Cloudian HyperStore vs NetApp ONTAP comparison

"The initial setup was straightforward. If you know how to plug in power and network you're pretty much qualified. They were on site to configure the network, the box to fit into our network architecture. Other than that, we self-managed from there."

"The initial setup is pretty easy and simple."

"It helps simplify our storage, because the user interface is very simple and the installation is easy."

"FlashBlade offers low latency, high throughput, and seamless scalability."

"The main feature I have found to be product replication."

"The most valuable features of FlashBlade include its replication capabilities, reports, and easy allocation. Everything is user-friendly."

"We can capacity plan at a greater level than we used to."

"We have integrated it with VMware. The integration process is pretty good. Especially with VMware, it helps with the capacity of it."

"It is very durable and that is particularly important."

"Cloudian HyperStore is one hundred percent stable."

"The tool has S3 capability. Its scalability is excellent. From a security and encryption perspective, the solution supports SSL encryption. It is a seamless solution offering data encryption, quality service, and security encryption."

"The most valuable features are its scalability and Amazon S3 compatibility because we can move back and forth with a hybrid cloud."

"Considering a customer's need for a cost-effective solution, Cloudian HyperStore fits well for data protection scenarios."

"The cost was the main reason we chose to use this solution."

"Stability and performance have been great."

"You can scale the product up or out."

"We use a lot of SnapVault and SnapMirror features for disaster recovery and daily backups to meet SLAs."

"With the NetApp Data ONTAP Cluster, we get some features that are particularly helpful. For example, we can always add to and remove nodes from the cluster. The ability to move volumes online from the storage side, from one aggregate to another aggregate, or from one node to another node, keeps up the performance which helps us a lot."

"Its usability, scalability, and dependability are very good."

"The deduplication is valuable."

"Snapshot and SnapMirror technologies make it easier to replicate data to disaster recovery scenarios."

"Today, because NetApp listened to their customers and improved their GUI, we can perform a firmware upgrade within minutes."

"To improve FlashBlade, some analysts suggest enhancing its handling of relational database management systems and SQL queries."

"File storage needs a lot of improvement. Mainframe connectivity also needs improvement because it requires additional components to be integrated with Pure Storage FlashBlade. If you want to keep your backup data, then this becomes an even more expensive solution because Pure Storage FlashBlade will not be able to meet your backup needs."

"The documentational aspect of FlashBlade needs improvement."

"In terms of scalability, it doesn't expand out quite as robustly as some of the others, but it covers 90% of the market in what it does."

"On our dedupe during our initial buy, we were expecting a number a little higher like 4x. However, we are getting about 3.6. While it is close enough, it doesn't quite hit the numbers. So, this has been a challenge."

"It would be nice if you could store file-based in the same box with the same technology."

"It would be beneficial if the layer could support the S3 protocol and be container ready in the next release."

"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."

"As it is an S3 solution with the same protocol as the one we have with AWS, having better integration with AWS will be beneficial."

"Cloudian HyperStore needs to incorporate AI and predictive analysis. It would be helpful if the solution could analyze and predict how to manage data better. The end users should not have access to protected documents. They should be able to drop the documents. The capacity management dashboard can be better. We also want two-factor authentication using Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator as MFA. Hence, the user would access the console not just by logging in with a password and username but with third-party applications as well."

"It is a cloud-based environment and at times, it is not very simple to use."

"They could also improve on their ability to back up storage."

"I would like more diagnostic generation. Right now, it's a pain to go into the controller and do a full diagnostic and export."

"They need centralized controls."

"We would like to have additional cloud integration and the ability to Snapshot directly to Amazon. This would help us reduce costs, provide us additional disaster recovery, and give us a site that's not owned by us."

"The initial setup is too complex. It should be one click. Anyone with basic knowledge of storage should be able to set it up. Instead, there are too many moving pieces."

"You really need OnCommand to do a lot of cool stuff with NetApp, and they make it hard to get."

"The setup can be a bit complex, depending on the environment."

"I'm waiting for the NVMe, end-to-end."

"I understand that it is competitively priced compared to other brands."

"It is within reason for what you get. From what we have found comparing it to other vendors, it is in the same range as others. Given the choice, we would definitely redeploy it based on the cost."

"I feel that the price could always be lowered."

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

"Our customers have seen a reduction in TCO."

"Support is a separate line item. Support is a different cost, but whatever your support is now, that's what you're going to pay forever. If your support's $100 today, six years from now it's $100. It doesn't fluctuate unless you upgrade it, or change it, etc."

"Our licensing is renewed annually."

"Licensing fees are paid yearly."

"Our fees are approximately half a dollar per gigabyte."

"The solution is cheap."

"ONTAP has helped our organization reduce its overall cost of storage (somewhere in the high millions)."

"The product costs an arm and leg; it's expensive."

"Our cost per IOP is three to four dollars, but we have a hybrid solution. Therefore, we have SSD and spinning disk running together."

"NetApp is streamlined, reducing costs."

"NetApp ONTAP is moderately priced."

"They could reduce the price."

"The data compression and deduplication have kept us from buying more disks these past three years."

"Because of its manageability, we have fewer people managing it."