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Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series vs. Scality ARTESCA

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ALenovo presents an enterprise class storage-area network (SAN) via the ThinkSystem DS series of products, presently including ThinkSystem DS2200, ThinkSystem DS4200, and the ThinkSystem DS6200.N/A

    Scality ARTESCA

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AScality in San Francisco offers scalable file and object storage for media, healthcare, cloud service providers, and others.N/A
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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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    User Ratings
    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS SeriesScality ARTESCA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS SeriesScality ARTESCA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lenovo
    It works very well for essential data storage such as security footage. It is well suited for remote office storage, but not so much as large database storage.
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    Scality
    The team in charge of implementing Scality has to be full stack in order to guarantee the correct functioning of the entire system. However, you have to think very carefully about the balance between servers and disks, perhaps adopting smaller fully populated servers instead of large semi-populated servers, which would mean that over time our disk updates will not have a fully useful life.
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    Pros
    Lenovo
    • They are very easy to maintain and repair.
    • The raid and storage speeds are excellent.
    • They offer many ways to use the system as a standalone or in a cluster.
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    Scality
    • I love the redundancy of the software.
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    Cons
    Lenovo
    • There are a lot of xclarity tools that need to be condensed.
    • I would like to see the old IMM interface return as the new management interface is not as easy to use.
    • Replacing some of the internal components is more involved than it used to be.
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    Scality
    • The overall packaging is not very good. I think it could be more efficient for installation.
    • There are many components in storage servers. This can generally be complex to understand, you have to be patient.
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    Usability
    Lenovo
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    Scality
    As an organization, it took us a while to understand the shift from a traditional black box SAN to software-defined storage, but now we are much more certain of what this means. The time invested and the resources were not very high, thanks on the one hand to the technical support and on the other to the coherence and good development of the platform.
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    Support Rating
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    Scality
    I have seen Scality in the office meeting with our VP and get the feeling that they are here to support us.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lenovo
    I much prefer the old x systems as I have worked with them for a while. The ds series is much faster and more reliable. Servicing it is simple but some internal components require more involvement.
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    Scality
    Due to the nature of our business we require extensive encryption and availability for sensitive customer data. The erasure encoding that Scality provides gives us the assurance that documents are rest are never in a state of being downloaded or available to a casual data thief. This is something that can be found with other vendors but at a fraction of the same cost. Having this kind of performance, availability and redundancy at the cost that Scality provides has made a large difference to our organization.
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    Return on Investment
    Lenovo
    • It has generated a lot of revenue in our service department.
    • It has made us invest more in learning all of the new systems with xclarity etc.
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    Scality
    • Keeping sensitive customer data secure is a must for our organization and Scality has great features to make this happen.
    • We replaced a single SAN with a Scality ring and found performance to improve as we store more and more customer data.
    • Being able to lose various portions of our Scality ring and allow it to continue to service customers while maintaining high performance has been key to our business.
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