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Nexenta vs Red Hat Ceph Storage comparison

Nexenta by DDN and Red Hat are both solutions in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category. Nexenta by DDN is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.0, while Red Hat is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.8. Nexenta by DDN holds a 0.8% mindshare in SDS, compared to Red Hat’s 19.9% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Nexenta by DDN users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.
Nexenta
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66% willing to recommend
Red Hat Ceph Storage
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80% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Red Hat Ceph Storage and Nexenta are enterprise storage solutions. Red Hat Ceph Storage seems to have the edge in pricing and customer support, while Nexenta is noted for its advanced features.

Features: Red Hat Ceph Storage offers scalability, extensive integration capabilities, and a flexible architecture. Nexenta is known for its software-defined storage capabilities, advanced analytics, and comprehensive feature set.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Red Hat Ceph Storage features a streamlined deployment and responsive customer service. Nexenta focuses on customization in deployment, which may extend setup time, with generally competent support.

Pricing and ROI: Red Hat Ceph Storage offers competitive pricing with minimized setup costs and quick ROI. Nexenta involves a higher initial investment but offers substantial long-term benefits, suggesting higher potential ROI over time.

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Categories and Ranking

Nexenta
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
15th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Red Hat Ceph Storage
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
File and Object Storage (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of Nexenta is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Ceph Storage is 19.9%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Anil Rahulwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good features like Fusion and stable product with better customer service
Fusion is the only best feature, but it's a very good feature. Nexenta is a very old product. Nexenta is a well-established product used in the UK, US, India, Dubai, Qatar, and other countries. It is very good. The interface is up to date. Everything is up to date. The OS version was recently upgraded to 5.5 FP3. AI features: DataDirect Networks owns Nexenta and has won awards for AI. They continuously work on AI features. DDN also has a product called Tintri Infinia with AI features. And NVIDIA product also has AI features. I look forward to working on those products.
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Prajwal Kabbinale - PeerSpot reviewer
Overall satisfied , with easy implementation ,having a notification feature would be helpful
Our primary use case is for integration with OpenStack for block and object storage We use both Red Hat Ceph and Azure storage, for all staging and non-production. Most of the features are beneficial and one does not stand out above the rest. The operational overhead is higher compared to Azure…
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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

"It has a feature called Fusion that makes it more secure and productive."
"The high availability of the solution is important to us."
"Replicated and erasure coded pools have allowed for multiple copies to be kept, easy scale-out of additional nodes, and easy replacement of failed hard drives. The solution continues working even when there are errors."
"We have some legacy servers that can be associated with this structure. With Ceph, we can rearrange these machines and reuse our investment."
"The community support is very good."
"Most valuable features include replication and compression."
"Ceph’s ability to adapt to varying types of commodity hardware affords us substantial flexibility and future-proofing."
"I like the distributed and self-healing nature of the product."
"Most of the features are beneficial and one does not stand out above the rest."
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Cons

"There were some SMB issues, but they were resolved."
"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 needs a better UI for easier installation and management."
"It takes some time to re-balance the storage in case of server failure."
"Ceph is not a mature product at this time. Guides are misleading and incomplete. You will meet all kind of bugs and errors trying to install the system for the first time. It requires very experienced personnel to support and keep the system in working condition, and install all necessary packets."
"We have encountered slight integration issues."
"It would be nice to have a notification feature whenever an important action is completed."
"I have encountered issues with stability when replication factor was not 3, which is the default and recommended value. Go below 3 and problems will arise."
"The storage capacity of the solution can be improved."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is no cost for software."
"Most of time, you can get Ceph with the OpenStack solution in a subscription​​ as a bundle.​"
"The price of Red Hat Ceph Storage is reasonable."
"We never used the paid support."
"The operational overhead is higher compared to Azure because we own the hardware."
"I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten."
"The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical."
"The price of this product isn't high."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Nexenta?
There were some SMB issues, but they were resolved in the latest version. Four to five customers faced intermittent issues with the SMBs. So, it got resolved in version 5.5 FP3. In future releases,...
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What is your primary use case for Nexenta?
It's for file systems. It's a NAS solution, and it has flexibility. There shouldn't be any outages because if one node goes down, the other nodes take over and take care of everything. It has a fea...
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What advice do you have for others considering Nexenta?
Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten. I would recommend using it.
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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

Nexenta is the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage - what we call Open Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS).We uniquely integrate software-only "Open Source" collaboration with commodity hardware-centric "Software-Defined Storage" (SDS) innovation.
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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