The initial setup was straightforward.

In storage, we have the concept of RAID, but SolidFire doesn't have that. The technology used in SolidFire is Double Helix, which is entirely a different concept. If someone wants to implement it in their environment, they should study the basics of it. They should know its architecture because the block-level concept that is there in other NetApp solutions isn't applicable to SolidFire. RAID, which is the main component for storage, is not there. They should learn about Double Helix and how it works. Once you do that, it's easy.

We had the on-prem as well as cloud deployment.

The setup was quite simple. Even though we had help, it would not have been required.  To date, we've added 2 add'l nodes with no outside assistance. 

The initial setup requires the involvement of at least one engineer or technical expert, which indicates that it falls somewhere between being straightforward and complex. One should follow the commands provided for the installation process. In that case, it is not a very hard process since the person doing the initial setup needs to be qualified enough to do it. In our company's deployment process, we utilized the demo servers within our network. In adherence to our policy management, we were also responsible for managing these demo servers.

The number of staff required for the deployment and maintenance of the solution depends on the network in which the solution is being used. So, one can have a person or two to manage the solution.

The initial setup is not complex. It's pretty straightforward. There was some information we needed to get before installation, such as IP addresses, due to the fact that we were with an iSCSI storage and we needed some IP addresses for each node that composing the SolidFire storage solution. That said, when we have all that in an array, when we have all the information ready to go, the installation process is really easy, quite fast, and well-integrated when we want to provide this kind of storage to VMware.

The solution's initial setup process was simple. SolidFire was deployed on the cloud. The customers of the solution can deploy it themselves.

For us, it was very easy to do the initial setup because we built part of the building blocks just around the storage appliance. That made it very easy for us to grow with SolidFire in, basically, the storage.

I would rate the initial setup a ten out of ten. Compared to other solutions, SolidFire is very easy to implement, including node upgrades, and it's also easy to manage and administer. We perform various activities across the environment every six months or a year as part of release management, and SolidFire is very straightforward to work with. Even someone who is not well-versed in storage technology can easily manage it. Overall, I am very satisfied with the ease of implementation and administration.

Cake. Easy. Too easy.

It was 85% straightforward. The other 15%, you need to understand certain aspects, you need to understand your environment. It's alright that you're bringing up NetApp, and then SolidFire, but then how exactly are you going to configure it in your setup? That's going to take a little bit of time. Otherwise, once it is there, it's all good.

We have found the initial setup to be fairly easy. The implementation process is pretty smooth. It's self-explanatory.

We've got two people dedicated to the SolidFire array. We have several in our data centers and we have a whole support task force that deals with tickets. However, in general, there are two people that are the platform owners that ensure everything's up to date and any things are being resolved as needed.

I was involved. We did a proof of concept, set it all up and then we ended up adding on to that. We turned our PoC into production and then we added more nodes, and more nodes. We've gone from a five-node initial proof of concept to, now, a 15-node cluster.

The initial setup was easy. Very simple. We were up and running in less than an hour I think, which was really easy; after it was racked and stacked, etc. Very, very easy to get going.

I was involved in the hands-on setup of it. We racked it, we provisioned the IP addresses and we did the administration part of it.

It's a little bit different from the ONTAP systems. This is more of a Linux-type setup. But it was intuitive, it wasn't that difficult.

The solution is very easy to setup. You can deploy the solution within 30-40 minutes.

We actually had a partner come in and set it all up for us and get us started with it. We didn't have to do it ourselves.

It was quick. It's not very complex. It went in very quickly. Basically added it to the network and it was ready to go.

The initial setup was very smooth and straightforward. Basically, you put an initial configuration on each of the nodes and then they form a cluster, and then as you add additional nodes, you make it a member of the cluster. Originally, we had done that using their GUI. The last couple of clusters I built, I used their APIs to do it; very quick and painless process.

It was really easy. We had Professional Services delivery with it. We worked with the NetApp CI team to implement. That's about as straightforward as you can get.

Very straightforward, very easy. We put in a four-node cluster in under two hours, three hours. It was very simple.

Initial setup is very simple as SolidFire build for SDC.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward, deployment is lightning fast and very easy.

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.

I would say that you can deploy this solution in an hour if you know how to do it.

Simple, easy, adding an additional node is easy, just a couple of cables, there's no complexity at all with the solution.

I was responsible for the initial setup in our Chicago data center; it was extremely easy. We had one of the SolidFire NetApp engineers with us when we did it and, as I’ve mentioned, it was four hours from opening the boxes to having it up and running.

The initial setup is very simple, anyone can do it. 

Initial setup was very straightforward, easy. I've used all the hyper-conversion platforms before and I think we got it up and running within an hour or so. It was very simple.

It was straightforward, because we were given a VM, and that was doing the installation, so it was straightforward.

The initial setup is straightforward and quick.