Item: IBM Aspera on Cloud
Rating: 6
Author: Ben Holmes

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Aspera on Cloud

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

To move large data files from on-premise to on the cloud. Most of our unstructured data and even some structured datasets can move quickly into the cloud.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Easy to connect to data sources
Fast data moving
Integrated with IBM cloud

Cons

Difficult to set up
Firewall causes issues

Return on Investment

Allowed for bigger files to transfer without heavy implementation of data storage in the cloud

Aspera comes with IBM cloud so there isn’t really a choice. Since it’s built-in, it integrates well and there was no need to buy another solution. Therefore, I did not consider other options. It worked fine, gave access files, push data securely, and did it faster than standard HTTPS.

Likelihood to Recommend

If most datasets are file-based and they are sizable, like 10-100 GB, then Aspera is worth connecting. It is built into IBM cloud and so no additional purchase. If your data is already in a multi-cloud environment, then the speed to movement is probably already resolved and Aspera would not be needed.

IBM Aspera on Cloud Feature Ratings

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Aspera works well, but is hard to implement.