NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud vs. Rackspace Managed Public Cloud

This is great for safe, secure, storage. It's fast and reliable, especially since we use scalable Google cloud instances. I do not recommend this for test, low-end, or non-production instances. The cost is too high for test environments, and there is no added benefit instead of using slower storage. I also don't recommend using this if you are new to storage solutions.

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Augment current IT staff. Repeated tasks that can be part of a runbook. Setting up and tearing down of network services and servers.

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• Redundancy for backup
• Recovery for disaster recovery
• Speed
• Accessability

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• Azure support for processes
• Network services and support
• Architecture review

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• The interface could be jazzed up a bit.
• It has a big learning curve.
• Cost

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• Project planning
• Customer service rep doesn’t necessarily have the leverage to get things done.
• Missed tasks that were part of the runbook.
• Pushing gear that might not be the best for the customer.

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Due to their vast areas of expertise, they can be leveraged in different projects. They can also be used to augment the current architecture and provide redundancy as needed. We use their engineers to review architectures and get industry recommendations.

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They are available when needed and the runbook is followed 80% of the time. There can be some missed processes, which can lead to problems.

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We were originally using Zerto for our data backup and redundancy. It was working great but was very expensive to run to only provide redundancy. We needed to move into faster live storage with redundancy and came across NetApp Cloud Volumes and have never looked back. NetApp Cloud Volumes solved this for us by being more affordable and more reliable, while working as live storage.

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We used hosting.com in the past. The customer support is significantly better. Knowledge of products is more. Better handling of expedited/emergency situations. Responsive to feedback. The account rep is available for any escalations. Due to the vast area of expertise, we leverage them for different aspects of infrastructure

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• Excellent ROI
• Ease of use
• Expandable

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• Less time spent supporting services and more time can be spent on architecture.
• Off hour support.
• Initial review of current architecture and recommendations.

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