Scality RING Reviews

Name: Scality RING
Brand: Scality
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

4.0 out of 5

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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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OlivierLE PENRU

System Engineer at Experis

Sep 28, 2022

What is most valuable The most valuable feature of Scality RING8 is its performance and good interface. What needs improvement? 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. For how long have I…

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reviewer1242105

Project Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Dec 11, 2019

I'm starting to work on a project now with ScaleIO. The engineering team suggests migrating to Red Hat Ceph. I don't know yet what their reasons are, but that was the information I got two weeks ago. I am now starting to look for information comparing the products. For the project I'm working on now, we need block storage, so Scality is not an option in this case. Scality is used for object storage and here we are talking about another solution for block storage. Today we are using ScaleIO, which engineering recommends. It's a common thing to migrate to Red Hat Ceph.

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it_user562512

Storage Service Platform & Storage Enabler Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Nov 30, 2016

What is most valuable S3 and CDMI, restful API for object access, are useful for deploying standard S3 or CDMI-based applications such as cloud backup, email. Erasure coding technologies permit to reduce storage costs by providing the same security as replication but with less storage resources.…

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Pricing

"The cost of Scality RING8 could be less expensive. It is difficult for smaller businesses to afford it."

Valuable Features

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

Room For Improvement

"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."

Pricing

"The cost of Scality RING8 could be less expensive. It is difficult for smaller businesses to afford it."

Valuable Features

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

Room For Improvement

"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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Scality RING was previously known as Scality RING, RING8.

Scality RING is the #14 ranked solution in top File and Object Storage tools and #16 ranked solution in top Software Defined Storage (SDS) tools. PeerSpot users give Scality RING an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. Scality RING is most commonly compared to Microsoft Azure: Scality RING vs Microsoft Azure. Scality RING is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 65% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 21% of all views.