DataCore Swarm vs Red Hat Ceph Storage comparison

DataCore and Red Hat are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. DataCore is ranked #13 with an average rating of 10.0, while Red Hat is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.8. DataCore holds a 0.4% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Red Hat’s 22.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of DataCore users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

DataCore Swarm

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100% willing to recommend

Red Hat Ceph Storage

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Red Hat Ceph Storage and DataCore Swarm compete in the storage solutions category. Red Hat Ceph is perceived as having the upper hand in cost-effectiveness and support quality, while DataCore Swarm is recognized for robust features catering to specific needs.

Features: Red Hat Ceph Storage is known for its scalability, integration capabilities, and suitability for enterprise deployments requiring flexibility. DataCore Swarm focuses on content lifecycle management, high-performance capacity, and media-rich environment optimization. The key difference is Red Hat's adaptability versus DataCore's media efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Red Hat Ceph Storage employs an open-source deployment model demanding technical expertise, with customer service noted for structured enterprise support. DataCore Swarm is noted for a straightforward deployment model and strong media management support, providing tailored customer service for complex media handling.

Pricing and ROI: Red Hat Ceph Storage is more cost-effective initially, offering favorable ROI for large-scale storage via reduced operational costs. DataCore Swarm, with a higher initial investment, promises ROI through enhanced performance and media-driven benefits. The distinction lies in Red Hat's lower setup costs versus DataCore's long-term performance returns.

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Categories and Ranking

DataCore Swarm

Ranking in File and Object Storage

13th

Average Rating

10.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Red Hat Ceph Storage

Ranking in File and Object Storage

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Storage (SDS) (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of DataCore Swarm is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Ceph Storage is 22.7%, down from 23.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Cedric

Technical Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Jan 27, 2024

Low-cost storage with great automatic failover and easy expansion capabilities

The solution needs simpler architecture; we need many servers to start using the solution. We know that a project is in the roadmap to put the services in a container and we think it will be a very good thing. The second thing would be to improve the updates of the solution. We need a "long" time to pass between the patches on each new version. Again, the containers would be a solution to that. The last improvement for us is already in the pipeline, and we have been able to test it. It's an all-in-one server solution. This system allows us to do the primary copy of the data on a unique server that we can easily move and then transfer the data inside the data center.

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Soner BÜYÜKATALAY

Chief Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Nov 9, 2023

Provides efficient stability and archive storage features, but its maintenance process needs improvement

We use the product for archive storage, video surveillance systems, and media storage Red Hat Ceph Storage is difficult to maintain. We use CLI tools for maintenance, and the concept seems challenging. Additionally, it is difficult to expand the product due to balancing errors. It takes some time…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability for the solution to use any new hardware quickly and without administration is a great thing in the context of hosting."

"The first feature is compatibility with the S3 protocol. DataCore SWARM allows you to quickly have an on-premise, robust and scalable environment that is natively compatible with the S3 protocol. The functionalities used are therefore derived from the S3 protocol, notably versioning and therefore the possibility of configuring immutability in governance or compliance mode. The object metada can be enriched with the addition of tags to subsequently enable filtering and searching. Configuring and using DataCore SWARM is simple and flexible. It is very easy to create domains, tenants and buckets for different use cases with various authentications. The cluster architecture also allows replication between different clusters at different configured levels (Cluster / Domains / ...) A web interface for browsing the content of existing buckets allows simple and rapid manipulation of certain objects such as sharing via a link or cropping a video. Finally, the physical architecture of the solution is based on an x86 server and its scale-up or scale-out evolution is very simple by adding disks or servers."

"I find its flexibility valuable."

"Ceph has simplified my storage integration. I no longer need two or three storage systems, as Ceph can support all my storage needs. I no longer need OpenStack Swift for REST object storage access, I no longer need NFS or GlusterFS for filesystem sharing, and most importantly, I no longer need LVM or DRBD for my virtual machines in OpenStack."

"We are using Ceph internal inexpensive disk and data redundancy without spending extra money on external storage."

"I like the distributed and self-healing nature of the product."

"Data redundancy is a key feature, since it can survive failures (disks/servers). We didn’t lose our data or have a service interruption during server/disk failures."

"Ceph was chosen to maintain exact performance and capacity characteristics for customer cloud."

"The ability to provide block storage and object storage from the same storage cluster is very valuable for us."

"We have not encountered any stability issues for the product."

"The solution is pretty stable."

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Cons

"The solution needs simpler architecture."

"The product currently requires a significant number of servers to start. There are also network prerequisites to be met in order to guarantee good security of the architecture, which means that the product is only available to large customers. Besides, the license starts at 100TB. An Appliance version is being developed with an architecture based on containers which will make it possible to offer DataCore SWARM to everyone. The product has been evolving since the acquisition by DataCore, but maintaining and updating the product is not always easy and needs to be improved. For now, we only use DataCore SWARM for a few use cases and therefore a small part of the existing functionalities. With use we will perhaps have more criticism of the product but not for the moment!"

"The pricing can definitely be better."

"Rebalancing and recovery are a bit slow."

"What could be improved in Red Hat Ceph Storage is its user interface or GUI."

"Geo-replication needs improvement. It is a new feature, and not well supported yet."

"Some documentation is very hard to find."

"If you use for any other solution like other Kubernetes solutions, it's not very suitable."

"Ceph does not deal very well with, or takes a long time to recover from, certain kinds of network failures and individual storage node failures."

"It would be nice to have a notification feature whenever an important action is completed."

"The storage capacity of the solution can be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You pay for what you use. For example, if you use one terabyte, you just pay for that one terabyte. But the pricing could always be better"

"The first installation brick is expensive but the upgrades are extremely simple and granular by adding disks or nodes."

"The operational overhead is higher compared to Azure because we own the hardware."

"I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten."

"If you can afford a product like Red Hat Ceph Storage then go for it. If you cannot, then you need to test Ceph and get your hands dirty."

"Most of time, you can get Ceph with the OpenStack solution in a subscription as a bundle."

"The price of this product isn't high."

"There is no cost for software."

"The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical."

"We never used the paid support."

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19%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DataCore Swarm?

The first feature is compatibility with the S3 protocol. DataCore SWARM allows you to quickly have an on-premise, robust and scalable environment that is natively compatible with the S3 protocol. ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DataCore Swarm?

The first installation brick is expensive but the upgrades are extremely simple and granular by adding disks or nodes

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What needs improvement with DataCore Swarm?

The product currently requires a significant number of servers to start. There are also network prerequisites to be met in order to guarantee good security of the architecture, which means that the...

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How does Red Hat Ceph Storage compare with MiniO?

Red Hat Ceph does well in simplifying storage integration by replacing the need for numerous storage solutions. This solution allows for multiple copies of replicated and coded pools to be kept, ea...

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What do you like most about Red Hat Ceph Storage?

The high availability of the solution is important to us.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Ceph Storage?

Some documentation is very hard to find. The documentation must be quickly available.

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Overview

Swarm provides a platform for data protection, management, organization and search at massive scale. You no longer need to migrate data into disparate solutions for long-term preservation, delivery and analysis. Consolidate all files on Swarm, find the data you are looking for quickly, and reduce total cost of ownership by continuously evolving hardware and optimizing use of your resources.

Red Hat Ceph Storage is an enterprise open source platform that provides unified software-defined storage on standard, economical servers and disks. With block, object, and file storage combined into one platform, Red Hat Ceph Storage efficiently and automatically manages all your data.

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