VMware vSAN is a software-defined storage product that is used in collaboration with VMware ESXi hypervisor and that provisions and manages storage based on policies, regardless of the underlying hardware. The solution enables you to prime your business for growth through its seamless evolution (it is integrated with vSphere and requires no new tools), its flexibility, and its multi-cloud capabilities. As an industry-leading software, VMware vSAN provides high levels of performance with minimal impact on CPU and memory.
The first 1-2 years of purchasing vSAN will be expensive. Thereafter, the longer you are running it, the more cost savings you will have.
Its reasonable, compare with other storage vendors
The first 1-2 years of purchasing vSAN will be expensive. Thereafter, the longer you are running it, the more cost savings you will have.
Its reasonable, compare with other storage vendors
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.
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.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is a top-ranking HCI software, cloud management tool, and Software Defined Storage (SDS) tool that is marketed as the foundation for users' hybrid clouds. It offers a powerful and secure hyperconverged infrastructure to deliver all data and applications at any scale and on any cloud. The solution offers a complete software stack that allows users to unify their hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
Rancher Labs build innovative, open source software that makes it easy to deploy and manage containers in production on any infrastructure. We enable organizations to accelerate all aspects of their software development pipeline, from writing and testing code to running complex microservices-based applications.
There is an annual subscription. The price of the solution should be cheaper and have better pricing flexibility.
The solution is free and open source but there is a fee for support.
There is an annual subscription. The price of the solution should be cheaper and have better pricing flexibility.
The solution is free and open source but there is a fee for support.
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is a versatile solution with various primary use cases, including databases, backups, VMware, file storage, disaster recovery, and more. The most valuable functionalities of Cloud Volumes ONTAP include ease of deployment, exceptional performance, space-saving capabilities, Snap technology suite features, and seamless migration across environments. This solution has simplified processes, reduced downtime, increased efficiency, and optimized resource usage. It has also led to significant cost savings, improved performance, and enhanced manageability, making it a valuable asset for organizations looking to streamline their storage operations in the cloud.
ROI is seen through reduced usage space and energy consumption.
The AWS consumer-based pricing model makes it easy for developers to use their credit cards to spin up virtual servers immediately.
ROI is seen through reduced usage space and energy consumption.
The AWS consumer-based pricing model makes it easy for developers to use their credit cards to spin up virtual servers immediately.
Experience peace of mind with DataCore SANsymphony, the ultimate software-defined storage solution alleviating storage management challenges. Say goodbye to the complexities of managing different storage tiers and disruptions with SANsymphony's block-level storage virtualization technology, empowering you to automate capacity provisioning and data placement across diverse storage environments including SAN, DAS, HCI, and JBOD. Break down silos, control data placement, meet business continuity objectives, boost performance, and seamlessly expand or refresh hardware with SANsymphony. Benefit from features like asynchronous replication for disaster recovery, minimizing data loss, accelerating application responsiveness, and integrating new technology non-disruptively. Trusted by industry leaders like NASA, Thorntons, Inc., and TUI Cruises, DataCore SANsymphony guarantees unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and reliability, ensuring uninterrupted data access and application availability while reducing storage costs and inefficiencies.
In my case, the licensing per terabytes is very high and it must be licensed for each extra functionality.
This solution allows the use of off-the-shelf hardware and charges by the TB of storage.
In my case, the licensing per terabytes is very high and it must be licensed for each extra functionality.
This solution allows the use of off-the-shelf hardware and charges by the TB of storage.
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.
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.
Cloudian HyperStore lets you start small and grow to hundreds of petabytes on-premises simply by adding nodes. Leverage the proven interoperability of the industry’s only 100% native S3 API.
Our fees are approximately half a dollar per gigabyte.
The solution is cheap.
Our fees are approximately half a dollar per gigabyte.
The solution is cheap.
The licensing is based on the number of terabytes.
The licensing model is complex and depends on factors such as the number of processing cores and the amount of storage.
The licensing is based on the number of terabytes.
The licensing model is complex and depends on factors such as the number of processing cores and the amount of storage.
Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.
The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage.
I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten.
The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage.
I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten.
IBM Cloud Object Storage is a web-scale platform that stores unstructured data - from petabyte to exabyte - with reliability, security, availability and disaster recovery without replication.
Pricing is not cheap.
IBM Cloud is cheaper than AWS. If you want to scale your cloud infrastructure, it can be bought at almost the same price.
Pricing is not cheap.
IBM Cloud is cheaper than AWS. If you want to scale your cloud infrastructure, it can be bought at almost the same price.
Red Hat Gluster Storage (formerly known as Red Hat Storage Server) is a software-defined storage (SDS) platform designed to handle the requirements of traditional file storage—high-capacity tasks like backup and archival as well as high-performance tasks of analytics and virtualization. But unlike traditional storage systems, Red Hat Gluster Storage isn’t rigid and expensive. It easily scales across bare metal, virtual, container, and cloud deployments.
If you need cheap storage, but still need high availability, it's a good product to look at.
If you need cheap storage, but still need high availability, it's a good product to look at.
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation
Storage for hybrid cloud and multicloud container deployments
Red Hat® OpenShift® Data Foundation—previously Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage—is software-defined storage for containers. Engineered as the data and storage services platform for Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation helps teams develop and deploy applications quickly and efficiently across clouds.
The catalog list price is very expensive, but if you can directly negotiate with Red Hat, it's relatively well-priced.
The catalog list price is very expensive, but if you can directly negotiate with Red Hat, it's relatively well-priced.
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.
StorPool is intelligent storage software that runs on standard servers and builds scalable, high-performance storage system out of these servers (software-defined storage). It focuses on the block-level storage and excels at it. It is incredibly flexible and can be deployed in both converged setups (on compute nodes, alongside VMs and applications) or on separate storage nodes.
StorPool software is cost-effective and gives us a pricing advantage over our competitors.
StorPool software is cost-effective and gives us a pricing advantage over our competitors.
ROBIN is a software platform for automating deployment, scaling and lifecycle management of enterprise applications on Kubernetes. The company’s technology modernizes legacy and stateful applications on Kubernetes. Robin.io delivers increased performance and utilization, and application-aware data protection on-prem or in any cloud. Businesses achieve significant gains in productivity, lower cost and always-on availability for their critical applications. Headquartered in San Jose California, Robin.io is backed by leading investors including Clear Ventures, DN Capital, USAA and Hasso Plattner Ventures.
The Veritas Access Appliance enables a turnkey deployment of Veritas’ software-defined Access scale-out network attached storage - a storage solution optimized for unstructured data use cases. The appliance is cost-optimized and tuned for high-capacity workloads like long-term retention (LTR), tape replacement and backup archiving.
The solution is not expensive compared to other storage solutions.
The solution is not expensive compared to other storage solutions.
