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CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    		N/ACTERA offered a cloud storage gateway and NAS appliance the Edge X Series. The product line has been discontinued.N/A

    vmgen

    Score9.1 out of 10
    		N/Avmgen is a cloud-computing IaaS platform for developers and businesses. Vmgen users can create virtual machines in 28 data centers located around the World. The vendor states that data centers meet the requirements of the main security and compliance standards and have direct connections with the leading Internet exchange points (IX). Vmgen network supports IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and is resistant to DDoS attacks. The costs of using vmgen computing resources are billed to the second in…

    $8.64

    per month per installation

    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued) and vmgen
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    Ratings
    vmgen
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    1.0
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    User Testimonials
    CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)vmgen
    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.
    Lee Taylor
    CTO
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    vmgen
    vmgen is a great solution because it's very simple and easy to use. It doesn't have many features, but that makes it clear and uncomplicated
    Verified User
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Standard File Backup
    Lee Taylor
    CTO
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    vmgen
    • virtual machines
    • IaaS
    • cloud computing
    Verified User
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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.
    Lee Taylor
    CTO
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    vmgen
    • number of features
    • support
    • BGP
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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.
    Lee Taylor
    CTO
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    vmgen
    vmgen is simple and intuitive, has clear pricing and is easy to use. We didn't need to employ a DevOps Engineer to configure it. The cost of vmgen is predictable and cost-effective.
    Verified User
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • NONE, it about put us out of business
    Lee Taylor
    CTO
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    vmgen
    • reduced cost of infractructure
    • reduced cost of maintanance
    • improved productivity
    Verified User
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