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Offers UTIPI (Unified Tiered Infrastructure Per IOPS) feature in billing but lacks extensive testing
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  • "The cost of Scality RING8 could be less expensive. It is difficult for smaller businesses to afford it."
  • "The initial cost (CAPEX) to set up the infrastructure is expensive due to the specific hardware required."

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    What do you like most about Scality RING8?
    Top Answer:Another feature I like is the life cycle management that helps me with data storage efficiency.
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    Top Answer:It's a very good product, but for large-scale usage, it has limitations. Scality RING's lack of extensive testing and potential hidden limitations. While Scality provides precise architecture… more »
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    26th
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    16th
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    Rating
    7.5
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    Scality RING, RING8
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    Overview

    FalconStor FreeStor is a single integrated platform that simplifies the management of data across legacy, modern, and virtual storage environments. FreeStor delivers enterprise-class software-defined, intelligent data services combined with predictive analytics across any primary or secondary storage hardware; in the cloud or on-premise. FreeStor helps IT organizations realize more economic value out of existing environments and any future storage investments while reducing complexity, maximizing flexibility, and improving operational efficiency.

    FreeStor offers Core-to-Edge analytics, Cloud enablement, Secure multi-tenancy, Unified client management, and Intelligent pricing (primary copy pricing 

    Scality RING object storage enables enterprises and cloud service providers to run petabyte-scale, data-rich services like web applications, VOD, active archives, compliance archives, and private storage clouds. The RING is software, so you can deploy it on standard x86 servers of your choice, taking advantage of server and media innovation over time. Acting as a single, distributed system, the RING can scale linearly across thousands of servers, multiple sites, and an unlimited number of objects. Data is protected with policy-based replication, erasure coding, and geo-distribution, achieving up to 14 9s of durability and 100% availability.
    Sample Customers
    Telefonica, Egenera, C&C Computação e Comunicação, Sunrise Communications Group, Imptech
    Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, EuroSport, Orange, Deluxe, DailtMotion, SFR, RTL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Telstra
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government6%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    FalconStor FreeStor is ranked 26th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) while Scality RING is ranked 16th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 4 reviews. FalconStor FreeStor is rated 0.0, while Scality RING is rated 7.8. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Scality RING writes "Offers UTIPI (Unified Tiered Infrastructure Per IOPS) feature in billing but lacks extensive testing ". FalconStor FreeStor is most compared with , whereas Scality RING is most compared with Dell ECS, MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Qumulo and Cloudian HyperStore.

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