Five Ways Cloudian Beats NetApp StorageGRID
Learn why Cloudian is the leader in S3-compatible storage systems.
Thousands of enterprises rely on Cloudian enterprise object storage every day, in use cases including data protection, file storage, media and entertainment, collaboration and more.
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Cloudian object storage offers features and interoperability you don’t get with NetApp StorageGRID.
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1. CONFIGURATIONS Appliance or software? |
Your choice of pre-configured appliances or software-defined-storage. Pick the deployment model that meets your needs. |
Limited storage density per chassis on the hardware side and difficult to configure software node requirements. |
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2. COST OF ENTRY How much to get started? |
Start with just three low-cost nodes and grow without disruption. |
NetApp StorageGRID requires more and larger configurations. |
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3. S3 COMPATIBILITY Cloud-ready? |
Cloudian offers the highest interoperability. with a 100% native S3 API architecture that is guaranteed to work with your S3-enabled applications. |
NetApp StorageGRID is based on obsolete SNIA standards with limited S3 compatibility. |
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4. ENTERPRISE-READINESS Multi-tenancy and QoS? |
Cloudian makes shared storage easy. Multi-tenancy lets you create unique namespaces for specific users. QoS controls let you guarantee bandwidth to specific users and applications. |
NetApp StorageGRID does not support the true global namespace nor true multi-tenant capabilities. |
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5. SECURITY Data protection? |
Cloudian lets you configure different data protection levels for different data types, within a single cluster. Set the level that each type of user needs. Security includes key federal and regulatory certifications. |
NetApp StorageGRID does not support AWS S3 ObjectLock APIs for WORM nor key government level certifications. |
