Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) vs. IBM Storage Scale

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS)
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) provides distributed, resilient, high-performance storage and retrieval of binary large object (blob) data. Object storage is distributed across a cluster of hardware systems, or nodes. The storage cluster is resilient against hard drive failure within a node and against node failure within a cluster. Nodes can be added to or removed from the cluster to adjust cluster capacity as needed.N/A
IBM Storage Scale
Score 6.5 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
IBM Storage Scale (formerly IBM Spectrum Scale) supports storage management of unstructured data for big data analytics.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Small Businesses
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Storage Scale
IBM Storage Scale
Score 6.5 out of 10
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS)IBM Storage Scale
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Cloud Object [Storage's] primary objective is to offer a secure, standard, and professional storage space, for the content that the company has. Further, Cisco Cloud Object Storage makes the access and the [sharing] of every detail efficient and remarkable. Again, the monitoring and overseeing of the database from Cisco Cloud Object Storage is [progress] that the developer established. Finally, the application [enhances] data migration, an effective way of managing content.
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IBM Spectrum Scale creates excellent and real time data results and the capability to extract data and data modeling tools via IBM Spectrum Scale is amazing. The capacity planning and data archiving and the data security offered by IBM Spectrum Scale is more productive and the data quality control using the system is impressive.
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Pros
  • Content Monitoring
  • Data Storage
  • File checking
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  • Good for storage Optimizing.
  • Good velocity.
  • Strong agility in the product.
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Cons
  • The first tools configuration can be easy.
  • Handling complex data storage is not easy.
  • Moving a large media files functionality can be improved.
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  • Price
  • Requires a learning curve and training to manage the product
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Usability
Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) stands out in terms of scalability, reliability, and security. Even the storage plans are competitive with other cloud object storage providers. It provides great performance for unstructured data and large datasets, which are highly used in industries requiring analyses of large datasets. For an efficient user experience, it also provides content delivery for the users spanning across the globe.
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When we implemented the Spectrum Scale solution, we had in place a NetApp FAS series working in Metro Cluster mode. What is great about NetApp is its low maintenance. On the other hand, it lacks performance, especially on the CPU nodes. We needed a solution that will deliver steady performance while keeping a steady growth.
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Return on Investment
  • Cheaper to use Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) than the on-premise storage and hence savings in infrastructure cost.
  • Using Cloud based storage has reduced the manpower resources required to maintain the storage infrastructure, further reducing costs.
  • Overall, end-user latency has reduced by using Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) as a content delivery network for the media files.
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  • Different versions in a short period of time
  • Re-creation of the certificates after an update creates confusion
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