I am currently using Nasuni for seismic data. We have a huge data size, and we want to reduce costs. Nasuni acts as a caching solution, so we put some data into the cache, and the rest goes to the blob, which helps us save on costs. We use it for applications like Petrol and Tech Log, where 3D modeling is important.
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Cloud Storage at best price and Performance
What do you like best about the product?
Nasuni delivers reliable performance at a budget-friendly price, meeting the demands of modern applications.
What do you dislike about the product?
The user interface could be significantly improved to enhance usability and streamline workflows.
Nasuni requires spinning up multiple VMs, which adds complexity and overhead to the deployment.
The platform functions as a black box, limiting flexibility — I am unable to install custom software or tools needed for our specific use cases on the underlying machines.
Nasuni requires spinning up multiple VMs, which adds complexity and overhead to the deployment.
The platform functions as a black box, limiting flexibility — I am unable to install custom software or tools needed for our specific use cases on the underlying machines.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Nasuni has proven to be a cost-effective solution, especially compared to traditional storage systems. By storing data in object storage (blob) and only requiring payment for the local cache disk, I've seen a noticeable reduction in storage costs across all my workloads. Additionally, all workloads are performing as expected, with no observable performance degradation.
Excellent platform to share and secure data across multiple sites
What do you like best about the product?
availability and easy to restore files from snapshots in case it is needed
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing specific to dislike to be honest
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
sharing files across multiple sites
Cloud data management that achieves cost efficiency with advanced data protection features
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The features I find most valuable in Nasuni are the unlimited snapshots, antivirus capabilities, auditing, and ransomware protection. Version control is also helpful, as we have almost all of our Nasuni deployments on a single version. Although upgrading involves some downtime, it's easy to upgrade and manage version control.
What needs improvement?
I suggest Nasuni improve their syslog forwarders to support TCP protocol, as it's more secure than UDP, which is plain text and not protected at all. Also, there should be improvements in automated load balancing since scaling requires manual load balancing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Nasuni for around four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the stability of Nasuni as nine.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rated the scalability as seven because even though the solution can scale, load balancing must be done manually, as it's not automated.
How are customer service and support?
I rarely contact tech support, as we usually rely on our technical account manager. My interactions with tech support are limited to two or three cases a year.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Nasuni is simple. However, setting up monitoring and alerting increases the complexity to a medium level.
What about the implementation team?
We managed the setup in-house without any integrators or consultants.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I prefer solutions with lower pricing. I would rate Nasuni's pricing as eight since I consider it to be reasonably priced.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Compared to Nasuni, main competitors are NetApp and EMC Isilon.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Nasuni to other users considering their data requirements. Overall, I would give Nasuni a rating of eight.
Nasuni has reduced storage costs, replacing on-premise legacy storage with a hybrid cloud approach.
What do you like best about the product?
Nasuni is easy to deploy and their support staff is top notch. The best part of the deployment design was choosing to use DFS to obfuscate the new UNC storage destinations.
What do you dislike about the product?
Data migration into Nasuni (w/ Azure cloud) can take a long time and needs a lot of babysitting. This problem is not unique to Nasuni.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Replaces on-premise storage hardware which is costly to operate and reduces our power and space consumption in our data center.
Simple Setup with helpful support
What do you like best about the product?
It was really easy to setup. The PS team was knowledgable which made setup fast and they were able to help trouldeshoot challenges like bandwidth restrictions.
What do you dislike about the product?
The reporting can be improved but I know they are work on it
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were able to move off of a physical file storage solution to a cloud solution for a fraction of the cost. With Nasuni we now have improved resilance.
Cost effective Cloud Storage Solution
What do you like best about the product?
Cost effective Solution , Easily Scalable , can store peta bytesof data with multiple (infinite) snapshots .
What do you dislike about the product?
No Backup solution , Azure Disaster recovery failback concerns , Can be provided as service instead of VM deployment and management
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
nasuni is providing cost effective storage solution over cloud , as active data resides in cache and non-active data stays in blob providing performance as well as cost saving for us.
Effective Cost efficient storage solution
What do you like best about the product?
Centralised storage repository making core management and control functions easier
What do you dislike about the product?
Having to build out third party (Grafana / Dynatrace) monitoring interfaces to gain better environment visualisations
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
enabling Global data usage with local performance
Nasuni a go-to partner to migrate your data to Cloud.
What do you like best about the product?
My experience with the Nasuni edge appliance and Nasuni Management Console has been very positive. I believe it's a compelling technology for businesses seeking to migrate applications and user data to the cloud from on-premises file storage solutions (NAS or file servers).
Some of themost valuable features I had the chance to use and catched my attention possitively were:
Easy to use snapshot/restore module. Fast data pointers restoration, critical data outage can be recovered in a few moments.
Customer support is excellent.
Some of themost valuable features I had the chance to use and catched my attention possitively were:
Easy to use snapshot/restore module. Fast data pointers restoration, critical data outage can be recovered in a few moments.
Customer support is excellent.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have faced drawbacks when trying to create custom reporting for my customer. It forced my team to script our own reporting deliverable using Nasuni NMC API.
Integration specs with Modelling software like CAD is not very clear, seems like more in depth testing needs to be done with that kind of software, specially when tehre is a vpn layer in the middle.
Integration specs with Modelling software like CAD is not very clear, seems like more in depth testing needs to be done with that kind of software, specially when tehre is a vpn layer in the middle.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
On premise production and archive data migration to the cloud which is a key moment if you want to rethink your data structure for the future.
