Quantum ActiveScale vs Red Hat Ceph Storage comparison

Quantum and Red Hat are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Quantum is ranked #23, while Red Hat is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8. Quantum holds a 0.5% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Red Hat’s 20.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Quantum users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Red Hat Ceph Storage and Quantum ActiveScale are competing in the realm of enterprise storage solutions. Quantum ActiveScale appears to have an advantage due to its specialized data protection and seamless cloud integration, which are highly valued in advanced data environments.

Features: Red Hat Ceph Storage provides an open-source distributed storage architecture, flexibility, and scalability for various organizational needs. Quantum ActiveScale offers comprehensive data protection, cloud-ready infrastructure, and robust data resilience, making it suitable for businesses needing advanced data capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Quantum ActiveScale allows for a streamlined deployment process with dedicated customer support to ensure efficient setup. Red Hat Ceph Storage, while adaptable, may require more expertise and extended setup time, especially for organizations with limited IT resources.

Pricing and ROI: Red Hat Ceph Storage offers a lower cost of entry and potential ROI improvements thanks to its open-source community and scalability. Quantum ActiveScale, despite higher initial costs, offers better long-term ROI through superior data management and security features, justifying its premium price for enterprises with specific requirements.

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 5.8%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quantum ActiveScale is 0.5%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Ceph Storage is 20.6%, down from 22.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Eric Black

Solutions Architect at Recovery Point Systems

The ability to leverage multi-tenancy along with immutability is a huge benefit for us

The only thing I feel FlashBlade is missing is the SOS API. If it had SOS API, that would put it well over the top. Veeam Backup specifically has started to streamline their API, and they are doing that with SOS API. They have optimized it. Any of the S3 devices out there that support this SOS API can have far more API calls at once. On our side, that translates to better restoration. With SOS API, it can leverage far more restorations at a single given time or read from the device in simple terms. That results in maximizing the output and throughput from the device itself.

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Frank Lai

Architecture Department at Supermicro Computer

Good performance and reliable but the setup is complex

We would like to see a self-sufficient installation. Nowadays it's open-source, but the installation is still tied to the vendor, which means it is unlikely that it is going to scale. I want them to tap into the broader community. It is really emerging, they have a year over year, 50% annual growth. With a 10-year-old company, it will certainly bring a lot of interest, and will certainly make it more successful, if they tap into that growing customer base. They have to make themselves relevant to the industry. The industry is totally geared to the Cloud, DevOps, and geared for agility. The software with the appliance in my set is already outdated, and it is not that it cannot sell, but it has to be tapping into the emerging and growing sectors to continue with the customers and businesses. This is what the requirement is, to improve their technology. Which means that they have to make themselves relevant to the industry.

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ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI

IT Private Cloud & Infrastructure Leader at Sicredi

Offers cost-effective scalability through open-source storage integration

Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage. We appreciate the scalability of the open-source solution, allowing us to address our growing data needs without encountering major issues. Having used it as a pilot system in Brazil, we gained significant knowledge and the ability to manage our infrastructure as code.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power outages when we need to quickly move data between different data centers. It ensures efficient replication and helps maintain our data centers' uptime."

"Among its most appealing features are its ease of handling and minimal maintenance requirements."

"We have seen a reduction in the total cost of ownership by around 20%."

"Pure Storage FlashBlade is user-friendly. It's replication feature is great because it has active replication and active DR. That's the beauty of the product. It's a perfect solution for block storage."

"I like its size. It is smaller than the other competitors. We can plug in many blades, and we can have data up to one terabyte."

"I would rate Pure Storage FlashBlade a ten out of ten."

"The most valuable features of FlashBlade include its replication capabilities, reports, and easy allocation. Everything is user-friendly."

"The snapshots, replication, and the ability to have immutable blades are the most valuable features. You're putting data snapshots out in those blades, and they cannot be touched. Its performance is great."

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"Workflow is easy to manage and maintain."

"The technology is stable which is good."

"It has helped to save money and scale the storage without limits."

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

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

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

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

"Red Hat Ceph Storage is a reliable solution, it works well."

"The configuration of the solution and the user interface are both quite good."

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

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Cons

"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."

"In terms of scalability, it doesn't expand out quite as robustly as some of the others, but it covers 90% of the market in what it does."

"The technical support needs to improve. When we open a case, it is auto assigned to a support tech person. Nine out of ten times, we get an email right back saying that person is off until tomorrow. I cannot handle that. They just did this over the weekend to us, too. I had to call our rep and have them do something about it."

"There could be improvements in public cloud integration."

"I would like to have Snapshots and Snapmail in the next release. People who came from a NetApp background, especially expect these features."

"There is some room for new features related to authentication and integration with Kubernetes, and other solution using S3 Bucket."

"It would be beneficial if the layer could support the S3 protocol and be container ready in the next release."

"It's on the expensive side, as expected for a niche product."

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"Lacks some ability to integrate with different systems."

"We would like to see a self-sufficient installation."

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

"I would like to see better performance and stability when Ceph is in recovery."

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

"It needs a better UI for easier installation and management."

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

"The licensing cost is excessively high. This is a significant issue from my perspective."

"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."

"We have encountered slight integration issues."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is a little high."

"Our customers have seen a reduction in TCO."

"The price of this solution could be made more affordable."

"I have seen ROI. It has allowed me to increase the density of my VMs without having to purchase anything additional."

"I feel that the price could always be lowered."

"The product is very expensive."

"The price could be cheaper."

"I understand that it is competitively priced compared to other brands."

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"Quantum ActiveScale is open-source."

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

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

"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."

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

"There is no cost for software."

"We never used the paid support."

"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."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

37%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Educational Organization

14%

Manufacturing Company

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18%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power out...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The pricing for FlashBlade is between cheap and moderate. FlashBlade is worth the money due to the experience and per...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?

Its configuration should be easier. There should be easier language for the configuration.

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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 ...

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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?

I have not identified any drawbacks, however, the response to public platform inquiries could be faster.

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Overview

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

Pure Storage

StorNext File System
Increase productivity and reduce time to critical business insights with StorNext® File System. StorNext architecture delivers the necessary performance to get your business moving forward.

Quantum

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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