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CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform vs Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere Edge comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CTERA Enterprise File Servi...
Ranking in Cloud Storage Gateways
4th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
File System Software (5th), NAS (11th), Cloud Migration (9th), Cloud Storage (13th), Cloud Backup (18th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (14th), Content Collaboration Platforms (14th)
Hitachi Content Platform An...
Ranking in Cloud Storage Gateways
9th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Cloud Storage Gateways category, the mindshare of CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform is 14.9%, up from 8.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere Edge is 0.8%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Igal Muginstein - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 11, 2024
Offers flexibility, fast performance, and ransomware protection
The platform is releasing new features at a fast pace, which sometimes leads to version updates every three to six months. Although updates are generally not complex, it is challenging to stop the production environment during these updates, even if the downtime is just a few minutes. This is a common challenge across all NAS providers. From my perspective, the most important area for improvement is developing a method to perform updates without affecting customer production environments. Additionally, there are some cache size limitations that might become problematic for future use cases, though they don’t impact current applications. Collaboration for NFS and SMB protocols could also be enhanced. Although this issue isn't specific to CTERA, it is something we are working on together to improve. The quality of the versions has improved, but occasional issues still arise. All solutions face this challenge, but we hope to see a continued reduction in the number of bugs. That said, we haven't had any major production problems in the last four years, and we appreciate how responsive CTERA is to our issues. We engage in brainstorming sessions together, and we value this relationship.
Roberto Guzman - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 8, 2022
A scalable, stable solution with good tech support and good ROI
Our clients use this solution for MAS five-server services.  The most valuable feature of this solution is that it can be used for manually attaching storage. There is room for improvement in the administration of the users' files and information.  As for additional features, I would like to see…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"CTERA has out-of-the-box data protection capabilities."
"The solution provides data eviction, where unused data is evicted from the local file, freeing up space. It also allows data to be rehydrated from the cloud when needed."
"Our main reason for going for this solution was the uncontrollable growth of file data. It was unsustainable on our previous platform or technology. We needed something scalable like CTERA, so it was the scalability that we required."
"CTERA has been particularly capable of keeping all of our workstations backed up. That became a critical feature for us during the pandemic when computers were rarely in the office. Everybody went off-site with their computers, and we were accustomed to working with a centralized storage infrastructure where people would come to the office and connect to the server to use, create, and modify files. Everything was done directly to that server."
"I like that the glass is always half full with CTERA file services. It keeps the data hot for users on location and then tiers off older data. If you need it, the stub is still there. You can click on it, and it's back on the device."
"The solution provides substantial flexibility, allowing the separation of workloads across various hardware platforms without vendor lock-in. This flexibility makes it adaptable to future infrastructure changes."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it can be used for manually attaching storage."
 

Cons

"The new Edge filer that they have comes with a lot more features than what we purchased. It would be better if we are able to add those extra features without having to swap out the hardware. A clear upgrade path for legacy customers would be beneficial."
"More monitoring from the platform would be good. There is some monitoring, but it is paid. It is a chargeable service. It would be good for that to be included in the base."
"It would help to have a global single-pane-of-glass view of all my CTERA devices. We have different regions, and we must log in to each portal to see what's happening with those. It would be nice to have a single portal to see the health of the devices, versions, and firmware upgrades. Sometimes, we want to dive into something more complex, like investigating why CTERA storage usage grew from 2 terabytes to 4 terabytes in a week. That's a little challenging. It's something we would like to see on the road map."
"It has a learning curve."
"I am looking for a process where version upgrades do not impact the customers. There is no downtime."
"The web portal that our users access to view data and backups could be optimized. CTERA could apply some of the improvements made to their administrative interface on the user side. The administrators are a much smaller group of people than the users, so it would be helpful if they targeted user experience resources to them."
"There is room for improvement in the administration of the users' files and information."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"CTERA's pricing seems to be on par with some of the other players, such as Nasuni and Azure. They all have benefits, but CTERA is competitive for its features."
"CTERA's pricing model is competitive compared to other companies that achieve the same thing. Their closest rival is Nasuni, and CTERA is significantly more affordable than Nasuni."
"It is hard to compare the costs if we want to retain the same model of a separate high-performance storage or certain things, but it is one of the cheapest solutions available in Israel."
"It is fairly priced. I am not too involved in the pricing of what we used to pay, but it would have reduced the cost of ownership. I cannot give a figure, but the EMC solution was very expensive compared to CTERA."
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Computer Software Company
65%
Financial Services Firm
5%
University
4%
Educational Organization
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
I would rate it a six out of ten for pricing. It is fairly priced. I am not too involved in the pricing of what we used to pay, but it would have reduced the cost of ownership. I cannot give a figu...
What needs improvement with CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
More monitoring from the platform would be good. There is some monitoring, but it is paid. It is a chargeable service. It would be good for that to be included in the base. Monitoring would be a go...
What is your primary use case for CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
It is our main production file share. Our main reason for going for this solution was the uncontrollable growth of file data. It was unsustainable on our previous platform or technology. We needed ...
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