PowerScale OneFS vs Ceph

POPowerScale OneFS8.2Visit Ceph6.6Visit

Higher score PO PowerScale OneFS #2 in Distributed File System Software 8.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Try PowerScale OneFS

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Ceph #7 in Distributed File System Software 6.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Ceph

• PowerScale OneFS fits best

  Enterprise scale-out file infrastructure

• Ceph fits best

  Teams needing unified object, block, and file storage

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Side by side

Feature	POPowerScale OneFS 8.2/10 Visit ↗	Ceph 6.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.2	6.6
Ranking	#2 in Distributed File System Software	#7 in Distributed File System Software
Best for	Enterprise scale-out file infrastructure	Teams needing unified object, block, and file storage
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	Not published	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Features PowerScale OneFS 3/3 · Ceph 0/3
Data replication	✓ (best)	Not published
Multi-site support	✓ (best)	Not published
Encryption at rest	✓ (best)	Not published
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Not published
File access protocols	NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSoRDMA, SMB1, SMB2, SMB3, HTTP, FTP, NDMP, SNMP, LDAP, HDFS, S3, ADS, NIS	Not published
Maximum nodes	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Global namespace across clustered storage nodes Broad support for file, object, analytics, archive, and cloud workflows Replication, failover, snapshots, deduplication, tiering, and encryption	Combines object, block, and file interfaces in one cluster Supports S3, Swift, versioning, lifecycle rules, and object locking Provides multisite replication for synchronization and disaster recovery
Cons	Contact-sales pricing can make budgeting less direct Designed for PowerScale platforms or software-defined AWS deployments Its broad feature set is more than smaller file environments may need	Requires self-hosted deployment and infrastructure management Object Gateway capabilities are the clearest documented focus Not suited to teams seeking a hosted storage service
Our verdict	PowerScale OneFS is Dell Technologies’ distributed file system for PowerScale scale-out NAS platforms. It creates a single file system and global namespace across clustered storage nodes, making it suitable for enterprise file, object,… Read the review →	Ceph is an open-source distributed storage system for organizations that want object, block, and file storage from a unified cluster. It is deployed as self-hosted infrastructure and can be configured across commodity hardware. The… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• PowerScale OneFS — where it wins

  • Global namespace across clustered storage nodes
  • Broad support for file, object, analytics, archive, and cloud workflows
  • Replication, failover, snapshots, deduplication, tiering, and encryption

  Where it doesn't

  • Contact-sales pricing can make budgeting less direct
  • Designed for PowerScale platforms or software-defined AWS deployments
  • Its broad feature set is more than smaller file environments may need

• Ceph — where it wins

  • Combines object, block, and file interfaces in one cluster
  • Supports S3, Swift, versioning, lifecycle rules, and object locking
  • Provides multisite replication for synchronization and disaster recovery

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires self-hosted deployment and infrastructure management
  • Object Gateway capabilities are the clearest documented focus
  • Not suited to teams seeking a hosted storage service

• POPowerScale OneFS8.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad, enterprise-focused file system for clustered NAS and cloud deployments.

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• Ceph6.6/10 · Free plan

  A unified self-hosted storage cluster for teams spanning object, block, and file workloads.

  Visit CephFull verdict →