NetApp StorageGRID Reviews

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.

With the amount of data storage that we use, it is helpful.

We want to move towards Azure in the cloud. Right now, the system is all physical.

It is stable.

Right now, we have an older StorageGRID. I like that we can grow it.

We are looking to go to Microsoft Azure on the cloud because we want to grow and expand the amount of storage data that we have. We have a good amount, but with the number of projects that we have going on, we could use more.

The technical support is good. 

We had to go with something bigger because of the amount of projects that we had going on and the increase in storage data.

The initial setup was straightforward.

While we have been able to save money on storage costs, it could be better.

It is definitely a great investment for larger companies.

I am a system administrator for storage and backup, and we only work with NetApp systems.

At the moment, we are only using the StorageGRID for file archiving. In a few months, we will be using it for production data.

This product is connected using fiber and iSCSI technologies.

The most valuable features are deduplication and security.

The performance is very good.

Beyond the initial setup, this product is a little bit difficult to configure. This is something that could be easier to do.

We have been using NetApp StorageGRID for approximately six months and are currently in the installation phase.

We use StorageGRID on a daily basis and the stability is very good at the moment.

We have not scaled the solution, although we have done the training and learned how to scale it. The process is not hard.

There are two of us in charge of administration.

The technical support is good.

We have not had any issues that required escalation.

The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy to deploy and it took approximately a week to complete. However, configuring it after the initial setup is something that could be easier to do.

The vendor assisted us with the deployment. NetApp also handles the maintenance that is required. For example, it was updated yesterday.

With respect to pricing, it is okay. This product is mid-range. We buy our licensing according to our needs.

Overall, this is a good product and I recommend it. It has all of the features that we need at the moment. We expect to maintain it for the next five years.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case for this product is to replicate our backups to cloud on StorageGRID. We are integrators and don't use the solution ourselves, we install it for our clients. I'm an IT Service Consultant.

For StorageGRID, the duplication and interface are good and the manageability of StorageGRID is pretty good. So it's very simple to manage. I like the user interface. If you want to play with data on the grid you can do it very simply. You don't have to use any other tool. You can just carry out any direct operations without dependency on any other third-party tool or any associated tools. The speed is good too.

We had issues in a few areas because we couldn't do it from GUI. There is a separate tool for accessing the object and removing it and this created quite a challenge while exiting the data on StorageGRID and removing it. Aside from that it's quite a manageable solution. 

I've been using this solution for three years. 

Yes, it's a stable solution. 

This solution is scalable.

I've used the technical support many times and they are very good. 

The initial setup is quite complex but that has something to do with the way we have our infrastructure which is complicated. This is not the physical implementation, we were able to do that ourselves and it took about a day or so and was straightforward. 

This is a good storage box and I would recommend it. It depends on how it matches with your IT infrastructure and the other components.

I would rate this solution a nine out of 10. 

We primarily use NetApp as a service provider for IT structures, and are using it in three areas: for archiving, for backups, and for replacing some of the SES architectures, which are basically build machines. We are starting to replace some of them with these StorageGRID appliances. We have a couple of customers in private cloud areas who are using this type of storage from NetApp. 

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. 

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. 

We have been using NetApp StorageGRID for a little less than a year. We are just at the beginning of implementing them. 

I haven't heard anything negative about the stability. 

This solution is scalable—the scalability is always okay. 

Not exclusively for StorageGRID, but NetApp's technical support is very good. Maybe we have weight already because we use so many NetApp storage solutions, but we always have their attention when we make a service call. 

Positive

The initial setup is not complex. The certification, or the trainings directly from NetApp, are usually one-week trainings for installing, maintaining, and administering the StorageGRID solutions. I can see we're prepared to use some other ones. This is also one of the main reasons why we want to push this and use more StorageGRID, even if we could probably find storage solutions that have more features, are more sophisticated, or are cheaper—we have the expertise within NetApp storage. 

When you implement something, it must fit into the environments which you already have. Because we are using maybe 90% NetApp storage, everything around it is organized, beginning with the APIs (how to do automation, for example), and is fitted to NetApp. This is why it's important, for operation and implementation, to use this kind of storage. 

We implement this solution through an in-house team. 

NetApp is not known for being the cheapest storage option on the market. Almost all of the other storage options we looked at were less expensive than StorageGRID. The price is one thing to criticize, which is what we hear internally and from customers as well. They find the cost of the terabytes in this class of storage a little bit higher than expected.

I rate NetApp StorageGRID a nine out of ten. 

The main reason why we exclusively use NetApp is because of the unified way that we can monitor it, manage it, and organize all the accounting around it. I'm sure there are other storage options that are cheaper or with better performance, but with relatively limited resources, we cannot spread all our knowledge to do every kind of storage. 

There are specific use cases for StorageGRID. The target customer market is the oil and gas sector, and media and entertainment, where they have large files including videos and archived news information. I am head of IT support and services and we are customers of NetApp StorageGRID.

The solution is very easy to deploy for any IT personnel. It's also cost-effective. It addresses all the challenges customers have with regard to object storage.

Marketing is a very weak area of NetApp in Pakistan. They are not investing in the Pakistan market. Improvements need to be made in the customer support area.

The solution is stable. 

It's more scalable than Hitachi Content Platform offering near to unlimited space. No company can reach the limits of NetApp StorageGrid, because of the petabytes.

The company still has no footprint in Pakistan. We are lucky that the solution is simple to maintain. In that respect, Hitachi provides better support for their product. 

The initial setup is straightforward. 

I rate this solution nine out of 10.