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IBM Cloud File Storage vs. Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud File Storage

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud provides a File Storage service allows the user to deploy and customize flash-backed NFS-based file storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.N/A

    Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ANaviSite boasts flexible and scalable managed services that provide 24x7x365 monitoring and support for any environment a business selects—whether it’s on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid. Their managed infrastructure services include managed infrastructure and hosting, data center colocation services, as well as disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS). Navisite services include those under the former RDX brand, which separated from Charter Communications (as part of the Spectrum Enterprise…N/A
    Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    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
    IBM Cloud File StorageNavisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    29 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM Cloud File StorageNavisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud File Storage and Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
    Feature
    IBM Cloud File Storage
    8.5
    39 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.737 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.836 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.631 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.037 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support9.636 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.437 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation7.030 Ratings00 Ratings
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    IBM Cloud File StorageNavisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud File StorageNavisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (40 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud File StorageNavisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    well suited: Enterprise File Sharing and Collaboration: Scenario: our organization has teams working on projects across different geographical locations, and they need a centralized and easily accessible file storage solution. IBM Cloud File Storage can facilitate seamless file sharing and collaboration among team members. less appropriate Highly Transactional Databases: Scenario: Your organization has highly transactional and I/O-intensive database workloads that require low-latency access to data. In such cases, block storage or specialized database services might be more appropriate than file storage.
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    Navisite
    Clarify before hand any additional charges for remote hand and arrangement/SLA for remote hand. Negotiate well on these terms as they tend to be more flexible around this. Clarify shipping and handling charges if any.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Simple file system sharing
    • Lots of storage space (up to 12 TB)
    • Choice of performance (up to 10 IOPS/GB)
    • Simple interface to order more storage
    • Quick interface to allow more servers to share the file store
    • Security - only allows access from specified server(s)
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    Navisite
    • 24/7 monitoring
    • Immediate notification in the event of failures
    • Dedicated Senior DBA
    • Dedicate Account rep
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    Cons
    IBM
    • We have sometimes experienced some outages and hope IBM will fix this soon.
    • Initial trainings are required for the teams to work and do the setup.
    • Support documentation from IBM needs improvement with [the] inclusion of more detailed steps and video tutorials for [a] better understanding of the engineers.
    • The billing process is very complex and you may have to incur additional overhead. Need a simpler approach and clarity on this aspect.
    • Support response from the IBM team is very slow and lacks information.
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    Navisite
    • San Jose facility power outage caused damage to company's credibility, this should not occur again being 7x24 facility and backup generator
    • Avoiding too many management changes will help create good connection with individuals for sustained harmony
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    IBM Cloud File Storage is a valuable tool in the arsenal of any small business. It's flexibility combined with its ease of use ensure that there is low operational overhead, combined with a solid return on investment. It's role based access control features combined with sharing capabilities make it a significant win for any business.
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    Navisite
    Price and facility equipment, location of the hosting facility factor into the decision to renew
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    The IBM team provides effective support for all the cloud operations. They tracks operations and database functionalities closely to enhance reliable operations and remove inefficiencies that affect work processes. The support team has prepared video tutorials and manuals that guides our members on how to work with the database systems effectively.
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    Navisite
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    The IBM Professional services provided the re4quired infrastructure for getting the best out of this tool. It offered excellent guidelines that enhanced efficient integrations. The organization was pleased with the setup process that was completed quickly than expected. The application has been operation effectively after deployment. We have continued to get support from the IBM support team when there are challenges.
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    Navisite
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    IBM Cloud File Storage, unlike other similar products, offers excellent Cloud data security and its overall data management quality on IBM Cloud File Storage is incredible and its data integration support is perfect because it allows big data migration across many Cloud platforms for effective data analytics generation and data visualization tools are great.
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    Navisite
    Navisite's rates were better and they seemed to have more SQL Server expertise. This was about 5 years ago and it may not be the case anymore
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Compared with company datacenter require less maintenance time with an incomparable high availability and business continuity features
    • The possibility to move snapshots on other data centers let this solution super scalable worldwide
    • The price for gb let us pay what we need without a pre commissioned storage buy
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    Navisite
    • Cost savings by not having a full-time DBA on staff - saving of at least 50K a year
    • Data team not on call 24/7
    • Navisite team will try to fix issue if possible - e.g. shrink log files that have grown
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