Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) vs. FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL)
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Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) provides distributed, resilient, high-performance storage and retrieval of binary large object (blob) data. Object storage is distributed across a cluster of hardware systems, or nodes. The storage cluster is resilient against hard drive failure within a node and against node failure within a cluster. Nodes can be added to or removed from the cluster to adjust cluster capacity as needed. | N/A |
FalconStor StorSafe | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | StorSafe is the latest release of FalconStor's, headquartered in Austin, VTL product. It is a 100% software product that runs on industry-standard servers, or in any cloud as a VM, to provide a next-generation virtual tape library that FalconStor presents as scalable, state-of-the-art, and 100% compatible with existing enterprise backup software. StorSafe aims to eliminate tapes and manual processes completely in favor of cloud object storage for offsite protection of backup sets, if desired. | N/A |
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| Small Businesses | StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10 | StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10 | StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | IBM Storage Scale Score9.9 out of 10 | IBM Storage Scale Score9.9 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.0 | - |
| Usability | 8.0 | - |
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