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NetApp StorageGRID vs SwiftStack [EOL] comparison

NetApp and NVIDIA are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Additionally, 85% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NVIDIA users who would recommend it.
NetApp StorageGRID
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85% willing to recommend
SwiftStack [EOL]
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    100% willing to recommend
     

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    Categories and Ranking

    NetApp StorageGRID
    Average Rating
    8.4
    Reviews Sentiment
    6.8
    Number of Reviews
    13
    Ranking in other categories
    File and Object Storage (7th)
    SwiftStack [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.6
    Number of Reviews
    8
    Ranking in other categories
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    Featured Reviews

    Werner Broekhuizen - PeerSpot reviewer
    Provides seamless data integration and has a reliable technical support team
    The platform is highly scalable, allowing easy addition of enclosures and drives, making it non-disruptive and straightforward to expand as needed. It was originally hardware-agnostic, and its integration into NetApp has maintained this scalable nature, allowing for growth without compromising existing infrastructure. Its scalability is around an eight out of ten. It can handle large-scale and unstructured data needs. Its ability to manage significant volumes of data effectively makes it suitable for enterprises requiring robust storage solutions.
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    Scientif48eb - PeerSpot reviewer
    It has helped us with the ability to distribute data to different data centers
    * You can bring your own drives, which don't have to be certified. This usually means that they cost significantly more to insert a certified drive with the manufacturer who is selling you your solution. * It is platform independent, so you bring your own hardware. It doesn't matter if you get a Dell EMC, HPE, IBM, etc. Its hardware agnostic capabilities are great. Dell EMC, HPE, and Lenovo are obviously big players, but sometimes they don't have the best prices. You are not tied to any one particular vendor, and it gives you great flexibility as far as pricing is concerned. You can go out, and say, "Give me the most capacity in the smallest number of use spaces." Sometimes that's not the big vendors, it's the small vendors who provide this. * The forward thinking in their cloud solution creates a global namespace across the major public clouds. It allows you to go from on-premise to the cloud seamlessly. They have made it easier to move data between the different cloud vendors and move those flows from on-premise to the cloud, then from the cloud back to on-premise. That freedom that they facilitate is hard to put a price on, because it gives you flexibility. * The metadata search capabilities are something that we look forward to being able to use, though we haven't fully had a chance to get into them. However, in the life sciences area, it could be tremendously beneficial. * Ease of operation: We got it up and running, and it's been solid. We can upgrade the capacity of our drives at any point in time. * The flexibility that the solution provides, both for hardware and on-premise, then to the cloud. That flexibility is great.
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    Pros

    "It has enabled us to save money on storage costs. We removed our tape library."
    "The feature of StorageGRID that I find most valuable for ensuring data durability and protection is its Information Lifecycle Management functionality."
    "It has awesome scalability. We consume it with storage appliance nodes, then we just plug and play as we need more."
    "It improves our operational efficiency."
    "Cost-effective and easy to deploy."
    "It has improved our operational efficiency through time consumption and logistics by 40 to 50 percent. Everything that had to do with our legacy tape solution has been improved and is now more efficient."
    "The technical support is good."
    "The implementation with NetApp went smoothly. It is a 'setup and forget' type of appliance."
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    "The scalability is phenomenal. It seems infinite, as long as you put enough storage in place, add enough nodes."
    "The SwiftStack Controller, which is the web UI, provides out of band management. This has been one of the best features of it. It allows us to be able to do upgrades and look at performance metrics. It is a top feature and reason to choose the product."
    "It has helped us with the ability to distribute data to different data centers. As part of our DR strategy, we have nodes automatically replicating data from one data center to the other. This makes it easier for us to not have to shift tapes around."
    "The graphs are most valuable. They have a lot of graphs and reports that you can run to see what's happening in the background to configure OpenStack Swift."
    "In terms of the hardware flexibility, with SwiftStack not being a hardware company, I literally buy any hardware that's the least expensive, from any vendor... from a flexibility standpoint, I think it's fantastic. I can go to anybody, anywhere - any vendor - and get my hardware."
    "SwiftStack is also quite flexible when it comes to hardware. It depends, of course, on the use case and the kind of hardware you want to buy. But you have quite a bit of choice in hardware. The SwiftStack software itself does not impose anything on you."
    "The performance is good. It is a secondary storage platform designed for archive and backup, so performance for the right use cases is very good. We have been pretty happy in that regard."
    "The general consensus on what we've done is that the restores coming back from it have been faster than they were from our prior vendor. Ingest speeds are fine. The restore speeds have improved."
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    Cons

    "The processes around installation and upgrade need improvement."
    "Data retrieval speed could be better."
    "I just recommend improving the marketing campaigns in Pakistan."
    "We want to move towards Azure in the cloud. Right now, the system is all physical."
    "It has its quirks here and there, but it is an older NetApp system."
    "The only real issue that we have run into is, when we are cloning, we cannot do a thin provision clone, it has to be a full clone."
    "The product's continual innovation and enhancement in integration capabilities with other NetApp solutions could be better."
    "Improvements need to be made in the support area."
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    "I would like to see better client integrations, support for a broader client library. SwiftStack could be a little bit more involved in the client side: Python, Java, C, etc."
    "The biggest room for improvement is the maturity of the proxyFS solution. That piece of code is relatively new, so most of our issues have been around the proxyFS."
    "It's very well done for what it's supposed to do, and I don't have anything to add, but I would like them to keep it available to the public. SwiftStack is going out of the market. NVIDIA purchased SwiftStack a couple of years ago, and they won't be making it available to the public anymore. Our license is up to March 31st."
    "The file access needs improvement. The NFS was rolled out as a single service. It needs to be fully integrated into the proxy in a highly available fashion, like the regular proxy access is. I know it's on the roadmap."
    "They should provide a more concise hardware calculator when you're putting your capacity together."
    "[One] thing that I've been looking for, for years as an end user and customer, for any object store, including SwiftStack, is some type of automated method for data archiving. Something where you would have a metadata tagging policy engine and a data mover all built into a single system that would automatically be able to take your data off your primary and put it into an object store in a non-proprietary way - which is key."
    "On the controller features, there needs to be a bit more clean up of the user interface. There are a lot of options available on the GUI which might be better organized or compartmentalized. There are times when you are going through the user interface and you have to look around for where the setting may be. A little bit more attention to the organization of the user interface would be helpful."
    "At the moment we are using Erasure coding in an 8+4 setting. What would be nice is if, for some standard configurations like 15+4 and 8+4, there were more versatility so we could, for example, select 8+6, or the like."
     

