We are using the open source version, so we didn't pay anything for it. We are planning to obtain a support contract when it's fully in production - which is to say once all of our documents have been validated, and it's stable in our environment. Looking at the prices, they seem to be fairly comparable to what we've paid for similar products in the past so there's no issue paying for support and product, but we're still at a step beyond the proof of concept stage. That won't be complete until we validate that all the binaries are correct. In terms of additional costs, a lot of hardware went into this. We're running it on a cluster of VMware servers. There were licensing costs for the VMware host and in addition to that, we're running it on a storage area network on the backend and the storage area networks alone are very expensive. It's a fairly large storage area network too, so we're essentially running it on dedicated hardware. Our investment to date exceeds $200,000.
FOSS Consultant & Creative Commons Musician at EVALinux
Real User
2021-12-21T10:40:00Z
Dec 21, 2021
We went with the open source version. I wouldn't know what to tell you about licensing. That said, I think the open source version is quite good and has everything one needs.
What is the difference between objects and files? Objects are large collections of data collecting or storing items. Files are a single potential piece within an object.
The product is free of cost.
My company hasn't tried the version of the solution where we need to pay to use it.
We use the solution's open-source version.
We are using the free version. This is still a new system and I think it's a good idea to have a free version to test before purchasing a license.
We are using the open source version, so we didn't pay anything for it. We are planning to obtain a support contract when it's fully in production - which is to say once all of our documents have been validated, and it's stable in our environment. Looking at the prices, they seem to be fairly comparable to what we've paid for similar products in the past so there's no issue paying for support and product, but we're still at a step beyond the proof of concept stage. That won't be complete until we validate that all the binaries are correct. In terms of additional costs, a lot of hardware went into this. We're running it on a cluster of VMware servers. There were licensing costs for the VMware host and in addition to that, we're running it on a storage area network on the backend and the storage area networks alone are very expensive. It's a fairly large storage area network too, so we're essentially running it on dedicated hardware. Our investment to date exceeds $200,000.
MinIO is a free open-source solution.
We went with the open source version. I wouldn't know what to tell you about licensing. That said, I think the open source version is quite good and has everything one needs.
MinIO is open source, but it also has an enterprise license available if preferred.
The solution is free for personal use but for large organizations/ commercial use, seems there are some charges involved.
This is an open-source solution but I am using the licensed version.