IBM Storage Scale vs. Nasuni

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Storage Scale
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
IBM Storage Scale (formerly IBM Spectrum Scale) supports storage management of unstructured data for big data analytics.N/A
Nasuni
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
The Nasuni File Data Platform is a cloud-native suite of services offering user productivity, business continuity, data intelligence, cloud choice, and simplified global infrastructure. The platform and its add-on services replace traditional file infrastructure, including network attached storage (NAS), back-up, and DR, with a cloud-scale solution. By consolidating file data in easily expandable cloud object storage from Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Nasuni aims to become a cloud-native…N/A
Pricing
IBM Storage ScaleNasuni
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Storage ScaleNasuni
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IBM Storage ScaleNasuni
Features
IBM Storage ScaleNasuni
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Storage Scale
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Ratings
Nasuni
9.4
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File search00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Storage Scale
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Ratings
Nasuni
8.3
2 Ratings
4% below category average
User and role management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File organization00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Device management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
IBM Storage Scale
-
Ratings
Nasuni
9.3
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Performance00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reliability00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Storage Reports00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Storage ScaleNasuni
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(5 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Storage ScaleNasuni
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
When you get a Spectrum Scale solution from IBM you are certain of two things. 1) You will need a specialized storage admin who will be able to take all of its advantages and make available for your organization. It is an appliance that not so many storage admins would be comfortable working on. Invest properly on both hardware and human resources. 2) You will scale forever. We started with a couple of hundred of Terabytes and grew to dozens of Petabytes.
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Nasuni
Well suited if you have a lot of data that doesn't need to be stored and read right away. I think even if you don't have much data, you can still use it for it's intended purpose to great effect, but think of it as the more data you have, the even better it will work. I don't think it would be particularly useful if you already have a slick file restore system in place and you don't need to store your data elsewhere with redundancy.
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Pros
IBM
  • Secure data storage platform.
  • Secure environment to handle big data through.
  • Creating reports from multiple platforms easily.
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Nasuni
  • The management console is extremely simple and easy to navigate, making common tasks easy to do.
  • Our storage appliance is configured to snapshot data several times an hour, making the risk of data loss very low.
  • Data restores are very intuitive, and take seconds to initiate regardless of whether it is one file or 300GB of data. We have successfully restored many Gigs of data in minutes.
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Cons
IBM
  • Not suited for HPC.
  • Doesn't work well for retail.
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Nasuni
  • Better analytics when issues arise.
  • Better onboarding documentation.
  • Real-time monitoring.
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Usability
IBM
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Nasuni
As I mentioned, the user interface is amazing and straight forward. It's very easy to learn how to configure and restore files. I would like a bit more reporting, especially in terms of live reporting and monitoring. The support is great when you have a question on how to do something, which helps with usability.
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Performance
IBM
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Nasuni
Again, it may have a little to do with the size and speed of your own environment, but we've been nothing but pleased with the speed of access of the files - even pulling old files from the cloud storage. Recovery of huge and many data files is a bit slow if you don't have the specs of the filer up to snuff.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
It was the solution that fit the requirements of our customers.
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Nasuni
The technical support and escalation path for Nasuni is much more reliable and efficient. No getting transferred to various teams. Often times, the person who answers your call is able to resolve your issue. If they cannot, they get the case assigned to the appropriate engineer right away. Time to close has always been very good.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Allowed reuse of existing storage
  • Flexibility to provision storage quickly, allowing us to right size storage.
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Nasuni
  • Dramatically reduced time spent managing our storage platform. Quotas and reporting tools take all the guesswork out of data growth. Updates are easy to deploy. Time freed up can be used for more user-facing activities that we consider more valuable to the organization.
  • The overall stability of the platform has been very good. We have been running on the same hardware for the past four years without any performance issues.
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