SoftNAS Cloud NAS vs. Riverbed Network Observability

SoftNAS is a Linux-based virtual NAS appliance deployed on public and private cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and VMware vSphere. SoftNAS can also run on RHEL if customers prefer it over CentOS. It runs as a virtual machine, providing a broad range of software-defined capabilities, including data performance, cost management, availability, control, and security. SoftNAS provides unified storage designed and optimized for high-performance, higher than normal I/O per second (IOPS), and data reliability and recoverability.

Alluvio Network Performance Management makes it easy to monitor, troubleshoot, and analyze what’s happening across your hybrid network environment. With end-to-end visibility and actionable insights, you can quickly and proactively resolve any network-based performance issues. Alluvio unified NPM collects all packets, all flows, all device metrics, all the time, across all environments -cloud, virtual, and on-prem, providing enterprise-wide, business-centric monitoring of critical business initiatives.