The biggest advantage to purchasing object storage is the company is a global company with global support and sales network. When you compare with other object storage products, at best they are approximately $75 million and can barely survive in the U.S, and I am not referring to a global support network. If you are a customer, a large enterprise you would prefer to work with someone who is going to be there for a long time, rather than someone who comes and goes. In the open-source space, we see them come and go a lot, such as Ceph, and Hadoop. Those companies come and go. You really need to be serious about the vendor and how long the vendor is going to be there with you. Quantum is at least 10 times larger than all other object storage vendors with the advantage of not going away overnight. I would rate Quantum ActiveScale a seven out of ten. I wouldn't rate them high because I want to see them improve.
What is the difference between objects and files? Objects are large collections of data collecting or storing items. Files are a single potential piece within an object.
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The biggest advantage to purchasing object storage is the company is a global company with global support and sales network. When you compare with other object storage products, at best they are approximately $75 million and can barely survive in the U.S, and I am not referring to a global support network. If you are a customer, a large enterprise you would prefer to work with someone who is going to be there for a long time, rather than someone who comes and goes. In the open-source space, we see them come and go a lot, such as Ceph, and Hadoop. Those companies come and go. You really need to be serious about the vendor and how long the vendor is going to be there with you. Quantum is at least 10 times larger than all other object storage vendors with the advantage of not going away overnight. I would rate Quantum ActiveScale a seven out of ten. I wouldn't rate them high because I want to see them improve.