Red Hat Ceph Storage vs VAST Data comparison

Red Hat and VAST Data are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Red Hat is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8, while VAST Data is ranked #9 with an average rating of 10.0. Red Hat holds a 19.5% mindshare in FaOS, compared to VAST Data’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of Red Hat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of VAST Data users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Red Hat Ceph Storage and VAST Data compete in scalable storage solutions. VAST Data appears to have the upper hand due to its innovative approach and high-performance capabilities, particularly appealing to enterprises needing advanced features.

Features: Red Hat Ceph Storage offers scalability, efficient handling of both object and block storage, and flexibility suitable for diverse workloads. VAST Data provides high performance, data efficiency with its modern hardware-optimized architecture, and specialization in performance-driven tasks. The primary difference is Red Hat's broad flexibility versus VAST's focus on performance specialization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Red Hat Ceph Storage offers straightforward deployment with extensive documentation and substantial community resources. VAST Data prioritizes simplified deployment processes and robust customer service, supporting quick integration and achieving optimal performance. VAST’s deployment model is streamlined, contrasting with Red Hat's more extensive, adaptable framework.

Pricing and ROI: Red Hat Ceph Storage is considered budget-friendly due to its open-source nature, with a lower entry cost appealing to organizations focusing on cost-containment. VAST Data, with a premium pricing model, aims to deliver substantial ROI through enhanced data performance and efficiency, drawing interest from enterprises eager to leverage cutting-edge storage technology.

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 5.8%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Ceph Storage is 19.5%, down from 22.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VAST Data is 4.3%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Meesam Raza

Network Engineer at ILAB Information Technology

Effortless data storage with seamless expansion

Training is required to use FlashBlade, but the user-friendly modules offer clear explanations, making it remarkably easy to explore and complete the initial setup after completion. It has improved our organization significantly. Previously, we faced difficulties with our old server, which was not reliable enough. Switching to Pure Storage FlashBlade resolved these issues. We realized the benefits within five months. Managing FlashBlade is straightforward, and any issues we cannot resolve can be escalated to Pure Storage support. Pure Storage enhances data protection with encrypted memory modules and a Trusted Platform Module, ensuring data is encrypted and secured. This is critical for our backup files, which we know are always secure.

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ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI

IT Private Cloud & Infrastructure Leader at Sicredi

Offers cost-effective scalability through open-source storage integration

Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage. We appreciate the scalability of the open-source solution, allowing us to address our growing data needs without encountering major issues. Having used it as a pilot system in Brazil, we gained significant knowledge and the ability to manage our infrastructure as code.

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Alan Powers

HPC CTO at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years

The failover capability and resiliency are some of the solution's valuable features. The big thing is resilience because it has richer coding in it, so multiple devices can't fail. Also, one can still access a number of CBoxes that can allow one to access their file system. Once a device fails, it fails the transparency of the end-user, and it just starts using another resource. The encryption capability, the snapshots, along with a whole bunch of features make the tool valuable. VAST Data keeps adding more and more features all the time.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The tool's most valuable features are data warehousing, speedy recovery, and analytics. Its latest release is cost-effective."

"The initial setup is pretty easy and simple."

"It performs well and it is also very fast."

"The product is scalable and easy to expand."

"It has absolutely simplified our storage because the dashboards on the consoles show a clear understanding of where you are, and it is also very easy to provision. This been a big help for our teams."

"We have seen a reduction in the total cost of ownership by around 20%."

"It is very easy to use, and it is very fast."

"FlashBlade offers low latency, high throughput, and seamless scalability."

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"The setup is very easy, deserving a ten out of ten."

"What I found most valuable from Red Hat Ceph Storage is integration because if you are talking about a solution that consists purely of Red Hat products, this is where integration benefits come in. In particular, Red Hat Ceph Storage becomes a single solution for managing the entire environment in terms of the container or the infrastructure, or the worker nodes because it all comes from a single plug."

"We have not encountered any stability issues for the product."

"The solution is pretty stable."

"Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage."

