Global Infrastructure Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2024-10-11T13:26:00Z
Oct 11, 2024
We have one of the early systems because we were early adopters. The new Edge filer that they have comes with a lot more features than what we purchased. It would be better if we are able to add those extra features without having to swap out the hardware. A clear upgrade path for legacy customers would be beneficial. Adding features through firmware updates or third-party software would improve it. CTERA is primarily a virtual appliance. One of the things that the Edge filers can do, but ours cannot, is that you can give certain tasks to the Edge filer. For example, if you want it to render out some bits and pieces, you could reserve some system resources for specific rendering tasks or production tasks, as well as being a filer. You can harness the full potential of the hardware and have all that available at your disposal. I know this is something that the new Edge drivers can do, but it is not something we can do because the hardware is old as compared to what is available now. A clear upgrade path would be good. If you are a legacy customer, it would be good if there was an upgrade path or some sort of discounted rate to go from the old one to the new one, but I do not think there is an easy way of doing that.
More monitoring from the platform would be good. There is some monitoring, but it is paid. It is a chargeable service. It would be good for that to be included in the base. Monitoring would be a good one.
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We have one of the early systems because we were early adopters. The new Edge filer that they have comes with a lot more features than what we purchased. It would be better if we are able to add those extra features without having to swap out the hardware. A clear upgrade path for legacy customers would be beneficial. Adding features through firmware updates or third-party software would improve it. CTERA is primarily a virtual appliance. One of the things that the Edge filers can do, but ours cannot, is that you can give certain tasks to the Edge filer. For example, if you want it to render out some bits and pieces, you could reserve some system resources for specific rendering tasks or production tasks, as well as being a filer. You can harness the full potential of the hardware and have all that available at your disposal. I know this is something that the new Edge drivers can do, but it is not something we can do because the hardware is old as compared to what is available now. A clear upgrade path would be good. If you are a legacy customer, it would be good if there was an upgrade path or some sort of discounted rate to go from the old one to the new one, but I do not think there is an easy way of doing that.
More monitoring from the platform would be good. There is some monitoring, but it is paid. It is a chargeable service. It would be good for that to be included in the base. Monitoring would be a good one.