NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Red Hat Ceph Storage comparison

"NetApp's XCP Migration Tool... was pretty awesome. It replicated the data faster than any other tool that I've seen. That was a big help."

"The ability for our users to restore data from the Snapshots is very valuable."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of file storage."

"ONTAP is great for helping you migrate on-premise workflows to cloud environments."

"For us, the value comes from the solution's flexibility, speed, and hopefully cost savings in the long term."

"The initial setup was straightforward. We started with a small pilot and we then moved to production with no downtime at all."

"Its features help us to have a backup of our volumes using the native technology of NetApp ONTAP. That way, we don't have to invest in other solutions for our backup requirement. Also, it helps us to replicate the data to another geographic location so that helps us to save on the costs of backup products."

"It makes sure we have control of the data and that we know what it's being used for. The main thing for us is that we need to know what applications are consuming it and responsible for it. The solution helps us do that."

"The most valuable feature is the stability of the product."

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

"Most valuable features include replication and compression."

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

"We use the solution for cloud storage."

"I really like that Red Hat Ceph Storage can be used as a total solution without any storage area network components."

"The scalability feature is used by all users and is critical for our operations."

"Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage."

"The dashboard is a little bit clunky. I like to see it a little bit more on the simplistic side. I would like to be able to create my own widgets and customize what I want to see a little bit more versus what is currently there. That would be helpful so that when I log in, I go straight to my widget or my board without going to multiple places to get to what I need to find or build."

"We want to be able to add more than six disks in aggregate, but there is a limit of the number of disks in aggregate. In GCP, they provide less by limiting the sixth disk in aggregate. In Azure, the same solution provides 12 disks in an aggregate versus GCP where it is just half that amount. They should bump up the disk in aggregate requirement so we don't have to migrate the aggregate from one to another when the capacities are full."

"In terms of improvement, I would like to see the Azure NetApp Files have the capability of doing SnapMirrors. Azure NetApp Files is, as we know, is an AFF system and it's not used in any of the Microsoft resources. It's basically NetApp hardware, so the best performance you can achieve, but the only reason we can't use that right now is because of the region that it's available in. The second was the SnapMirror capability that we didn't have that we heavily rely on right now."

"I would like to see them improve the perspective of start and search in the panels. This would allow for better visualization of the contents that are captured in the tool."

"The product is more restricted with underlying cloud."

"If they could include clustering together multiple physical Cloud Volumes ONTAP devices as an option, that could be helpful."

"I would want more visibility and data analytics where we can see anomalies within the shares within the GUI."

"There is room for improvement in tier one support, especially with potential language barriers and communication challenges."

"Rebalancing and recovery are a bit slow."

"While the documentation for Ceph Storage is helpful, it could be improved."

"I've heard the integration with OpenShift is great, however, the licensing cost is excessively high."

"While the documentation for Ceph Storage is helpful, it could be improved."

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

"In the deployment step, we need to create some config files to add Ceph functions in OpenStack modules (Nova, Cinder, Glance). It would be useful to have a tool that validates the format of the data in those files, before generating a deploy with failures."

"An area for improvement would be that it's pretty difficult to manage synchronous replication over multiple regions."

"It took me a long time to get the storage drivers for the communication with Kubernetes up and running. The documentation could improve it is lacking information. I'm not sure if this is a Ceph problem or if Ceph should address this, but it was something I ran into. Additionally, there is a performance issue I am having that I am looking into, but overall I am satisfied with the performance."

"The AWS consumer-based pricing model makes it easy for developers to use their credit cards to spin up virtual servers immediately."

"The solution's pricing is reasonable."

"Cloud is cloud. It's still expensive. Any good solution comes with a price tag. That's where we are looking to see how well we can manage our data in the cloud by trying to optimize the costs."

"Our licensing costs are folded into the hardware purchases and I have never differentiated between the two."

"Cost is a big factor, because a lot of companies can't afford enterprise grade equipment all the time. They skimp where they can. I would recommend that they improve the cost."

"For NetApp it's about $20,000 for a single node and $30,000 for the HA."

"Once we deploy the pay as you go model, we cannot convert this product as a BYOL model. This is a concern that we have."

"We find the pricing to be favorable due to the educational sector we belong to."

"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."

"The price of Red Hat Ceph Storage is reasonable."

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

"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."

"We never used the paid support."

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