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IBM Storage Scale vs. SUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Storage Scale

    Score6.4 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

    SUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASUSE Enterprise Storage was a software defined storage option from SUSE that has been discontinued. SUSE still provides the capabilities of that product with Longhorn Block Storage, acquired with Rancher Labs by SUSE in July 2020.N/A
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    IBM Storage ScaleSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
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    IBM Storage ScaleSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    IBM Storage ScaleSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage ScaleSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    When you get a Spectrum Scale solution from IBM you are certain of two things. 1) You will need a specialized storage admin who will be able to take all of its advantages and make available for your organization. It is an appliance that not so many storage admins would be comfortable working on. Invest properly on both hardware and human resources. 2) You will scale forever. We started with a couple of hundred of Terabytes and grew to dozens of Petabytes.
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    SUSE
    This is the most powerful platform that administers all our storage capacity. It has great server that distributes data from various sources to each department. It has secure database that cannot be easily compromised by unauthorised access. Data backup has given us more trust with this product since we can focus on more productive tasks. The customer support is reliable and can easily be reached when there is arising performance challenge.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Secure data storage platform.
    • Secure environment to handle big data through.
    • Creating reports from multiple platforms easily.
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    SUSE
    • Document management.
    • Storage of files and data transfer.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Not suited for HPC.
    • Doesn't work well for retail.
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    SUSE
    • All the features have been performing effectively.
    • I have not identified any poor performing tool.
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    IBM
    It was the solution that fit the requirements of our customers.
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    SUSE
    My experience with SUSE Enterprise Storage has been great. I have not come across any powerful platform that is more reliable in data storage and backup than this software. It has great servers that monitors data across our enterprise. Data transfer from one department to other is well monitored and the network paths are always secure. Licensing and maintenance of the available plans does not incur added cost that can affect operations in our company.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Allowed reuse of existing storage
    • Flexibility to provision storage quickly, allowing us to right size storage.
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    SUSE
    • It has contributed to positive Return on Investment.
    • All storage plans have been achieved.
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