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Google Cloud Persistent Disk vs. NetApp FAS Storage Arrays

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud Persistent Disk

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AGoogle's Persistent Disk service on Google Cloud is designed to present reliable, high-performance block storage for virtual machine instances.N/A

    NetApp FAS Storage Arrays

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ANetApp's FAS series systems offers a storage array system for enterprises.N/A
    Pricing
    Google Cloud Persistent DiskNetApp FAS Storage Arrays
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Cloud Persistent DiskNetApp FAS Storage Arrays
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud Persistent DiskNetApp FAS Storage Arrays
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud Persistent DiskNetApp FAS Storage Arrays
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Cloud Persistent Disk is an ideal storage solution for businesses regardless of the industry. Also, whether your business is big or small, this software is scalable and this means there is a version for every business. The software is secure, fast, and affordable. It also offers data backup features.
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    NetApp
    It is very easy to use with NFS. Creating new volumes and mounting to servers such as ESXi or Linux is a breeze. It does also support CIFS but it is far less intuitive and requires much more effort. Replicated data is also very simple and robust in the form of SnapVaults or SnapMirrors. This data is either immediately or periodically replicated to a peer FAS in the cluster for retention.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Google Cloud Persistent Disk is affordable.
    • Scaling is easy.
    • Comes with data backup capabilities.
    • Fast data access and transfer.
    • Offers best data security security features.
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    NetApp
    • The selling point for NetApp FAS is the application and data protection integration capabilities they provide.
    • We have been able to use NetApp FAS in a variety of use cases with a standard set of management tools.
    • NetApp FAS has evolved over the years from just NAS to also include block protocols. At this time they support almost all industry standard protocols.
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    Cons
    Google
    • Nothing as of now
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    NetApp
    • Deduplication job runs at certain times and creates a large CPU overhead for the system
    • Management of a volumes, disk groups, LUNs, etc. is a burden to manage and is not efficient with storage capacity
    • Upgrades are complicated and not "non-disruptive"
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
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    NetApp
    It just works! We've used NetApp FAS Storage Arrays systems since 2011 and have had fantastic results, in particular since 2016 as performance has drastically improved. Tools are great/user friendly, command line capabilities are very strong ... it is simply very effective at what it does!
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    Usability
    Google
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    NetApp
    It does have a really nice and easy to use web interface to do pretty much anything you need with it. It was very simple to configure our volumes and luns and connect them to our VMWare environment using the interface. It has options to rename, shrink, grow, and other things with our luns and volumes. It was nice and easy to read graphs to see where you stand on your storage usage at a glance.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    NetApp
    NetApp support in Brazil is managed by its partners. We know in other countries, such as the US and NO, they have support directly from Netapp. We have a very good NetApp partner working with us since the beginning, on both the implementation and daily support. Very few cases needed to be escalated to NetApp support, most of the cases are handled and satisfyingly closed by the partner.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    NetApp
    Our initial deployment was handled by pro services. Most later deployments were handled in-house. All went very smoothly. Documentation made it relatively easy to set up new systems which allowed us to do it in-house. When using pro services they were professional and comprehensive.
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    Google
    I have not used such a powerful and flexible storage device as this platform. My experience with this platform has enlightened our team members on better data storage practices. It has secured our documents within and given our teams better file storage options. Excellent data backup and restore services have boosted our company growth since we can focus on other tasks knowing that our data is safe.
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    NetApp
    NetApp stacked nicely and gave enterprise-level usability for snapshot-based backups. Our previous RPO was several hours. It was selected prior to me arriving at the company, but It was selected for the hardware refreshes due to its compatibility with several other vendors, like CommVault and VMware.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    NetApp
    • The speed of file recovery is the biggest positive impact. Recovering from a ransomware attack in minutes is something you can certainly brag about.
    • Integration with products like Exchange and SQL can certainly speed up normal day to day processes. Not just in backup recovery situations either.
    • Redundant paths make migrations and updates very easy with no downtime.
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