We performed a comparison between MinIO and VAST Data based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like that if you have a problem, you can buy the home server. It is stable and robust."
"The ability to spawn a MinIO Tenant on demand and shut it down right after is most valuable."
"Saves a lot of time in generating and managing documents."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of management and administration."
"The initial setup was straightforward as MinIO provided good support documentation and took a couple of days to complete."
"Nice web interface, easy to use, with a low memory footprint."
"This is an all-in-one, user-friendly data storage."
"For starters, MinIO has a good user interface. You can access it through the browser and perform operations like creating the object."
"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."
"The scalability is one of the limitations we have found. We are looking for another solution but they must provide the same characteristics, such as an affordable price and continuity."
"MinIO could use a time patch on it. It could also use better documentation for some languages like Python."
"The monitoring capability is really bad and needs to be improved."
"Lacks documentation for non-Kubernetes users."
"The product's initial setup phase is complex."
"The product's security is open by default, without any SSL."
"With problems, visibility is hard because everything is in containers. Difficult to get to the logs in order to figure out what the problem was."
"Documentation could be improved."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
MinIO is ranked 1st in File and Object Storage with 22 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 11th in File and Object Storage with 2 reviews. MinIO is rated 8.0, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of MinIO writes " A tool for storage purposes that helps businesses save time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". MinIO is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, NetApp StorageGRID, Dell ECS, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Linode, whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray, Qumulo and NetApp FAS Series. See our MinIO vs. VAST Data report.
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