AWS Snow Family vs. IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
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AWS Snow Family | Score9.4 out of 10 | N/A | The AWS Snow Family is a collection of physical devices that help migrate large amounts of data into and out of the cloud without depending on networks. AWS Snowcone is the smallest member of the AWS Snow Family of edge computing and data transfer devices, presented as portable, rugged, and secure. AWS Snowball is a suitcase-sized data migration and edge computing device that comes in two device options: Compute Optimized and Storage Optimized presenting terabytes of usable block or Amazon S3… | N/A |
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions | Score8.1 out of 10 | Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees) | IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is designed to make cloud adoption easier, allowing the user to optimize the value of existing on-premises infrastructure, while leveraging the same tools, technologies and skills in the cloud. The solution provides rapid scalability, deployment in 35+ global data centers and access to disaster recovery, backup, security and compliance solutions from an array of ecosystem partners. To address varying workload needs, IBM Cloud… | $0 IBM Cloud Object Storage Cross-Regional Smart Tier 1 GB (hourly) |
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No answers on this topic | 93% Would buy again 14 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 93% Delivers good value for the price 13 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Happy with the feature set 15 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 10 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Implementation went as expected 13 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | Proxmox VE Score9.2 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | No answers on this topic | VMware vSOM (discontinued) Score10 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | No answers on this topic | ![]() IBM PowerVM Score9.7 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 | 8.7 |
| Usability | - | 9.0 |
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| Implementation Rating | - | 8.0 |
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