SolidFire (discontinued)

NetApp SolidFire is a software solution that offers seamless deployment and easy accessibility of virtual infrastructures, leading to increased productivity and business performance. According to users, it solves infrastructure problems by providing straightforward deployment and significantly less time-consuming benefits of virtualization that make the most efficient use of physical hardware storage. This solution also allows users to focus on their skills and manage storage efficiently, reducing costs and workload while minimizing manpower usage.

Another significant problem solved by NetApp SolidFire is the ability to easily create and delete VM servers. Users note that this results in cost savings and better use of data center space. Additionally, it enables development and testing, scalability, flexibility, security, load balancing, backup, and recovery. Users appreciate the central management of virtual infrastructures which ensures security, access control, and variable management.

However, users have noted some downsides such as fuzziness on network and segment load which can affect security and access control. Furthermore, when loaded with many VMs, there can be a slowdown in performance. Nevertheless, users view NetApp SolidFire as an effective solution that provides a single software solution to manage virtual infrastructure centrally while improving hardware management by eliminating the need to manage it physically. Overall it helps businesses run more efficiently without sacrificing performance or security.