CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued) vs. DDN IntelliFlash

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
CTERA offered a cloud storage gateway and NAS appliance the Edge X Series. The product line has been discontinued.N/A
DDN IntelliFlash
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
DDN offers the IntelliFlash flash array storage option based on technology developed by Tegile. The solution was owned and supported by Western Digital since August 2017, and later acquired by DDN (DataDirect Networks) in 2019.N/A
Pricing
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)DDN IntelliFlash
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)DDN IntelliFlash
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)DDN IntelliFlash
Best Alternatives
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)DDN IntelliFlash
Small Businesses
DiskStation
DiskStation
Score 8.8 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Score 10.0 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Score 10.0 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)DDN IntelliFlash
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)DDN IntelliFlash
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
This is all about the selling you a "Device" and prices vary greatly between resellers. The devices work well, but the pure cloud solutions need a lot of work.
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DataDirect Networks (DDN)
SMB business Tegile pricing and performance is particularly well suited. BC/DR scenarios are also enhanced as they are extremely good at upgrading each side and failing over for upgrades. I don't know any situations where these would not be appropriate.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • Standard File Backup
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DataDirect Networks (DDN)
  • Fast writes to and retrieves from the disks.
  • Fast ethernet communication and full support for Vmware.
  • NFS storage means no LUN rebuilding or painful LUN migrations.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • SQL Backups just don't work reliably. For us, we lost all of our SQL data backed up through the CTERA Application process. Although the logs indicated a success, that was really not the case. This came close to putting us out of business. Luckily I had taken a genuine SQL backup to a folder. Unfortunately it was a month old. We had to pick-up the pieces from there.
  • Don't use it for file sync and share. There are better products out there i.e. anchorworks.com
  • Support sucks. Good luck with response time and answers that are inconsistent between team members. For example I had to rebuild a VM from scratch. When I re-installed the CTERA client It obviously thought I was adding another device. When I inquired to tech support, one member said "copy the old Data folder" (I still had the old VHD. That did not work). The other directed me to the correct spot to just change the associated folder. The turn-around time was over 24 hours for this simple fix.
  • Documentation, plenty of fodder but no real tech there.
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DataDirect Networks (DDN)
  • I would like to see every update to be able to be reached via either partial or full updates. In the past we had progressed to one level of software and then found we could not get to a later version from that level, though they did address that.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
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DataDirect Networks (DDN)
Because when something works this well you don't change it
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Usability
Discontinued Products
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DataDirect Networks (DDN)
It just works, and works very well. The GUI is clean and easy to understand, and the dashboard gives vital information at a glance. It also gives a very comprehensive view of what all the moving parts are doing. It is so clear and matches the view in real life that I can have a non-technical person looking at it and talking to me on the phone and we both see the same things, instantly.
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
DataDirect Networks (DDN)
WE always get an answer right away, and help is available 24/7/365.
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Implementation Rating
Discontinued Products
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DataDirect Networks (DDN)
Be sure you have your networking right and you are golden.
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
Unfortunately CTERA does not stack up well if you want a pure cloud BDR. I have use iDrive and Asigra. iDrive has similar support and SQL backup issues. Asigra can vary widely in support and price, but the software is solid.
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DataDirect Networks (DDN)
We used to have both Nimble and Compellant in the past, and there is no comparison with the Tegile offerings. The Tegiles outperform them in every area and are easier to use.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • NONE, it about put us out of business
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DataDirect Networks (DDN)
  • It has increased our productivity in our database users by about 40%
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