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  • "For our configuration, we pay a little bit less than €10,000 ($12,000 USD) per year."
  • "Its price is okay. It suits our needs."
  • "Its licensing cost is based on the hardware capacity."
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    out of 27 in NAS
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    Reviews
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    Overview
    Each Celerra unified product is a dedicated network server optimized for file and block access, delivering high-end features in a scalable, easy-to-use package. For the ultimate in scalability, the Celerra unified storage platforms leverage both the innovative best-in-class EMC Fibre Channel RAID storage and deliver industry-leading EMC Celerra availability, performance, and ease of management. Celerra unified storage systems deliver a single-box block and file solution offering a centralized point of management for distributed environments.
    FreeNAS is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. FreeNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data. Use FreeNAS with ZFS to protect, store, backup, all of your data. FreeNAS is used everywhere, for the home, small business, and the enterprise.
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    Wentworth-Douglas Hospital, Kindred Healthcare, Cosentry, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, Shriners, BZWBK
    Morroni Technologies Inc., Creative Integrations
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    Computer Software Company38%
    Media Company25%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    University13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Educational Organization8%
    University8%
    Government8%
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    Small Business78%
    Large Enterprise22%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Celerra [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in NAS while FreeNAS is ranked 9th in NAS with 3 reviews. Celerra [EOL] is rated 8.0, while FreeNAS is rated 8.4. On the other hand, the top reviewer of FreeNAS writes "Open-source with great disk management and task synchronization". Celerra [EOL] is most compared with , whereas FreeNAS is most compared with StarWind Storage Appliance, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), HPE StoreEasy, Qumulo and NetApp FAS Series.

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