"It's a very performance-intensive, brilliant storage system, and I always recommend it to customers based on its benefits, performance, and scalability."

"It has helped to save money and scale the storage without limits."

"The most valuable feature is the stability of the product."

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"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."

"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."

Cons

"I would like to see more deduplication."

"It would be nice if you could store file-based in the same box with the same technology."

"Compared to, for example, Hitachi NAS, the solution is not mature at all. It's just in its infancy as far as technology goes."

"It usually comes down to just what you hit and the value you're getting when you spend the money and license the products. I would always go, "If you want to make things better, lower your price and make your licensing simpler." There's always an opportunity around that."

"They need better integration with public clouds along with a better hybrid solution."

"I have not seen ROI."

"On our dedupe during our initial buy, we were expecting a number a little higher like 4x. However, we are getting about 3.6. While it is close enough, it doesn't quite hit the numbers. So, this has been a challenge."

"The Pure Storage Orchestrator is our biggest pain point at the moment. If we can have more say in future developments of feature sets that we will need to support for our use case, that would be pretty beneficial to us."

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"I have encountered issues with stability when replication factor was not 3, which is the default and recommended value. Go below 3 and problems will arise."

"We have encountered slight integration issues."

"Ceph does not deal very well with, or takes a long time to recover from, certain kinds of network failures and individual storage node failures."

"While the documentation for Ceph Storage is helpful, it could be improved."

"What could be improved in Red Hat Ceph Storage is its user interface or GUI."

"Routing around slow hardware."

"Rebalancing and recovery are a bit slow."

"The licensing cost is excessively high. This is a significant issue from my perspective."

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"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."

"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for FlashBlade is between cheap and moderate."

"It is within reason for what you get. From what we have found comparing it to other vendors, it is in the same range as others. Given the choice, we would definitely redeploy it based on the cost."

"Our licensing is renewed annually."

"I have seen ROI. It has allowed me to increase the density of my VMs without having to purchase anything additional."

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

"The pricing is relatively expensive due to the FlashBlade technology. However, for companies needing quick and reliable data access, the cost is justified."

"In my opinion, we have paid the right price for the product. I don't think that it is too much or too little."

"Support is a separate line item. Support is a different cost, but whatever your support is now, that's what you're going to pay forever. If your support's $100 today, six years from now it's $100. It doesn't fluctuate unless you upgrade it, or change it, etc."

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"The operational overhead is higher compared to Azure because we own the hardware."

"There is no cost for software."

"The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical."

"The price of this product isn't high."

"If you can afford a product like Red Hat Ceph Storage then go for it. If you cannot, then you need to test Ceph and get your hands dirty."

"The price of Red Hat Ceph Storage is reasonable."

"I rate the product’s pricing an eight out of ten."

"We never used the paid support."

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"Price-wise, VAST Data is not the cheapest, not the most expensive one."

"We acquired VAST Data as a one-time, capital purchase."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

26%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

University

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power out...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The pricing for FlashBlade is between cheap and moderate. FlashBlade is worth the money due to the experience and per...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?

Its configuration should be easier. There should be easier language for the configuration.

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How does Red Hat Ceph Storage compare with MiniO?

Red Hat Ceph does well in simplifying storage integration by replacing the need for numerous storage solutions. This ...

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What do you like most about Red Hat Ceph Storage?

The high availability of the solution is important to us.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Ceph Storage?

I have not identified any drawbacks, however, the response to public platform inquiries could be faster.

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What do you like most about VAST Data?

The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VAST Data?

Price-wise, VAST Data is not the cheapest, not the most expensive one.

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What needs improvement with VAST Data?

The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement.

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Overview

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

Pure Storage

Red Hat Ceph Storage is an enterprise open source platform that provides unified software-defined storage on standard, economical servers and disks. With block, object, and file storage combined into one platform, Red Hat Ceph Storage efficiently and automatically manages all your data.

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Innovation to break decades of data storage trade-offs.

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Sample Customers

ServiceNow, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Dominos, Man AHL

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