The following technoclogies and products are covered in our research. All matrices and products are updated with SAN Storage announcements. • Dell EMC Compellent Storage Center, DSSD, Last updated: 2 February 2017 EqualLogic Storage System, Unity, VMAX All Click here to watch a video on how to use our research. Flash, VMAX3, VNX SAN, XtremIO • Fujitsu Eternus DX Systems, DX8700-8900 S3, DX500 Comparison Matrices (Standard PDF & Interactive) • Archive Software S3, DX600 S3, DX200 S3, DX100 S3 • Archive Systems • HDS VSP G-1500 and F-1500, VSP Midrange, HUSVM • Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Virtual • HPE StoreServ 3Par 20000, 10000, 8000 (All Flash), • Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication 7000, XP7, StoreVirtual 4000, MSA 2040 (Entry, Midrange, High End) • Huawei OceanStor 1800, 6800, S2200T • Hyper-Converged • IBM DS8000, XIV, V7000, V5000, V3700 • NAS Storage (Entry, Midrange, High End) DCS3700, DS3500 • Open Storage Platform (Formerly Virtual SAN) • IBM FlashSystem 900 • Object Storage • IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R • SAN Storage (Entry, Midrange, High End) • InfiniDAT InfiniBox • Solid State Storage (New Design, Adapted Design) • NetApp AFF, FAS, EF550 Flash Array, EF560 Flash (Archived) Array, E2800 Storage System, FAS2500, FAS8000 • Storage Resource Management & AFF8000, E2600, E2700, E5400, E5500, E5600 • Storage Virtualization Solutions SolidFire • Nimble AF Series, CS Series • Nimbus Data Gemini Evaluation Guides • Oracle FS1 • Archive Systems • Pure Storage FlashArray • Archive Software • Tegile IntelliFlash • Data Deduplication • Tintri VMStore • Hyperconverged • Violin Memory All-Flash Array (Archived) • NAS Storage • X-IO iglu blaze • Object Storage • Open Storage Platform (Formerly Vir- tual SAN) • SAN Storage NAS Storage • Solid State Storage • Coho Data DataStream All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2017 Evaluator • Storage Characteristics and Tiering • Dell Compellent FS8600, PowerVault NX • Storage for VDI • EMC Celerra, DART, Isilon Systems IQ Series • Storage Overview VNX(e) NAS, VMAX3, VMAX All-Flash • Storage Virtualization • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Systems • VTL Storage DX100/200/500/600/8700/8900 S3 • Hitachi HNAS, HUS Workbooks • HPE StoreEasy, 3PAR StoreServ 7000/8000 All- • Archive Software & Systems for Files Flash/20000 • Data Protection • Huawei OceanStor 9000/2600-2200/6800/18000 • Hyper-Converged • IBM Scale Out NAS-SONAS, ESS (Archived) • NAS • Microsoft Windows Storage System (WSS) • Object Storage • NetApp DataONTAP • Open Storage Platform (Formerly • NetApp AFF, FAS, FAS2000/2500, FAS3200/V3200, Virtual SAN) FAS6000/V6000/6200/V6200, FAS8000 • SAN Storage Array • Oracle ZFS • Solid State • Pure Storage FlashBlade • Storage Resource Management • Tintri VMstore • Storage Virtualization
EvaluatorGroup.com 303.221.7867 Object Storage Storage Virtualization • Caringo Swarm • DataCore SANSymphony-V • Cloudian Hyperstore • EMC VPLEX, ViPR • Data Direct Networks Web Object Scaler • FalconStor NSS SAN Virtualization • EMC Atmos, Centera, ECS • FreeStor Storage Server • Hitachi Content Platform • Hitachi VSP G1000 Virtualization • HGST Active Archive • IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) / • IBM COS Spectrum Virtualize • NetApp StorageGRID Webscale • NetApp FAS3200/V3200, FAS 6200/ • Quantum Lattus V6200, V-Series • Scality RING Organic Storage • SwiftStack Swift
