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IBM Elastic Storage Server vs. IBM Storage Scale

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Elastic Storage Server
Score 8.3 out of 10
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IBM Elastic Storage Server (IBM ESS) is a software-defined storage option.N/A
IBM Storage Scale
Score 6.4 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
Pricing
IBM Elastic Storage ServerIBM Storage Scale
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Offerings
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IBM Elastic Storage ServerIBM Storage Scale
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
IBM Elastic Storage ServerIBM Storage Scale
Considered Both Products
IBM Elastic Storage Server
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Anonymous
Chose IBM Elastic Storage Server
IBM ESS is optimized for AI and Big Data usecases while S3 is a general purpose storage solutions. EMR and Databricks have lakehouse/data warehousing solutions for distributed computing but are more optimized for just the big data pipelining solutions and not essentially for AI …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Elastic Storage Server
Robost design based on powerful processor, which leverages the complete power of the system at a blaze speed
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Elastic Storage Server
We have used Cisco Cloud Object Storage earlier which is also a good object storage solution. COS has partnered with multiple vendors for object storage solutions and IBM storage solution is one of them. As far as the high performance of AI and Big Data applications is …
IBM Storage Scale
Diana Dumpsey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Diana Dumpsey
PPC Manager
Chose IBM Storage Scale
Through the use IBM Spectrum Scale tools its quite easy and secure environment that are provided to manipulate business data smoothly and manage multiple data storage platforms. IBM Spectrum Scale also allows effective data access and data transportation channels for big files …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Storage Scale
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 …
Leonardo Molinares Meza | TrustRadius Reviewer
Leonardo Molinares Meza
Arquitecto de soluciones
Chose IBM Storage Scale
We chose this solution thanks to our experience with GPFS, and we have confirmed the functionalities of the product.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Storage Scale
It was the solution that fit the requirements of our customers.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Storage Scale
Spectrum Scale is a unique product in that it allows for both storage management and orchestration.
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
IBM Storage Scale
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Score 6.4 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM Elastic Storage ServerIBM Storage Scale
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
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8.2
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User Testimonials
IBM Elastic Storage ServerIBM Storage Scale
Likelihood to Recommend
1. Perfect solution for geographically separated teams to work on sharing files/media. 2. Mainly suitable for CCTV/video recordings as the network speed and disk throughput is mammoth 3. Suites well for organizations looking for their own private cloud object storage solutions 4. primarily focused on hosting next-generation of applications centric to AI/IOT and ML.
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Anonymous
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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.
Diana Dumpsey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Diana Dumpsey
PPC Manager
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Pros
  • Very High Availability and Scalability
  • Works particularly well for AI and Big Data usecases
  • Easily unifies all sorts and types of Data
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  • Good for storage Optimizing.
  • Good velocity.
  • Strong agility in the product.
Leonardo Molinares Meza | TrustRadius Reviewer
Leonardo Molinares Meza
Arquitecto de soluciones
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Cons
  • The maintenance procedure is not straight forward, needs lots of steps/dependency on spectrum scale software
  • Should have an option to deliver as an bundled components under IBM, instead of individual components from different vendors
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  • Price
  • Requires a learning curve and training to manage the product
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Alternatives Considered
IBM ESS is optimized for AI and Big Data usecases while S3 is a general purpose storage solutions. EMR and Databricks have lakehouse/data warehousing solutions for distributed computing but are more optimized for just the big data pipelining solutions and not essentially for AI usecases, especially for inference, when you need to load model artifacts really quickly.
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Anonymous
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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
  • On demand scalability helped us in better projection of storage requirement
  • With reduced human resource for operation and maintenance of storage, ROI has been increased a lot.
  • High performance of Big Data applications using IBM Elastic Storage Server has improved the business.
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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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