Cisco Cloud Object Storage (COS) vs. IBM System Storage DS8900F

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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It's a qualified 10. If it's a mainframe environment I wouldn't think twice. An open systems environment I would ask many questions to make sure that it's not going to be a bad decision. The open systems environments would need to have requirements to drive the DS8000. It would work for any environment in the interop matrix, but I'd just want to make sure that it's the right fit.

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• Content Monitoring
• Data Storage
• File checking

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• Allows us to use GDPS for our disaster recovery solution. This is a strength because it enables us to meet our DR requirements.
• Allows us to have encryption of our data at rest. This is a strength because it enables us to meet our security requirements.
• Allows us to have a stable and reliable disk storage. This is a strength because it enables us to meet our data availability requirements.

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• 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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• I have seen the GUI say that the storage facility is inaccessible, even when getting a clean health check from IBM. Typically rebooting the HMC fixes this.
• When decommissioning a box, you cannot delete arrays until ranks are done formatting. This adds a lot of time to the decomm process
• IO ports do not have a topology by default

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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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Other vendors lack many of the mainframe functions provided by DS8k. SInce IBM is the most prominent maninframe vendor support is unmatched.

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• 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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• The DS8000 helps my customers meet their overall business objectives by providing a bulletproof platform for the most critical enterprise environments

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