Datadobi DobiMigrate vs StoneFly Migrate
Datadobi DobiMigrate
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| Figure | Datadobi DobiMigrate | StoneFly Migrate |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Storage Migration Software | 8.8 (#3) | 7.4 (#15) |
| Deployment | DobiMigrate is deployed as virtual appliances or on a hypervisor, and can also be installed through RPM on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS. | StoneFly's setup guide says the software is delivered as an OVA virtual machine and is compatible with VMware. |
| Founded | 2010 | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Leuven, Belgium | Castro Valley, Hayward, California, United States |
| Integrity checks | DobiMigrate tracks files in a chain of custody and validates copied data by comparing hash values. | Hash checks verify individual data shards, and a corrupted shard can be retransferred without sending the whole file again. |
| Purpose | DobiMigrate migrates NAS and object storage data between storage platforms, including on-premises and cloud environments. | StoneFly Migrate transfers unstructured NFS and CIFS/SMB data volumes over LAN or WAN. |
| Support | Datadobi advertises expert technical-support engineers and reports a 98% average customer-satisfaction score. | The free software does not include technical support or professional services; StoneFly says those can be purchased separately. |
Plans
Datadobi DobiMigrate
- DobiMigrate for Dell PowerStoreFree
- DobiMigratePriced on request
- DobiMigrate capacity licensePriced on request
In their own words
Datadobi DobiMigrate
Datadobi DobiMigrate has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
StoneFly Migrate
StoneFly Migrate transfers unstructured NFS and CIFS/SMB data volumes over LAN or WAN. It supports scheduled migration jobs and real-time replication for those volumes, with a centralized console for managing jobs and monitoring resource consumption. Files are divided into smaller data sets, transferred in parallel and recombined at the destination. Hash checks verify individual shards; if one is corrupted, that shard can be retransferred rather than sending the whole file again. The software also analyzes CPU, memory and network resources and dynamically assigns them to processes.
StoneFly presents it for moving NAS volumes to new appliances, maintenance moves, offloading infrequently accessed data to capacity tiers and syncing critical volumes. The software is free, with no data-transfer limit, but technical support and professional services are sold separately. It is delivered as an OVA virtual machine and is compatible with VMware; the FAQ also lists VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Citrix and XenServer for virtual NAS deployments. For physical NAS to virtual NAS transfers, both appliances must be on the same subnet. File transfers can be encrypted.