CTERA Edge X Series vs Cohesity SpanFS comparison

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  • "I won't talk about specific numbers, but it is a little hard to compare it to other products out there because there is nobody out there that does exactly what they do. If you are just comparing it to another NAS box, it is probably going to look higher, but that's an unfair comparison because it does things that a NAS box can't do."
  • "When it comes to pricing, I know the prices because I am also running tenders for customers where I am not offering other solutions. Hence, the prices are pretty competitive."
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    Top Answer:Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
    Top Answer:When it comes to pricing, I know the prices because I am also running tenders for customers where I am not offering other solutions. Hence, the prices are pretty competitive.
    Top Answer:While guaranteeing the strictness of the file system, there is a lot of performance involved. The performance is not as good as I expected. It's not the functionality here but the performance level… more »
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    SpanFS
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    Overview

    Designed to combine the best of enterprise and cloud stacks, SpanFS exposes industry-standard, globally distributed NFS, SMB and S3 interfaces.

    The IO Engine detects random vs. sequential IO profiles, splits the data into chunks, performs deduplication and directs to the most appropriate storage tier.

    SpanFS also includes a new Metadata Store based on a consistent, distributed, NoSQL store for fast operations at scale.

    SnapTree® provides a distributed meta data structure based on B+ tree concepts. It supports unlimited, frequent snapshots with no performance degradation.

    CTERA Networks, based in Israel and New York, NY, is a privately held company founded in 2008 and backed by Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Venrock and Cisco. CTERA provides cloud storage solutions that enable service providers and enterprises to launch managed storage, backup, file sharing and mobile collaboration services using a single platform and based on the the cloud storage infrastructure of their choice.

    Sample Customers
    Tribune Media
    The Carlyle Group, Santander, Swisscom
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government10%
    Real Estate/Law Firm9%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Cohesity SpanFS is ranked 5th in File System Software with 2 reviews while CTERA Edge X Series is ranked 10th in File System Software. Cohesity SpanFS is rated 0.0, while CTERA Edge X Series is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity SpanFS writes "Along with offering competitive prices, the solution can be used by small, medium, and large businesses ". On the other hand, Cohesity SpanFS is most compared with WekaFS, Nasuni, Oracle ZFS and Amazon FSx, whereas CTERA Edge X Series is most compared with Nasuni.

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