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NetApp StorageGRID pros and cons

Vendor: NetApp

4.2 out of 5

16 reviews
88% willing to recommend

177 followers

Pros & Cons summary

NetApp StorageGRID offers substantial cost savings with an operational efficiency boost of 40 to 50%, particularly after replacing legacy systems. Scalable and capable of handling large storage needs, it supports interoperability via its S3 API and enhances data management with Information Lifecycle Management. Despite its high pricing, complexities with Active Directory integration, and installation challenges, it provides valuable tiering and cloud-enabled capabilities suitable for major service providers.

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PROS

NetApp StorageGRID offers robust scalability and facilitates seamless cloud integration.

The object-based storage system ensures data durability and protection with its Information Lifecycle Management functionality.

It provides a cost-effective and efficient alternative to AWS S3 buckets, with valuable erasure coding.

The S3 API value allows developers to leverage NetApp StorageGRID without deep infrastructure knowledge, enhancing usability.

NetApp StorageGRID significantly improves operational efficiency and data retrieval times, further aided by reliable technical support.

CONS

There is confusion when integrating NetApp StorageGRID with Active Directory.

Pricing is not competitive compared to alternative storage options.

Improvement is needed in support and integration with monitoring platforms.

Installation and upgrade processes require enhancement.

Data retrieval speed and deduplication/compression features could be better.

NetApp StorageGRID Pros review quotes

Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Feb 7, 2024

StorageGRID is designed for cloud-based, highly scalable storage. Think big names like service providers like Google who need massive storage volumes with scalability. It also offers cloud-enabled storage capabilities with cloud management functionality. So, if you prioritize scalability and cloud integration, StorageGRID is the way to go. Its object-based storage is built specifically for that purpose.

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JA

Lead Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Mar 26, 2019

The ability to get to the StorageGRID from anywhere on my network. The solution is remote. You don't have to be at a physical location.

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reviewer2352861

Chief Administrative Officer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Mar 1, 2024

The feature of StorageGRID that I find most valuable for ensuring data durability and protection is its Information Lifecycle Management functionality.

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Enterprise Storage Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 24, 2018

The speed of the disks removed the bottleneck from our storage.

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AP

Sales Director at Proact Estonia AS

May 7, 2025

The features or capabilities of NetApp StorageGRID that I have found the most valuable include scalability, interoperability, and integration options.

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reviewer1469070

Senior IT-Ingenieur at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Jan 23, 2022

The backup features are valuable. I've heard from our backup and data protection people that our clients are very satisfied with the performance in junction with the backup, which they archive on this type of object storage.

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Naveen Radhwani

Head IT at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Apr 8, 2024

The management portals have most significantly improved our data retrieval times. They've made it much easier to restore data compared to our previous methods.

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Storage Architect at TELUS Corporation

Oct 24, 2018

It has awesome scalability. We consume it with storage appliance nodes, then we just plug and play as we need more.

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GP

Storage IT Specialist at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

Apr 25, 2025

NetApp StorageGRID is a great alternative to AWS S3 buckets. Erasure coding is very valuable.

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Werner Broekhuizen

Presales Consultant at KPN IT Solutions - Trusted Services

Jun 12, 2024

The technical support team is reliable and responsive.

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Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Feb 7, 2024

I just recommend improving the marketing campaigns in Pakistan.

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JA

Lead Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Mar 26, 2019

There was a small amount of confusion when working with StorageGRID and Active Directory for access. We had to do things three to four times resulting in our engineer troubleshooting a couple of things. The location of the menu, along with what is inside the menu: configurations, settings, etc., is not straightforward to users. Most users are Windows-based. So, when make logical changes to the menu which are not similar to Windows, users and administrators get confused.

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reviewer2352861

Chief Administrative Officer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Mar 1, 2024

One key improvement I'd like to see in StorageGRID is enhanced visibility for management purposes.

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Enterprise Storage Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 24, 2018

The only real issue that we have run into is, when we are cloning, we cannot do a thin provision clone, it has to be a full clone.

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AP

Sales Director at Proact Estonia AS

May 7, 2025

The user interface of NetApp StorageGRID might need some tweaks, and configuration is maybe a little bit confusing for those who are not so experienced.

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reviewer1469070

Senior IT-Ingenieur at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Jan 23, 2022

The price is something that NetApp could improve, as with most companies. NetApp is known for not being the cheapest storage option, which is also valid for StorageGRID. There are other storage options on the market which we are aware of and have done proofs of concept for, but you cannot really compare the list prices because, as a big user of NetApp storages, we have totally different prices than some list prices. Still, the price information we got for other options are almost always less expensive than StorageGRID.

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Naveen Radhwani

Head IT at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Apr 8, 2024

Data retrieval speed could be better.

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Storage Architect at TELUS Corporation

Oct 24, 2018

I would like to see them integrate more with the monitoring platforms. It is a bit difficult to get automated monitoring of the system.

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GP

Storage IT Specialist at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

Apr 25, 2025

They can enhance the deduplication and compression features, which are crucial for saving more disk space. It's not at the same level as the NetApp filer or the real NetApp cluster that runs itself on its architecture, as StorageGRID is a software solution that emulates a RAID level.

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Werner Broekhuizen

Presales Consultant at KPN IT Solutions - Trusted Services

Jun 12, 2024

The product's continual innovation and enhancement in integration capabilities with other NetApp solutions could be better.

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