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IBM Cloud Block Storage vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Block Storage

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM offers their Block Storage service via IBM Cloud, allowing users to deploy and customize flash-backed iSCSI block storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.N/A

    NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    NetApp's Cloud Volumes ONTAP combines data control with enterprise-class storage features for various use cases, including file shares and block-level storage serving NAS and SAN protocols (NFS, SMB / CIFS, and iSCSI), Disaster Recovery (DR), Backup and Archive, DevOps, Databases (SQL, Oracle, NoSQL), or any other enterprise workload.

    $0.64

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    Editions & Modules
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    $0.64
    Hourly
    Standard
    $1.68
    Hourly
    Premium
    $2.71
    Hourly
    Bring Your Own License (BYOL)
    Purchased from NetApp
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Block StorageNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Visit https://cloud.netapp.com/pricing for the pricing breakdown.
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    IBM
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    NetApp
    Chose NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
    Cost was a huge factor and ease of integration and deployment led us to ultimately choose NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP for our tertiary backup design. For our lightweight applications, we chose NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP because we were able to kill two birds with one product and …
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    Would buy again
    93%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
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    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Block StorageNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Block StorageNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM Cloud Block Storage is recommendable to companies that [have a database that] is super sensitive, private, and requires instant access. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a coordinated system, that [classifies] data, based on the requirements that a company has. The security deployment from IBM Cloud Block Storage is another merit that [businesses] attain.
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    NetApp
    NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP was well suited to begin our journey to cloud storage as a service. The ease and intuitiveness of the product to enable our administrators to design, configure, and deploy the storage in a hybrid cloud environment was instrumental to the success and the early adoption of the service.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Proficient scaling and system customization, which allows editing.
    • Wide range of system storage, ranging from 25GB to 12000GB.
    • Finally, IBM Cloud Block Storage deploys the most technical and efficient security measures.
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    NetApp
    • Simplicity
    • Flexibility
    • Cost savings
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    Cons
    IBM
    • The documentation must be clearer and updated, thinking about each distribution that they offer in the cloud
    • Downtime when IOPS are raised can be less
    • The configuration can be more automated from the same control panel and not have to take it so much to the CLI
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    NetApp
    • More competitive pricing at lower volumes of storage
    • Make it possible to manage storage across hybrid and multiple cloud environments
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    NetApp
    We utilized NetApp remote Professional Services to assist in our deployment and also engaged support since the deployment for assistance regarding some networking concerns. NetApp support was surprisingly quick to reply and very proactive in resolving our concerns much quicker than other support personnel from many of our other vendors we use. No complaints about NetApp support at this time.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Unlike the above platforms, IBM Cloud Block Storage enable secure and quick big data migration through its secure environment and the flexibility of its Cloud options is effective. Data analytics through IBM Cloud Block Storage are easily prepared and the data access is very easy and the ability to monitor various Cloud operations is excellent.
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    NetApp
    ScienceLogic SL1 and SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) were the closest competitors to meeting our business objectives. Tivoli Storage Manager was not able to meet the initial requirements. There was a significant overlap of capabilities between ScienceLogic SL1, SolarWinds SRM, and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. The latter provided a more positive and cohesive experience for our administrators and executives.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Scale the storage when needed to get better performance.
    • Taking snapshot so we can do easy recovery if necessary.
    • We can choose different locations so they are closer to our consumers.
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    NetApp
    • Not really any noticeable impact yet
    • We are utilizing the free tier that is provided as a promotion with current systems
    • It remains to be seen if it will continue to be enough value to renew the subscription
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