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Vincenzo D'Aniello
Open-source with great disk management and task synchronization
The ICT department mainly benefits from using this product. The ease of use of the 'jail', the management of backups, and copies to easily create... Read more →
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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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    In NAS
    9th
    out of 27 in NAS
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    1,551
    Comparisons
    1,109
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    346
    Rating
    8.7
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    Overview

    DDN GRIDScaler provides flexible choices for Enterprise-grade data protection, availability features, and the performance of a parallel file system coupled with DDN's deep expertise and history of supporting highly efficient, large-scale deployments.

    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.
    Sample Customers
    Children's Mercy, Kollins, MLB Network, University of Miami, VAN ANDEL Research Institute
    Morroni Technologies Inc., Creative Integrations
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    Computer Software Company38%
    Media Company25%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    University13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Government9%
    Educational Organization8%
    University8%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business78%
    Large Enterprise22%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    DDN GRIDScaler [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in NAS while FreeNAS is ranked 9th in NAS with 9 reviews. DDN GRIDScaler [EOL] is rated 0.0, 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". DDN GRIDScaler [EOL] is most compared with , whereas FreeNAS is most compared with StarWind Storage Appliance, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Qumulo, HPE StoreEasy and NetApp FAS Series.

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