NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs. Publitio

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP was well suited to begin our journey to cloud storage as a service. The ease and intuitiveness of the product to enable our administrators to design, configure, and deploy the storage in a hybrid cloud environment was instrumental to the success and the early adoption of the service.

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Publitio works great for serving media of almost all kinds. Although we don't use this, Publitio has a transform-by-url feature that allows website managers to serve different image sizes and formats by changing the url. If you need reliable image, video, and audio hosting, Publitio is a solid choice. The service is less well developed for document content such as DOCX files.

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• Simplicity
• Flexibility
• Cost savings

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• Playback is fast
• The service is secure. I recall no downtime.
• The platform offers multiple security options.
• Files are easily made downloadable.
• Lots of options for format conversions are available.
• It's easier to set up Publitio than an AWS bucket for non-IT users.

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• More competitive pricing at lower volumes of storage
• Make it possible to manage storage across hybrid and multiple cloud environments

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• The user interface works fine but is not particularly intuitive.
• Documentation is not always clear and simple.

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We utilized NetApp remote Professional Services to assist in our deployment and also engaged support since the deployment for assistance regarding some networking concerns. NetApp support was surprisingly quick to reply and very proactive in resolving our concerns much quicker than other support personnel from many of our other vendors we use. No complaints about NetApp support at this time.

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ScienceLogic SL1 and SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) were the closest competitors to meeting our business objectives. Tivoli Storage Manager was not able to meet the initial requirements. There was a significant overlap of capabilities between ScienceLogic SL1, SolarWinds SRM, and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. The latter provided a more positive and cohesive experience for our administrators and executives.

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We were able to find great pricing on Publitio. Even though Publitio is not particularly streamlined, it is still a little less technical than S3 for non-developer users. Publitio is both managed (unlike AWS and Vultr) and competitively priced--and it offers content management features that may be key for some folks

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• Not really any noticeable impact yet
• We are utilizing the free tier that is provided as a promotion with current systems
• It remains to be seen if it will continue to be enough value to renew the subscription

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• Publitio has taken load off our site's server, enabling us to keep the site faster.
• Publitio offers solid dependability, meaning our visitors can always listen to what they need.
• Publitio's affordable pricing makes asset storage sustainable.

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