Metadata restores are great in the event of high critical amount of data deletion.
Having a centralized management console is very useful.
Metadata restores are great in the event of high critical amount of data deletion.
Having a centralized management console is very useful.
It makes recovery easier and ensures high resiliency
What is our primary use case?
We use Nasuni for our network file servers. My company switched from Windows file servers to Nasuni, and we leveraged it to manage migrations between data centers.
The storage is fully in the cloud, and we are starting to migrate more as a company towards the cloud. I would say today, we have about a quarter of our overall workload in the cloud. However, in the next few years, we will shift even further into the cloud.
How has it helped my organization?
Nasuni helps us streamline file storage and access across multiple locations. That's why we bought it. We had performance issues with a single Windows file server in one location when we had users and data centers in multiple locations. The technology enables us to make data more local to multiple different locations for users. We've been able to consolidate some of our file systems. We've combined SMB file shares and NFS into a single product.
The solution improved our organization by simplifying management and helping us to consolidate products. It makes recovery easier and ensures high resiliency. It has reduced our management overhead by about 30 percent. We used to have two different teams—managed NFS and managed SMB. We've consolidated collapsed teams, which is good from a support perspective. Also, we don't need to patch and upgrade the capabilities as much anymore.
It hasn't affected how our business operates much, but that's the great thing about it. It's a service that nobody notices, and if nobody notices, we're doing our job. It's reliable enough to where nobody's complaining about their file storage needs.
What is most valuable?
Nasuni is easy to manage and highly resilient. Resiliency is critical. We had a data center outage, but we were then able to repoint people to one of our other filers easily and keep everything available. It's an excellent hybrid cloud product. I like the unlimited snapshotting. The visibility is pretty good, but we aren't leveraging all the capabilities to give us a 360 view. The solution allows us to provide file storage on demand. That capability is essential.
We only use Nasuni's snapshotting features. We're primarily using other third-party security products for data protection. I'd love to use Nasuni's data protection features, but our security team wants to use their own stuff. Nasuni's continuous file versioning has saved us a couple of times. It just makes recovery effortless. It's a self-service feature where users can recover their own files if necessary.
What needs improvement?
There are some issues with multiple users accessing the same file simultaneously. There would be times when the global file would lock when several people tried to access it, so that could be optimized more.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used Nasuni since 2018.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Nasuni nine out of 10 for stability. We have had a few bugs and issues along the way, but it's been pretty good overall. I wouldn't say it's flawless.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Nasuni is scalable. We have over 5,000 users.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Nasuni support eight out of 10.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Windows File Servers. Nasuni costs more but we obtained some excellent features that we didn't have before.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up Nasuni is very straightforward. It's easy. It took us about four months, but we were moving a ton of data. We completed the migration in a reasonable amount of time.
What was our ROI?
I can't quantify the ROI precisely. It isn't significant, but we've seen some benefits.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Nasuni is cost-effective. It's a relatively affordable solution. We compared it with other products and felt like it was a good price.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
What other advice do I have?
I rate Nasuni nine out of 10. I recommend doing a POC before implementing Nasuni. Make it your primary filer tool and take time to understand your server sizing.
It eliminates many of the administrative challenges associated with physical hardware storage
What is our primary use case?
We implement Nasuni for our customers. We also manage the solution and provide support. Our client is a global company that operates worldwide with a user base in the thousands. We have a 20-person team working with them.
How has it helped my organization?
Nasuni has helped us to simplify infrastructure purchasing and support. The solution enabled us to replace multiple data silos and toolsets with a single file system.
I'm unsure how much money it saves, but I believe Nasuni has helped by eliminating on-site hardware. We don't need to manage the big storage devices on-site. We only need a single server that can access the cache and device from the Nasuni site.
What is most valuable?
Nasuni eliminates the need for on-prem backend storage because everything goes to the cloud. You only need to have a caching device on-site. That's the main requirement. We don't have to worry about backups or require an additional backup solution.
It provides a 360-degree view of file data, and we can provide unlimited file storage capacity on demand. Nasuni also has built-in data protection, but the client isn't using some of the features because of the performance impact. Ransomware protection is enabled because of HR-related issues.
The Access Anywhere makes it easier for administrators to manage than local on-prem storage. Nasuni is tremendously easy to manage. It eliminates many of the administrative challenges associated with physical hardware storage, and you don't need to worry about any hardware failure or products reaching the end of their lives.
What needs improvement?
As administrators, we are used to having control equal to managing an on-prem device. In terms of log analysis and other things we want to do, Nasuni has some limitations. Nasuni could add some features to the GUI that would make administration a little easier. It's tough when I have to move from one filter to another because there is no way to search it. We have to scroll up and down to find the name of it.
There are also some performance issues. We often have users complain about the speed of accessing some files. It could be due to the different kinds of buckets they have chosen in the back end on the cloud or their network infrastructure and the kind of bandwidth they have between their office and the cloud. It may not be entirely an issue on the Nasuni end.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used Nasuni for nearly three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Nasuni nine out of 10 for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate Nasuni 10 out of 10.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Nasuni support nine out of 10.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I believe the initial setup was easy. Another team handles deployment, so we're not involved.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Nasuni nine out of 10. We are very happy with this technology. Nasuni is an excellent choice if you need data storage. I'm unsure how it will work for things like VDI or a virtualized environment. I also don't know if it's a good choice for high-performance applications or databases. I haven't worked with it for those use cases, but if you want some data storage in the back end, it's a solid option.
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