The extra capacity has allowed us to consolidate most of our storage onto one platform.
IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 501-1,000 employees
The extra capacity has allowed us to consolidate most of our storage onto one platform.
Pros and Cons
- "High performance and ease-of-management are the most valuable features."
- "Snapshots are not as easy to access as on a NetApp device."
How has it helped my organization?
What is most valuable?
High performance and ease-of-management are the most valuable features.
What needs improvement?
It's annoying that if you turn on SMB3 (as opposed to the earlier CIFS protocol), then it is not possible to access a file store using a mixture of SMB and NFS. This is a serious restriction for a multi-protocol file server.
Snapshots are not as easy to access as on a NetApp device.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not had issues with stability.
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How are customer service and support?
Support has been good, although we haven't needed to use it much.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We switched from NetApp, mainly due to cost.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was reasonably straightforward, although the documentation could be improved in terms of the networking.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated NetApp.
What other advice do I have?
It's a good product with good support. I would recommend it.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior Systems Engineer / Projects Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The most valuable features are multipathing and Easy Tier.
Pros and Cons
- "EasyTier/hotcaching: Valuable because it allows greater performance than standard SAS disks"
- "We had just one small stability problem with power flapping and it did not start up again automatically. We had to access service ports and manually restart the storage processors."
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System Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
One can learn this data compression tool fairly quickly.
Pros and Cons
- "Data Compression: Up to 80% space reduction in the database"
- "It only keeps one hour of real-time data without the ability to do deep analysis of each element."
Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
We find setup to be straightforward and quick.
Pros and Cons
- "It has reduced our electricity usage by reducing the amount of disks needed for the virtual environment."
- "They need to offer better integration for a virtual platform to enable you to create hyper-converged solution."
Improvements to My Organization
This product is relatively new, no major feature release yet.
Valuable Features
We've been able to realise storage space savings for our virtualization environment. Also, it has reduced our electricity usage by reducing the amount of disks needed for the virtual environment.
Room for Improvement
The monitoring matrix and its dashboard need work. They need to offer better integration for a virtual platform to enable you to create hyper-converged solution. They need to help increase ways to save on hardware and electricity usage.
Stability Issues
There have been no performance issues.
Scalability Issues
We've not had to scale it yet.
Customer Service and Technical Support
It's excellent.
Initial Setup
It's straightforward and quick. The provisioning of a volume can be done within a minutes.
Implementation Team
We implemented it in-house.
ROI
It takes around three and half years to achieve ROI.
Other Solutions Considered
We also looked at HP EVA, IBM v7000, and Compellent 8000.
Other Advice
When installing it, you should utilize two controllers with an additional disk shelf.
Space Savings with VMs and ~10 database servers
Usage during normal day
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We're distributors.
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Dear David,
nice report and its real, extra capacity, less management than on NetApp, but not all functions are as easy as on NetApp. If you rfefer to other storage solutions like pure or nimble you will find out really fast, that tegile is more complete than others. Also the license model is easy and clear, you can use what you get without pain of license fees if you scale up or out.
What we need here are more reports about Tegile from real situations and real customers lets work on it
Kind regards Rüdiger