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We performed a comparison between Red Hat Gluster Storage and VMware Software Defined Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about StarWind, Nutanix, Red Hat and others in Software Defined Storage (SDS).
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Pros
"The technical support team is excellent.""The price tag is good compared to the amount of data and high availability provided.""It's very easy to upgrade storage."

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"The best part of the solution is that you can actually scale up to a large number of operating systems without additional hardware.""This is an easy-to-use product for adding flexibility to your storage solution.""The single management panel is the main feature that is wonderful for the customer.""VMware Software Defined Storage gives higher availability against data corruption."

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

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"VMware Software Defined Storage should include a shared database on a standard version.""The performance is not as good as some competing products and reporting can be improved.""It doesn't have the ability to be deployed on any kind of hardware and network connectors.""I'd like to see improved hardware compatibility"

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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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  • "The product is quite expensive and is among the most expensive for this type of solution."
  • "A single socket costs you around US $6,000 for three years. At a minimum, you have a three load cluster for a medium or enterprise-scale company. It can get quite expensive because you're likely to need four to six sockets on the other side. It comes to around $30,000."
  • "I believe there is a yearly licensing fee of around $2000 - $5000. I don't think there are additional costs above that but it depends on the type of infrastructure you're booting."
  • "VMware Software Defined Storage is a slightly expensive solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    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 »
    Top Answer:VMware Software Defined Storage gives higher availability against data corruption.
    Top Answer:VMware Software Defined Storage is a slightly expensive solution. We do a three-year license for the solution, then renew it after every three years. I rate VMware Software Defined Storage a seven out… more »
    Top Answer:VMware Software Defined Storage should include a shared database on a standard version. Right now, it's included in the enterprise version.
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    Also Known As
    Red Hat Gluster, Red Hat Storage Server
    VMware SDS
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    Overview

    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.

    VMware software-defined storage is a simple, yet intelligent, storage data center architecture that aligns with business and application demands—eliminating static, purpose-built and inefficient hardware with dynamic, agile and automated solutions.

    Sample Customers
    NTT Plala, McMaster University, University of Basque Country, Goodtech ASA, Cox Automotive, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), SaskTel, Glashart Media, Casio
    Helse Nord, Sky
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government9%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Hospitality Company7%
    Government5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
    Buyer's Guide
    Software Defined Storage (SDS)
    March 2024
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    Red Hat Gluster Storage is ranked 12th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 3 reviews while VMware Software Defined Storage is ranked 14th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 4 reviews. Red Hat Gluster Storage is rated 7.6, while VMware Software Defined Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Red Hat Gluster Storage writes "A scalable and easy-to-implement solution that has an excellent technical support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Software Defined Storage writes "A stable solution that can be used for database applications and virtualization for multiple locations". Red Hat Gluster Storage is most compared with VMware vSAN, IBM Spectrum Scale, Red Hat Ceph Storage, LizardFS and LINBIT SDS, whereas VMware Software Defined Storage is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).

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