CenturyLink Public Cloud vs IBM Cloud File Storage

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe for small to mid business application hosting Centurylink provides an adequate service. When moving to larger scale business enviornments I believe the limitations, slowness is going to become a problem

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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It is well suited if you are already aware of how to use cloud file storage systems, but if you are new to it, IBM is not a very beginner-friendly platform to get started. I had many troubles getting started. I felt other cloud providers had better documentation and tutorials to get started.

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Prasad Kumkar

Tech Director

BchainifyComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud File Storage

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

Dynamic scaling

Elastic load balancing

Pre-configured templates

Monitoring tools

Pre-defined machine images

Operating system support

Security controls

Automation

Pros

Offloading the requirements for hosting apps in house - cost savings
Access ability - users could access documents and programs from anywhere
Collaborative work ability - multiple users could work within the same enviornment

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Simple file system sharing
Lots of storage space (up to 12 TB)
Choice of performance (up to 10 IOPS/GB)
Simple interface to order more storage
Quick interface to allow more servers to share the file store
Security - only allows access from specified server(s)

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Verified User

Team Lead in Other

Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

Perhaps ease of use - it's not convoluted but a little more streamlined of an interface would be great
Make your presence more known - in a world of heavily advertised cloud options CenturyLink is not at the top of the pile and I think it may be due to a lack of awareness in the business community. Advertise!
Streamline functionality - interface can be a little slow at times.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Sometimes support is a little unhelpful.
It'd be interesting to see year based models with ease of increment.
There should be more help towards picking storage.

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Verified User

Administrator in Research & Development

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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IBM Cloud File Storage 8.8

Based on 9 answers

I just had one issue requiring contacting the support. People were very friendly and helpful. I cannot rate better because I have not been exposed to other similar situations (just had one single issue in 6 months), and cannot rate lower because this proves that IBM is trustworthy. I think it is fair.

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Nicolas Hubert

Data Scientist

Credit Suisse SABanking, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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IBM Cloud File Storage 8.0

Based on 4 answers

Our contact at IBM helped the entire company roll out with the cloud and it really helped. They were available all the time to answer any questions, adn troubleshoot any hiccups along the way. Most of our issues were use error, and they never got frustrated and were always willing to help

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Verified User

Account Manager in Marketing

Public Relations & Communications Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I did not select the application hosting environment - I was a user. That being said I do not have much of a voice in the difference between hosted services that I have experienced.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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IBM Cloud File Storage stacks up fairly well against the competitors as their service offerings and pricing are very similar. It is all based on your organization's use and size, which will determine which solution will work best for you and your organization.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Accounting Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

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They've had growing pains, which has resulted in outages.
File storage saved us a lot of time getting the shared storage we needed.

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John Reeve

Principal, Lead developer, Lead designer

PelagoInternet, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud File Storage

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud File Storage

CenturyLink Public Cloud

IBM Cloud File Storage

CenturyLink Public Cloud vs IBM Cloud File Storage