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    IBM Storage Scale

    Score9.9 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

    StorageGRID

    Score5 out of 10
    N/ANetApp's StorageGRID is open S3 object store to manage your unstructured data at scale.N/A
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    IBM Storage ScaleStorageGRID
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    IBM Storage ScaleStorageGRID
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    IBM Storage ScaleStorageGRID
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    User Ratings
    IBM Storage ScaleStorageGRID
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
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    Support Rating
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage ScaleStorageGRID
    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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    NetApp
    The NetApp StorageGRID solution fits in perfectly with what our company was trying to accomplish. Our goal was to free up our expensive storage flash (SSD) capacity for our critical applications to allow for growth and added performance capabilities. I do not believe this solution would be greatly suited for those without a Cloud solution or secondary site/system to tier data.
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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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    NetApp
    • Allows for very granular data tiering policies
    • Integrates seamlessly with our Cloud solution
    • Easy deployment
    • Easy to manage and adapt to a changing environment
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Not suited for HPC.
    • Doesn't work well for retail.
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    NetApp
    • Initial network design can be tedious
    • Provide more out-of-the-box ILM policies
    • Include professional services time with each purchase
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    Support Rating
    IBM
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    NetApp
    NetApp Support was able to quickly resolve a networking issue during the deployment of the NetApp StorageGRID system, which we, unfortunately, could not figure out on our own. Not only did Support engage quickly, but they also provided guidance on how to properly troubleshoot various issues such as the one we encountered and also provided excellent documentation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    It was the solution that fit the requirements of our customers.
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    NetApp
    We chose NetApp StorageGRID because we were not looking for a true backup solution but wanted the features to included a DR centric ideology. The IBM Cloud Backup solution was purely backup focused and did not fit the requirements for our needs. NetApp StorageGRID checked all of our boxes in regards to cost, use case, and ease of manageability.
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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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    NetApp
    • Added Flash capacity
    • Decreased application latency
    • Decreased data storage costs
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