NetApp StorageGRID Reviews

We have diverse use cases ranging from large work databases to scenarios requiring a higher volume of small objects.

Integrating StorageGRID into our data management workflow poses no challenges. Provisioning and managing it in an agile manner is straightforward and standard, similar to other products.

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. 

If you're a service provider catering to multiple tenants, then StorageGRID is definitely recommended. It's incredibly scalable, easily handling hundreds of petabytes of data. You can start small and seamlessly scale up as your needs grow.

The ease of management and scalability are at the top, followed by data security.

We use the product to manage large, unstructured files and data requiring scalable storage solutions. It's particularly effective for storing unstructured files efficiently with metadata in one accessible location.

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

We use StorageGRID at our DR site for backup solutions. We have it as an S3 bucket where we have an AltaVault in place which communications with our StorageGRID, replicates our backup data, and whatever we place on our AltaVault sends it over to our StorageGRID. We also have another AltaVault virtual appliance in DR, which helps us do the backup in case of a disaster. 

We use the solution purely for backup. 

This solution helps us automate our storage infrastructure. We now have backups where everything is automated from A to Z. All we have to do is monitor it and make sure the jobs do not fail. If the jobs are failing, we resolve the issue. StorageGRID is our backup data store.

We use StorageGRID to manage our organization's data. We've created separate spaces to manage our archives. We partition the data – one partition is dedicated to archiving, and the other partition hosts and manages our live data.

It's helped us expand our data retention capabilities. For example, we have audit requirements where we need to store data for extended periods. Earlier, we were not able to store that data for a specified period of time. StorageGRID allows us to meet those requirements, which we couldn't do before.

Moreover, integrating StorageGRID into our existing infrastructure has improved operational efficiency significantly. There is more space available and it's easier to manage data now. I'd rate the improvement as an eight out of ten.

Our only use case at this point is for security video for our campers' security cameras. We used to have it on individual servers, then we consolidated that into E-Series storage arrays to increase the performance of the disks behind the video. 

Before, it was a bottleneck to have our storage on the local disks. Now, there is no bottleneck at all with this work. It's fantastic.

At the moment, we only do video. We may expand out the solution in the future.

Well, we are not going to go to jail now because we are actually in compliance with the law. So, that's good.

With the speed of it, we experience no bottlenecks and the performance is there, so we no longer have to worry about keeping up with jittery videos.

It has improved our operational efficiency because we do not having to keep track of 20 servers. Instead, we have to keep track of two arrays.

We have set up an Internet-facing S3 service. We use and sell that to customers in that format.

We also use it internally, though not that much. I set up the networking for the internal use case.

It is mostly used for backup and archival workloads at this point.

We can provide something that customers can consume. Also, the licensing that the S3 service provides them from a FabricPool standpoint is more attractive than the licensing from AWS or Azure.

It helps us automate our storage infrastructure by allowing us to consume storage appliances as we need them.

For the amount of data storage that our engineers use, I need a big data storage grid.

We use IoT, but I am unable to provide examples because of our classified environment.

Our NetApp system administrators say that it runs well. It does have its quirks here and there, but it is an older NetApp system.

It helps automate our storage infrastructure and improve our operational efficiency.