage vs. Scality RING Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Replicated and erasure coded pools have allowed for multiple copies to be kept, easy scale-out of additional nodes, and easy replacement of failed hard drives. The solution continues working even when there are errors.""The solution is pretty stable.""It has helped to save money and scale the storage without limits.""High reliability with commodity hardware.""The ability to provide block storage and object storage from the same storage cluster is very valuable for us.""Ceph was chosen to maintain exact performance and capacity characteristics for customer cloud.""We have not encountered any stability issues for the product.""The community support is very good."

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"Another feature I like is the life cycle management that helps me with data storage efficiency.""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."

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Cons
"It took me a long time to get the storage drivers for the communication with Kubernetes up and running. The documentation could improve it is lacking information. I'm not sure if this is a Ceph problem or if Ceph should address this, but it was something I ran into. Additionally, there is a performance issue I am having that I am looking into, but overall I am satisfied with the performance.""It needs a better UI for easier installation and management.""It would be nice to have a notification feature whenever an important action is completed.""Please create a failback solution for OpenStack replication and maybe QoS to allow guaranteed IOPS.""In the deployment step, we need to create some config files to add Ceph functions in OpenStack modules (Nova, Cinder, Glance). It would be useful to have a tool that validates the format of the data in those files, before generating a deploy with failures.""The product lacks RDMA support for inter-OSD communication.""I would like to see better performance and stability when Ceph is in recovery.""An area for improvement would be that it's pretty difficult to manage synchronous replication over multiple regions."

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"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.""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
  • "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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  • "The cost of Scality RING8 could be less expensive. It is difficult for smaller businesses to afford it."
  • "The initial cost (CAPEX) to set up the infrastructure is expensive due to the specific hardware required."
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    Questions from the Community
    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 »
    Top Answer:We have not encountered any stability issues for the product.
    Top Answer:Red Hat Ceph Storage is difficult to maintain. We use CLI tools for maintenance, and the concept seems challenging. Additionally, it is difficult to expand the product due to balancing errors. It… more »
    Top Answer:Another feature I like is the life cycle management that helps me with data storage efficiency.
    Top Answer:It's a very good product, but for large-scale usage, it has limitations. Scality RING's lack of extensive testing and potential hidden limitations. While Scality provides precise architecture… more »
    Top Answer:I work with Scality RING for storage, and we have a concrete strategy to offer it to business customers. Many customers use it for different purposes, but a common use case is for user computer… more »
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    Scality RING, RING8
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    Overview
    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.
    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
    Dell, DreamHost
    Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, EuroSport, Orange, Deluxe, DailtMotion, SFR, RTL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Telstra
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Red Hat Ceph Storage vs. Scality RING
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat Ceph Storage vs. Scality RING and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,246 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Red Hat Ceph Storage is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 22 reviews while Scality RING is ranked 16th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 4 reviews. Red Hat Ceph Storage is rated 8.2, while Scality RING is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Red Hat Ceph Storage writes "Provides block storage and object storage from the same storage cluster". 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 ". Red Hat Ceph Storage is most compared with MinIO, VMware vSAN, Portworx Enterprise, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct, whereas Scality RING is most compared with Dell ECS, MinIO, Qumulo, Cloudian HyperStore and NetApp StorageGRID. See our Red Hat Ceph Storage vs. Scality RING report.

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