DDN A³I vs. Google Cloud Persistent Disk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DDN A³I
Score 9.0 out of 10
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DataDirect Networks (DDN) offers their SFA line of high density block storage solutions, including the SFA14KX and the SFA18K.N/A
Google Cloud Persistent Disk
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Google's Persistent Disk service on Google Cloud is designed to present reliable, high-performance block storage for virtual machine instances.N/A
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses

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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.4 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco UCS Series
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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DDN A³IGoogle Cloud Persistent Disk
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9.0
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9.7
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User Testimonials
DDN A³IGoogle Cloud Persistent Disk
Likelihood to Recommend
DataDirect Networks (DDN)
Well suited for large data repositories, like video storage, data lake, etc. Wide and deep and does not take up multiple racks. Easily grows with your needs as one can drop in more disks when needed, as you grow.
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Google
Google Cloud Persistent Disk is a great storage solution for businesses. It is very secure and it as well scalable. In addition, it is a high-performance storage solution and makes data access and management easy and fast.
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Pros
DataDirect Networks (DDN)
  • Large storage array
  • Fibre channel storage using RAID arrays
  • Each SFA can grow with one master and up to 4 slaves
  • Up to PB or more of storage
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Google
  • The software is highly secure.
  • Fast data sharing.
  • Accessing data is easy.
  • Scaling is easy.
  • Integration with other Google services is easy.
  • Easy data storage and acts as a good backup.
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Cons
DataDirect Networks (DDN)
  • The Disk array appliances load disks from the top
  • Cabler management is more than 4 feet long. Hard to find a rack it really fits in.
  • Interconnects between units need to be more seamless and easier to understand.
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Google
  • No bad experiences with Google Cloud Persistent Disk.
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Alternatives Considered
DataDirect Networks (DDN)
IBM is close to the Platinum level but DDN comes in large and cheaper but with a bit less features.
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Google
Besides offering industry-leading features, Google Cloud Persistent Disk is as well affordable and seamlessly integrates with Google services and this makes this storage solution irresistible.
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Return on Investment
DataDirect Networks (DDN)
  • ROI is that it seems very economical for massive video camera storage.
  • Dedicate a rack to it.
  • Best if all units are next to each other but do not have to be.
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Google
  • Helped our return to operation with faster restores.
  • Helped the business scale and increase our data storage capacity with [ease].
  • Helped us alleviate the need to store in our local infrastructure, saving on admin costs.
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