Cloud.
Senior UNIX Systems Engineer with 51-200 employees
Most valuable features include replication and compression.
Pros and Cons
- "Most valuable features include replication and compression."
- "Please create a failback solution for OpenStack replication and maybe QoS to allow guaranteed IOPS."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
- Speed of storage
- Flexible
What is most valuable?
- RADOS
- Swift
- S3
- Replication
- Compression
What needs improvement?
Please create a failback solution for OpenStack replication and maybe QoS to allow guaranteed IOPS.
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For how long have I used the solution?
Less than one year.
What other advice do I have?
Everything is perfect.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.


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