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We performed a comparison between Portworx Enterprise and Red Hat Gluster Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The best thing about Portworx is the Stork, they have called the VPS (Volume Replacement Strategy) and they also have topology awareness, and these are the three features I like.""The solution is user-friendly.""A custom IBM script is designed to tackle the storage management challenges within containerized environments, providing crucial data services and features required for enterprise applications.""I like that you have a small dedicated file system that is fast and resilient for containerized workloads.""Portworx is a simple solution. It's similar to Pure Storage products. They're all easy to use and install. You need to have a little expertise with containers to use Portworx, but it will be no problem for you if you understand containers.""Portworx virtualizes the aspects of the underlying block storage. That is good because they can also use block storage for their future deployment instead of just NFS."

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"The price tag is good compared to the amount of data and high availability provided.""The technical support team is excellent.""It's very easy to upgrade storage."

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Cons
"It would be highly advantageous to include an integrated backup solution within the same license, rather than purchasing backup separately.""The integration has room for improvement.""I would like to see a more native mapping to mainframe-type systems.""I think the vendor could provide more training for new users who may not be familiar with containers.""The documentation could be better.""They have not integrated Portworx with Ondat since they are too focused now on Pure Storage APIs and not on users like us."

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"The user interface could be simplified.""The system should be more intuitive and easier to manage.""The performance of the solution must be improved."

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  • "I'm not sure how the licensing was broken out, but I don't think our offering of the Portworx was more than USD $20,000."
  • "The price of Portworx Enterprise is high."
  • "It has two offerings. One is free, which is limited to only five nodes. The other is enterprise, which is a bit pricier."
  • "The price is competitive, but it is too expensive when paired with Red Hat IBM."
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  • "If you need cheap storage, but still need high availability, it's a good product to look at."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:A custom IBM script is designed to tackle the storage management challenges within containerized environments, providing crucial data services and features required for enterprise applications.
    Top Answer:The price is competitive, but it is too expensive when paired with Red Hat IBM.
    Top Answer:It would be highly advantageous to include an integrated backup solution within the same license, rather than purchasing backup separately. It would ensure a comprehensive and streamlined approach to… more »
    Top Answer:The performance of the solution must be improved.
    Top Answer:The solution is used in banks and financial institutions. Customers use the replicated configuration for high availability. They either use the native Gluster client or configure it with NFS… more »
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    Red Hat Gluster, Red Hat Storage Server
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    Overview

    Portworx is the solution for running stateful containers in production, designed with DevOps in mind. With Portworx, users can manage any database or stateful service on any infrastructure using any container scheduler, including Kubernetes, Mesosphere DC/OS, and Docker Swarm. Portworx solves the five most common problems DevOps teams encounter when running stateful services in production: persistence, high availability, data automation, security, and support for multiple data stores and infrastructure.

    Red Hat Gluster Storage (formerly known as Red Hat Storage Server) is a software-defined storage (SDS) platform designed to handle the requirements of traditional file storage—high-capacity tasks like backup and archival as well as high-performance tasks of analytics and virtualization. But unlike traditional storage systems, Red Hat Gluster Storage isn’t rigid and expensive. It easily scales across bare metal, virtual, container, and cloud deployments.

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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Retailer7%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government10%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise72%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Portworx Enterprise is ranked 2nd in Cloud Software Defined Storage with 6 reviews while Red Hat Gluster Storage is ranked 13th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 3 reviews. Portworx Enterprise is rated 9.0, while Red Hat Gluster Storage is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Portworx Enterprise writes "A solution backed by strong customer support, that is stable and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Gluster Storage writes "A scalable and easy-to-implement solution that has an excellent technical support team". Portworx Enterprise is most compared with Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation, Red Hat Ceph Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, IBM Spectrum Scale and LINBIT SDS, whereas Red Hat Gluster Storage is most compared with VMware vSAN, IBM Spectrum Scale, Red Hat Ceph Storage, LizardFS and Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct.

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