CTERA Edge Filer

What do you like best about the product?

CTERA is consistently on the bleeding edge of technology and truly visionary in this space. Having an extremely reliable platform we can depend on, while still benefiting from the latest technology, is incredibly valuable to us. Their support team is top-notch, and they’re always ready to jump on a call and address any questions we have.

What do you dislike about the product?

Further integrations within their platform would be wonderful, however, it hasn't limited anything we've needed to do with their platform.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

CTERA is best solving file server replacement for our us and our clients. Collaborating with others can be tricky and open up security concerns, the CTERA Platform lets us do what we need to with our clients while letting us sleep well knowing our data is protected.

What do you like best about the product?

The Team support can solve our doubts and issues.

What do you dislike about the product?

nothing to comment for now, its a great platform.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its a great storage file solution.

What do you like best about the product?

Support is helpful and informative, responsive. The product provides a migration tool that assists in data migration from Hitachi Data Ingestor to CTERA product (HCP Anywhere Enterprise as rebranded by Hitachi), the tool comes in handy and improve the time to complete the migration. This product is also compatible with Hitachi Content Platform which helps to improve our return on investment as we do not need to purchase new storage hardware. The product user interface is quite user friendly and intuitive. The product is scalable, capacity can be expanded just by adding more edge filers/database servers.

What do you dislike about the product?

Sometimes it can take a while for bugs to get fixed. For example, we have issue with the local quota. It takes some time to resolve the issue.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Working on local quota and fix the messenger service running on the app servers.

What do you like best about the product?

Centralized Control & Security,Global File Syncing & Performance and Hybrid Cloud Flexibility

What do you dislike about the product?

Need more Micro-level logs about file/share modification.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

CTERA addresses the critical challenges of modernizing unstructured data storage by eliminating the fragmentation, high costs, and performance bottlenecks associated with traditional NAS and remote scanning sites file servers.
By combining edge caching with cloud-native storage, CTERA enables a global file system that delivers local-level performance for remote users while maintaining centralized control.

What do you like best about the product?

I love CTERA’s global file system architecture as one of its strongest features. Users get local LAN-speed access to files via edge filers and a global namespace across sites and cloud, which allows seamless collaboration without the usual latency pain. Shares are accessed very quickly with no issues, making the experience smooth and efficient.

What do you dislike about the product?

Nothing

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use CTERA for storing, modifying, and accessing files from the cloud, solving SMB and NFS shares issues. Its global file system architecture allows LAN-speed access and seamless collaboration without latency, making file sharing quick and issue-free.

What do you like best about the product?

I really like the easy setup of CTERA Gateways for migrations. It makes bringing down data from the portal simple without needing to manually migrate it. The integration with tools like CTools helps in moving files effortlessly. Also, I find it easy to set up and migrate in CTERA.

What do you dislike about the product?

I don't like the monitoring features in CTERA. A simple consolidated dashboard to monitor all the gateways would be better, and it's frustrating that old logs are not available at times to find the root cause.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

CTERA solves performance and access issues, and I appreciate the easy setup of CTERA Gateways for migrations. It helps bring data down easily from the portal, eliminating the need for manual data migration.

What do you like best about the product?

I like how simple CTERA is to use, especially appreciating the simplified UI. The Gateways and Portals stand out to me as they allow us to create new edge filers and manage shares easily. I also find CTERA's better functionality and versatility compared to our previous solution, like its version control and deduplication capabilities, to be a strong advantage.

What do you dislike about the product?

I think monitoring could be better. There's no simplified monitoring dashboard where we can see the status of all gateways at once.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use CTERA for managing NFS and SMB shares, solving major storage and network problems, and its gateways and portals make it easy to create new edge filers and shares.

What do you like best about the product?

I like how CTERA provides easy file access through Samba or NFS, solving path issues effectively. The easy setup configuration in edge filers and enabling NFS makes downloading files straightforward. I appreciate the quick response from support, which adds to the ease of use. The deduplication feature is also something I find valuable.

What do you dislike about the product?

Monitoring can be improved. Migration is taking a long time.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use CTERA for easy file access in the cloud, resolving path issues. It allows users to access files through Samba or NFS with easy setup configuration in edge filers.

What do you like best about the product?

I use CTERA for accessing user files and folders for day-to-day operations and archiving files as per business policy. What I like most about CTERA is the easy access it provides to customers for files and folders through a simple share path, which is great for users spread across the globe. It has minimized physical storage usage, as everything is stored in the cloud, making it easy to access user data globally. The initial setup required minimal effort, which was a big plus for us.

What do you dislike about the product?

I find monitoring the console of all my CTERA edge filers in one place could be improved.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use CTERA for simple user access to files globally, reducing physical storage by storing everything in the cloud, making data easily accessible.

What do you like best about the product?

The replication infrastructure between the portal and the database, together with the filer solution, lets us continue using our shares without needing to access the Cloud (Portal). The engineering support has been excellent.

What do you dislike about the product?

It would be useful to have the share configuration replicated between filers. Regarding licensing, it would be better to base it on actual space consumption rather than on deleted space (snapshots).

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Ctera as an enterprise-scale solution for file sharing through NAS protocols (CIFS/NSF services). Before Ctera, we relied on a Samba solution managed through the CLI, which was difficult to administer.