    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "NetApp is not known for being the cheapest storage option on the market. Almost all of the other storage options we looked at were less expensive than StorageGRID. The price is one thing to criticize, which is what we hear internally and from customers as well. They find the cost of the terabytes in this class of storage a little bit higher than expected."
    "While we have been able to save money on storage costs, it could be better."
    "I rate the product pricing around five out of ten—it's negotiable, depending on the circumstances."
    "We chose NetApp because of price and performance."
    "The pricing of StorageGRID falls within the typical range for enterprise-grade solutions and is comparable to other vendors such as Dell, NetApp, and Pure Storage."
    "We save money on storage costs from this solution since it allows us to have a source of revenue from customers consuming the service."
    "We pay for a license annually."
    "The price is attractive."
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    "We have had a 40 to 50 percent reduction in CAPEX on the acquisition of new hardware, which is probably conservative."
    "We find the pricing rather steep. Of course, you get quality for your money, that's absolutely true... [But] when you look at the prices of the licensing and the prices of your hardware, it's quite substantial."
    "The annual support and maintenance costs compared to our old solution for backups had about a two-thirds savings, so about a 60% annual savings on our support and maintenance contract. That savings funded additional expansion for what it was costing us for the support and maintenance contracts on old solution."
    "One of their advantages of being a commercial open source platform is, for the scale that they offer, the pricing is pretty competitive."
    "COST_SAVING; We have had a 40 to 50 percent reduction in CAPEX on the acquisition of new hardware, which is probably conservative."
    "The pricing model is great and makes sense. We have talked about how to get into more of a frequent billing cycle than once a year. That would be an interesting concept to add into the product, having the ability to have monthly billing instead of having to do a one-year licensing renewal. However, the way the license works by charging for storage consumed is definitely what makes them the most competitive."
    "We are able to dynamically grow storage at a lower cost. We can repurpose hardware and buy commodity hardware. There is a huge cost savings, on average $100,000 a year compared to traditional storage for what we have at our size."
    "It's pricey for us because we're a nonprofit. I'm not privy to any amount or cost, but I have been told that it is pricey. There are no costs in addition to the licensing fees, and it seems to come with the support."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Financial Services Firm
    21%
    Manufacturing Company
    20%
    Computer Software Company
    17%
    Government
    6%
    Computer Software Company
    20%
    Manufacturing Company
    17%
    Financial Services Firm
    10%
    Educational Organization
    7%
     

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    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
     

    Questions from the Community

    What do you like most about NetApp StorageGRID?
    The management portals have most significantly improved our data retrieval times. They've made it much easier to restore data compared to our previous methods.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp StorageGRID?
    I rate the product pricing around five out of ten—it's negotiable, depending on the circumstances.
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    What needs improvement with NetApp StorageGRID?
    The product's continual innovation and enhancement in integration capabilities with other NetApp solutions could be better.
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    Overview

    Store and manage unstructured data at scale using NetApp StorageGRID for secure, durable object storage. Place content in the right location, at the right time, and on the right storage tier, optimizing workflows and reducing overall costs for globally distributed rich media. 

    SwiftStack focuses on handling large-scale unstructured data, providing software-defined storage, and boosting data scalability and durability.

    SwiftStack is known for its proficiency in object storage, seamless workflow integration, and robust support for multi-cloud environments. Its architecture ensures high-performance data access, making it ideal for big data analytics, media asset management, and backup tasks. Users value its flexibility, ease of integration, and strong performance. The solution's high availability and efficient storage capabilities contribute to its strengths. However, areas needing improvement include customer support response time, initial setup guidance, and enhanced scalability during high-demand periods.

    What are SwiftStack's Most Important Features?

    • Robust Scalability: Easily manages growing data volumes
    • Multi-cloud Support: Seamless integration across cloud environments
    • Seamless Data Management: Efficiently handles large datasets
    • High Availability: Ensures data is accessible whenever needed
    • Open-Source: Customizable and flexible with extensive API support

    What Benefits Should Users Look For?

    • Enhanced Performance: Handles demanding workloads efficiently
    • Easy Integration: Adapts well with existing systems and workflows
    • High Durability: Ensures long-term data storage and protection
    • Cost-Effectiveness: Reduces overall storage costs
    • Scalability: Grows with organizational needs

    In industries like media management and big data analytics, SwiftStack’s capabilities in high-performance data access and multi-cloud support facilitate efficient data handling. Backup and archival solutions also benefit from its robust storage and high availability features.

     

    Sample Customers

    ASE, DARZ GmbH
    Pac-12 Networks, Georgia Institute of Technology, Budd Van Lines
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