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NetApp StorageGRID pros and cons

Vendor: NetApp

4.2 out of 5

13 reviews
85% willing to recommend

205 followers

Pros & Cons summary

NetApp StorageGRID boasts excellent scalability and enables network-wide access without physical presence. Known for 'setup and forget' efficiency, it improves operational efficiencies by up to 50% and reduces costs by eliminating tape libraries. However, integration with Active Directory and automated monitoring presents challenges, and installation and support need enhancement. While unable to perform thin provision cloning and priced higher than competitors, it remains a robust solution for scalable storage needs.

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PROS

NetApp StorageGRID offers scalable storage, designed to accommodate massive storage volumes typically required by large service providers.

It provides remote access capabilities, allowing users to interact with StorageGRID from any location within their network.

Cost-effectiveness and straightforward deployment enhance its appeal to various businesses, directly translating into savings on storage costs.

Information Lifecycle Management functionality ensures robust data durability and protection, critical for efficient data management and compliance.

The implementation of NetApp StorageGRID is smooth, characterized by an easy setup process, after which minimal attention is required for ongoing operations.

CONS

There is confusion with StorageGRID and Active Directory for access, requiring repeated troubleshooting.

StorageGRID lacks integration with more monitoring platforms, making automated monitoring difficult.

Thin provisioning is not available during cloning, necessitating full clones.

StorageGRID's pricing is higher compared to other market options, despite special pricing for large users.

Support services and overall integration with other applications require improvement.

NetApp StorageGRID Pros review quotes

Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Feb 7, 2024

StorageGRID is designed for cloud-based, highly scalable storage. Think big names like service providers like Google who need massive storage volumes with scalability. It also offers cloud-enabled storage capabilities with cloud management functionality. So, if you prioritize scalability and cloud integration, StorageGRID is the way to go. Its object-based storage is built specifically for that purpose.

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JA

Lead Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Mar 26, 2019

The ability to get to the StorageGRID from anywhere on my network. The solution is remote. You don't have to be at a physical location.

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reviewer2352861

Chief Administrative Officer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Mar 1, 2024

The feature of StorageGRID that I find most valuable for ensuring data durability and protection is its Information Lifecycle Management functionality.

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Enterprise Storage Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 24, 2018

The speed of the disks removed the bottleneck from our storage.

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reviewer1469070

Senior IT-Ingenieur at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Jan 23, 2022

The backup features are valuable. I've heard from our backup and data protection people that our clients are very satisfied with the performance in junction with the backup, which they archive on this type of object storage.

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Naveen Radhwani

Head IT at TO THE NEW Digital

Apr 8, 2024

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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Storage Architect at TELUS Corporation

Oct 24, 2018

It has awesome scalability. We consume it with storage appliance nodes, then we just plug and play as we need more.

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Werner Broekhuizen

Presales Consultant at KPN IT Solutions - Trusted Services

Jun 12, 2024

The technical support team is reliable and responsive.

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reviewer1151271

System Administrator - Storage and Backup at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 17, 2022

The technical support is good.

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HV

IT Consultant at Infosys Ltd

May 21, 2020

Duplication, interface and the manageability is good and simple.

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NetApp StorageGRID Cons review quotes

Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Feb 7, 2024

I just recommend improving the marketing campaigns in Pakistan.

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JA

Lead Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Mar 26, 2019

There was a small amount of confusion when working with StorageGRID and Active Directory for access. We had to do things three to four times resulting in our engineer troubleshooting a couple of things. The location of the menu, along with what is inside the menu: configurations, settings, etc., is not straightforward to users. Most users are Windows-based. So, when make logical changes to the menu which are not similar to Windows, users and administrators get confused.

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reviewer2352861

Chief Administrative Officer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Mar 1, 2024

One key improvement I'd like to see in StorageGRID is enhanced visibility for management purposes.

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Enterprise Storage Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 24, 2018

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.

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reviewer1469070

Senior IT-Ingenieur at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Jan 23, 2022

The price is something that NetApp could improve, as with most companies. NetApp is known for not being the cheapest storage option, which is also valid for StorageGRID. There are other storage options on the market which we are aware of and have done proofs of concept for, but you cannot really compare the list prices because, as a big user of NetApp storages, we have totally different prices than some list prices. Still, the price information we got for other options are almost always less expensive than StorageGRID.

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Naveen Radhwani

Head IT at TO THE NEW Digital

Apr 8, 2024

Data retrieval speed could be better.

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Storage Architect at TELUS Corporation

Oct 24, 2018

I would like to see them integrate more with the monitoring platforms. It is a bit difficult to get automated monitoring of the system.

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Werner Broekhuizen

Presales Consultant at KPN IT Solutions - Trusted Services

Jun 12, 2024

The product's continual innovation and enhancement in integration capabilities with other NetApp solutions could be better.

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reviewer1151271

System Administrator - Storage and Backup at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 17, 2022

Beyond the initial setup, this product is a little bit difficult to configure.

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SN

Service Delivery Manager at HKBN

Mar 9, 2023

The integration with more apps has room for improvement.

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