We performed a comparison between MinIO and NetApp StorageGRID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It performs efficiently compared to other solutions."
"For starters, MinIO has a good user interface. You can access it through the browser and perform operations like creating the object."
"The stability of MinIO is good."
"The initial setup was very easy - one click, and it was installed."
"Very good at object retrieval."
"I like that if you have a problem, you can buy the home server. It is stable and robust."
"The most valuable features are that MinIO is open, it works on-premise, and is compatible with the Amazon industry which is great for finding compatible libraries in many languages which is very good for developers."
"Good interface and a good approach to development and testing environments."
"It has awesome scalability. We consume it with storage appliance nodes, then we just plug and play as we need more."
"The technical support is good."
"The ability to get to the StorageGRID from anywhere on my network. The solution is remote. You don't have to be at a physical location."
"StorageGRID is designed for cloud-based, highly scalable storage. Think big names like service providers like Google who need massive storage volumes with scalability. It also offers cloud-enabled storage capabilities with cloud management functionality. So, if you prioritize scalability and cloud integration, StorageGRID is the way to go. Its object-based storage is built specifically for that purpose."
"The management portals have most significantly improved our data retrieval times. They've made it much easier to restore data compared to our previous methods."
"The speed of the disks removed the bottleneck from our storage."
"Duplication, interface and the manageability is good and simple."
"The implementation with NetApp went smoothly. It is a 'setup and forget' type of appliance."
"The solution should have high availability. Also, support should be quick."
"Documentation could be improved."
"MinIO has behaved strangely in the past. For instance, the application dropped connection to MinIO. It's not too significant, but it loses connection. We're trying to understand exactly what is happening when this happens."
"We had minor bugs occasionally."
"The solution lacks documentation."
"The developer support could be better."
"The scalability is one of the limitations we have found. We are looking for another solution but they must provide the same characteristics, such as an affordable price and continuity."
"The Distributed User Interface (DUI) needs some work. It's hard to view a large set of data on the DUI. It's an issue with the DUI's performance."
"The redundancy and reliability are great, but I also see room for improvement there. I would like to see more efficiency in the storage and dedupe/compression solutions."
"I would like to see them integrate more with the monitoring platforms. It is a bit difficult to get automated monitoring of the system."
"One key improvement I'd like to see in StorageGRID is enhanced visibility for management purposes."
"Beyond the initial setup, this product is a little bit difficult to configure."
"The only real issue that we have run into is, when we are cloning, we cannot do a thin provision clone, it has to be a full clone."
"The processes around installation and upgrade need improvement."
"The price is something that NetApp could improve, as with most companies. NetApp is known for not being the cheapest storage option, which is also valid for StorageGRID. There are other storage options on the market which we are aware of and have done proofs of concept for, but you cannot really compare the list prices because, as a big user of NetApp storages, we have totally different prices than some list prices. Still, the price information we got for other options are almost always less expensive than StorageGRID."
"I just recommend improving the marketing campaigns in Pakistan."
MinIO is ranked 1st in File and Object Storage with 22 reviews while NetApp StorageGRID is ranked 7th in File and Object Storage with 12 reviews. MinIO is rated 8.0, while NetApp StorageGRID is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of MinIO writes " A tool for storage purposes that helps businesses save time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp StorageGRID writes "Scalable object storage with robust data durability with efficient geo-distribution and comprehensive lifecycle management ensuring managing of large volumes of unstructured data". MinIO is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Dell ECS, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Cloudian HyperStore and SwiftStack, whereas NetApp StorageGRID is most compared with Dell ECS, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Scality RING, Cloudian HyperStore and Hitachi Content Platform. See our MinIO vs. NetApp StorageGRID report.
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