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| SoftNAS Cloud Enterprise | |
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SoftNAS Cloud NAS is a software-defined, full-featured enterprise cloud NAS filer for primary data storage that enables existing applications securely migrate to the cloud without re-engineering. With enterprise-class NAS features like: high-availability, deduplication, compression, thin-provisioning, snapshots, replication, cloning, encryption (at rest and in transit), LDAP and Active Directory integration, and support for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI or AFP storage protocols, SoftNAS Cloud NAS protects mission-critical and primary, active/hot data. | 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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| Netflix, Boeing, Nike, Coca Cola, Hearst, Ndemand, Carbon Media Group, Atypon, The Street, MagHub, CenturyLink, InfoSys | Morroni Technologies Inc., Creative Integrations |
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Computer Software Company25% Comms Service Provider18% Educational Organization13% Insurance Company7% | Comms Service Provider28% Computer Software Company25% Media Company7% Educational Organization5% |
Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Dell EMC and others in NAS. Updated: January 2021.
456,812 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Buurst SoftNAS is ranked 14th in NAS while FreeNAS is ranked 6th in NAS with 4 reviews. Buurst SoftNAS is rated 0.0, while FreeNAS is rated 8.2. On the other hand, the top reviewer of FreeNAS writes "Efficient, good reporting, and integrates well with both Windows and Linux systems". Buurst SoftNAS is most compared with Qumulo, NetApp FAS Series, Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp Private Storage and Huawei OceanStor 9000, whereas FreeNAS is most compared with NETGEAR ReadyNAS, NetApp FAS Series, StarWind Storage Appliance, Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) and Qumulo.
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