Zadara vs Traditional Infographic
Zadara Enterprise Storage-as-a-Service vs. Traditional Storage A closer look at the most important aspects when considering any new purchase: time, cost, scalability, and commitment.
Zadara Storage | Traditional Storage
TIME 1. Order 2. Connect 3. Use
30 minutes (cloud) - 4 weeks (on premises)
1. Evaluate 2. Negotiate 3. Sign contract 4. Shipping 5. Installation
6 - 9 months
Harvard DCE became
more responsive to their customers
COST Starting at
$.07/GB/month
Pennies to dollars Thousands to millions of dollars
Gilt rapidly grew and
$100K+
reduced their costs by 85%
SCALABILITY Can grow and shrink as your requirements change, at any time Users forced to over-purchase years of capacity in advance
Grows to 100s of PBs Grows to 10s of PBs
Cal Poly can grow from two to
100s of nodes, no downtime
COMMITMENT Cancel anytime
1 hour (cloud) - 6 months (on premises)
Locked into multi-year depreciation periods or leases
3 - 5 years
Korea Telecom eliminated risk with
pay-as-you-grow
Zadara Storage | Traditional Storage
TIME 1. Order 2. Connect 3. Use
30 minutes (cloud) - 4 weeks (on premises)
1. Evaluate 2. Negotiate 3. Sign contract 4. Shipping 5. Installation
6 - 9 months
Harvard DCE became
more responsive to their customers
COST Starting at
$.07/GB/month
Pennies to dollars Thousands to millions of dollars
Gilt rapidly grew and
$100K+
reduced their costs by 85%
SCALABILITY Can grow and shrink as your requirements change, at any time Users forced to over-purchase years of capacity in advance
Grows to 100s of PBs Grows to 10s of PBs
Cal Poly can grow from two to
100s of nodes, no downtime
COMMITMENT Cancel anytime
1 hour (cloud) - 6 months (on premises)
Locked into multi-year depreciation periods or leases
3 - 5 years
Korea Telecom eliminated risk with
pay-as-you-grow
