Kaminario K2 [EOL] Reviews, Competitors and Pricing

it_user590436

Security Big Data Analysis Team at a government with 1-10 employees

Jan 25, 2017

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Provides deduplication, compression, snapshots, and asynchronous replication without separate licensing.

Pros and Cons

"It provides a full feature set without separate licensing (deduplication, compression, snapshot, asynchronous replication, stable performance, etc.)."

"I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves."

How has it helped my organization?

The functionality is very good.

What is most valuable?

It provides a full feature set without separate licensing (deduplication, compression, snapshot, asynchronous replication, stable performance, etc.).

What needs improvement?

I would like them to come down in price. It is as expensive as EMC, Hitachi, and other major vendors.

I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were no stability issues.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There were no scalability issues.

How are customer service and support?

I would rate technical support with an 8 out of 10.

How was the initial setup?

The software part of the installation was easy. The hardware piece was more complex due to a lot of cables.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated Violin Memory, Hitachi, Pure Storage, EMC, and XtremIO.

What other advice do I have?

This solution is very easy to use and helped me technically.

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it_user509223

System Engineer - R&D at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 13, 2016

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The ratio between the physical storage and the storage we use is high.

Pros and Cons

"The ratio between the physical storage and the storage we use is very high."

"I think it should have better performance with small files. With big data, its performance is top notch, but it is difficult to load small files."

Valuable Features

It has a very good duplication rate; very, very good. The ratio between the physical storage and the storage we use is very high. Good performance.

Room for Improvement

I think it should have better performance with small files. With big data, its performance is top notch, but it is difficult to load small files.

Stability Issues

We had problems before. It crashed a couple of times, but we had good support from Kaminario. They gave us another storage app and we could replicate between the two, so if the crashes continued, we had another app. They fixed the crashing problem and since then, it's been okay.

Scalability Issues

I think it is scalable. You can buy another shelf any time you need one.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Technical support is very good. We had quick response for anything we needed.

Initial Setup

Initial setup is straight forward; very simple, web administration.

Other Advice

It's a good solution. I think it’s a bit expensive. As a technical guy, I don't look at that side very much. It's a good solution overall.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.