Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct vs Scality RING comparison

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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct and Scality RING based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct vs. Scality RING Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The flash ability, in terms of tiering and caching, is amazing""The most valuable feature is that there is no single point of failure.""Its technical support is excellent.""The most valuable feature are the caching capabilities using the storage class memory.""It's mainly about the storage expansion, like in hyper-converged solutions.""The performance, reliability, and affordability has been most valuable."

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"The most valuable feature of Scality RING8 is its performance and good interface.""Another feature I like is the life cycle management that helps me with data storage efficiency.""I think it's the economic factor. This solution has the lowest cost for storage systems."

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Cons
"I think the online documentation needs a lot of work and so do the sizing tools.""More optimization could be done in terms of mirroring.""The management tool within this solution could be improved. We would also like to be able to access services like Azure when using this solution.""It is difficult to get a hardware compatibility certification for the solution.""It is scalable, but only beyond two nodes. If I go for two nodes it's not scalable. I need to build a complete cluster from the beginning if I'm going for two nodes.""Documentation management could be improved"

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"Scality RING8 could improve by having more features. We have to use two automation tools to meet our needs. We would prefer to use only one.""When we used this solution in 2015, it was not scalable at all. I don't know if they have improved on that, but at the time, scalability was just horrible.""Scality RING is not easy to learn for someone new. It is a little bit difficult. There are a lot of components to it, and you also need to understand them to work with it effectively."

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  • "With the data center licensing and everything that is connected to that, this solution is relatively costly."
  • "Cost-wise the product is one of the more affordable within the category of products."
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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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We found VMware’s vSAN was easy to set up, configure, and manage compared to other solutions we considered. It is best suited for small- to medium-sized organizations. It is easy to create load… more »
    Top Answer:It is difficult to get a hardware compatibility certification for the solution. In comparison, the process is easy for VMware and VSAN.
    Top Answer:Another feature I like is the life cycle management that helps me with data storage efficiency.
    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 »
    Top Answer:I work with Scality RING for storage, and we have a concrete strategy to offer it to business customers. Many customers use it for different purposes, but a common use case is for user computer… more »
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    MS Storage Spaces Direct
    Scality RING, RING8
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    Overview

    Storage Spaces Direct uses industry-standard servers with local-attached drives to create highly available, highly scalable software-defined storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional SAN or NAS arrays. Its converged or hyper-converged architecture radically simplifies procurement and deployment, while features like caching, storage tiers, and erasure coding, together with the latest hardware innovation like RDMA networking and NVMe drives, deliver unrivaled efficiency and performance.

    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
    Acuutech, Quest Technology Management, Bradley, Mead & Hunt
    Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, EuroSport, Orange, Deluxe, DailtMotion, SFR, RTL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Telstra
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government9%
    Comms Service Provider9%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business71%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct vs. Scality RING
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct vs. Scality RING and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct is ranked 8th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 7 reviews while Scality RING is ranked 16th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 4 reviews. Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct is rated 7.6, while Scality RING is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct writes "Stable solution with an easy initial setup process". 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 ". Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct is most compared with VMware vSAN, StarWind Virtual SAN, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and DataCore SANsymphony, whereas Scality RING is most compared with Dell ECS, MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Qumulo and Cloudian HyperStore. See our Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct vs. Scality RING report.

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