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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Longhorn Block Storage

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ALonghorn is cloud native distributed block storage for Kubernetes, supported by Rancher Labs headquartered in Cupertino.N/A

    Vultr

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AVultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.

    $2.50

    per month

    Pricing
    Longhorn Block StorageVultr
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Block Storage
    $1
    per month
    Cloud Compute
    $2.50
    per month
    Object Storage
    $5
    per month
    Kubernetes Engine
    $10
    per month
    Load Balancers
    $10
    per month
    Managed Databases
    $15
    per month
    Optimized Cloud Compute
    $28
    per month
    Cloud GPU
    $90
    per month
    Bare Metal
    $120
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Longhorn Block StorageVultr
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.
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    Community Pulse
    Longhorn Block StorageVultr
    Considered Both Products
    SUSE
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    Vultr
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    53 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    58 Answers
    Features
    Longhorn Block StorageVultr
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Longhorn Block Storage and Vultr
    Feature
    Longhorn Block Storage
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    Ratings
    Vultr
    2.8
    15 Ratings
    97% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings2.914 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings2.512 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings2.711 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings2.813 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings2.013 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings2.814 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings3.015 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings4.513 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings2.212 Ratings
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    Longhorn Block StorageVultr
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    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Block Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Cloud Block Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Longhorn Block StorageVultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    2.6
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Longhorn Block StorageVultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SUSE
    Longhorn is performing well as storage for databases and in almost any solution that uses exclusive access to volumes (ReadWriteOnce in Kubernetes nomenclature). When write access is required from many clients (ReadWriteMany) Longhorn Block Storage covers its volumes with NFS (file-based) access. Longhorn Block Storage also is well fitted in every architecture where data security (snapshots, backups, multiple replicas) is more important than access speed (in terms on IOPS and MiB/s).
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    Vultr
    I've been with Vultr over 5 years hosting multiple businesses and email related services. I never experienced a significant outage or data loss. Migration has always been successful as well. Support is top tier and IP reputation is clean. I like the choices of OS, ease of platform use and multiple hosting/ region options.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    SUSE
    • Creates read-write many (RWX) volumes
    • Longhorn Block Storage is an easy to deploy solution
    • Scheduled and on-demand volume snapshots can be created using web GUI
    • Volume backups can be stored offsite on any S3 compatible storage solution
    • Backups and snapshots can be restored using web GUI
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    Vultr
    • Good performance from servers close to me and my customers
    • Ease of spinning up new servers
    • Great service levels of servers I spin up
    • Notifications of issues or downtime come through quickly, allowing me to handle client queries with knowledge in hand.
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    Cons
    SUSE
    • ReadWriteMany Longhorn volumes are still using NFS (file-based) protocol in the core.
    • Using iSCSI as main protocol instead of FC ties Longhorn to Ethernet-based LAN which is in most architectures much slower that FC-based SAN.
    • Longhorn could implement S3 as alternative access protocol to its volumes.
    • Backups, and snapshots configuration could be configured at each volume-level by administrators (maybe from additional CRD object?), because currently is configured at storage-class level which is not granular enough.
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    Vultr
    • The response times for support tickets is too high and a quicker response time would be appreciated
    • Availability of the VPS solution in Middle east and Africa would help
    • Abilito to connect SIP trunks would make it more easy to run active communictaion platforms on Vultr
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SUSE
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    We’ve been extremely satisfied with the service for many years. After trying other providers, we’ve found nothing that matches the reliability and performance—so we’re not likely to switch anytime soon.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    SUSE
    Longhorn is mature software defined storage solution that is still developed and receive new functionalities. From the beginning every Longhorn volume have multiple (at least two) replicas, can leverage manual or automatic snapshots and backup to external S3 volume. Longhorn provides nice and clear GUI for administrators, but also can be managed from CLI.
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    Vultr
    easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    SUSE
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Because of the 24 hour turnaround timing with servers I need immediate reply
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    Implementation Rating
    SUSE
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Nothing in particular to share that I did not already discuss
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    SUSE
    GlusterFS was first Persistent Storage solution used in our Kubernetes-based clusters. It is file-based what in some usages led us to many data corruptions. CEPH is object-based persistent storage which can be used as file-based Persistent Storage in Kubernetes. It is also is much more resource-hungry than other solutions including Longhorn. Dell PowerScale (or Isilon) is a hardware-software solution, that provides volumes that can be accessed by file-based NFS and CIFS protocols. Recently was added access to its volumes with object-based S3 protocol. Longhorn is in the middle. It is block-based, it is build on industry standards like iSCSI, performs very well on 10Gbit or faster LAN and commodity hardware (or in virtual machines)
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    Vultr
    Linode is a more old-school offering. Linode pricing model and infrastructure rely on classic Virtual Machines. What we like about Vultr is that they offer the same at the front, but in the back, the machines are much more flexible and can be tailor-made to our needs, which of course also impacts the costs of running the infrastructure.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    SUSE
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Pricing is fair and did not increase
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    SUSE
    • It has provided a highly available storage solution for almost all our Kubernetes deployments
    • We can deploy new app versions with peace in mind because we have working data backups
    • Application development is faster because devs can play with data and easily restore it when needed
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    Vultr
    • We have experienced a 200% return on using Vultr products with a 100% Customer Satisfaction rating.
    • Vultr gives us the regions to deploy where our small business customers are located.
    • Vultr has helped us scale up our company and our cloud solutions.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Vultr Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vultr's control panel helps users spend less time managing infrastructure.Screenshot of Vultr's services offer additional configuration and inside of the simplified control panel.Screenshot of a display of when peak activity happens on an application. The server health graphs provide insight from the moment the server is created.Screenshot of Vultr's interface, which allows users to deploy high performance servers worldwide from any device.Screenshot of how to reach the 24/7/365 technical support team that is available through Vultr's ticketing system.