Archive Open Storage Platform / • ASG Digital Archive • Caringo Swarm Software Defined Storage (Formerly Virtual SAN) • CommVault Simpana OnePass • Atlantis Computing USX • EMC Centera, Cloud Tiering Appliance • DataCore SANSymphony-V • HGST Active Archive • EMC ScaleIO • HP StoreAll (Archived) • Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform • Hitachi Content Platform • HPE StoreVirtual VSA • IBM Information Archive • IBM Spectrum Accelerate • Komprise • Maxta MxSP • NEC HYDRAstor HS6-4000 • Nexenta NextentaStor • NetApp SnapLock • Quantum StorNext File System • Nexsan Assureon • SoftNAS Cloud Storage Gateway • Quantum StorNext • StorMagic SvSAN • Rocket Arkivio Autostor • VMware VSAN • Veritas Enterprise Vault
Data Protection Open Storage Platform Hardware All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2017 Evaluator • Commvault Simpana 10 • Open Storage Platform Server-based Stor- • Dell AppAssure age Hardware • EMC Avamar, Data Domain, RecoverPoint • SanDisk InfiniFlash IF150 • Exagrid Backup Storage Appliance • X-IO ISE • Hitachi Protection Platform • HP D2D StoreOnce • IBM ProtecTier • NEC HYDRAstor Hyperconverged • Quantum DXi Series • Atlantic Computing Hyperscale • Veritas NetBackup Appliance • Cisco Hyperflex • Dell XC Series Storage Resource Management(SRM) • EMC VxRail • Aptare Storage Console • Hypergrid Hyperconverged Appliance • CA SRM • HPE ConvergedSystem 250-HC StoreVir- • EMC ViPR SRM tual • HP Storage Essentials • HPE Hyperconverged 250/380 • Hitachi Command Suite • Maxta MaxDeploy • IBM Storage Insights • Nutanix Xtreme Computing Platform • IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center • Pivot3 Hyperconverged Infrastructure • NetApp OnCommand • Scale Computing HC3 Hyper-Converged • SolarWinds Storage Manager Appliance • Veritas InfoScale • Simplivity OmniCube • VMware VSAN • VMware Ready Nodes
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The following is a list of products covered in each Comparison Matrix. Matrices are updated frequently and this information is subject to change. These are available as standard PDFs with an interactive, flash-based version available.
Archive Software Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication • Arkivio (Rocket Software) AutoStor Mid Range • ASG (Atempo) Digital Archive • EMC DD2500 • BridgeHead File Archiving Agent • EMC DD4200/DD4500 • Commvault Simpana OnePass • Exagrid EX1000E-32000E • EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance • HP StoreOnce 3000/4000/5000 • EMC SourceOne for Files • FalconStor VTLGA • IBM TSM HSM • FalconStor VTLCA • Quantum StorNext 5 • Quantum DXi4700 • SGI DMF • HDS Protection Platform S1500 • Veritas Enterprise Vault • Symantec/Veritas NetBackup 5230
Archive Systems • Caringo Swarm (formerly CAStor) • Crossroads StrongBox Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication • EMC Centera • HGST Active Archive High End • HP StoreAll • EMC DD9500, DD7200 • HDS HCP • FalconStor VTL/FDS • Imation Nexsan – Assureon • Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8000 • NEC HYDRAstor HS6-4000/HS8-5000 • HP B6500 • NetApp with Snaplock • IBM TS7650G • NEC HS8-5000 • Quantum DXi8500/DXi 6900 • Sepaton S2100-ES3 • Hitachi HDS Protection Platform S2700 Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication ©2017 Evaluator Group Inc. All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2017 Evaluator Virtual • FalconStor OBDVA • HP StoreOnce VSA Hyper-Converged • Quantum DXi V Series • Atlantis Computing Hyperscale • CommVault Simpana 10 Dedupe • Cisco Hyperflex • Dell XC Series • EMC VxRail • Gridstore HyperConverged Appliance • HPE HC250/HC380 • Maxta HC Reference Architectures Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication • Nutanix NX Series 1000/3000/6000/9000 Entry Level • Pivot3 Hyperconverged Infrastructure • EMC DD2200 • Scale Computing HC Series • Exagrid EX1000-7000 1000/2000/4000 • HP StoreOnce 3000 • Simplivity Omnicube / Omnistack • IBM ProtecTIER TS7620 • NEC HydraStor HS3-510 • Quantum DXi4700
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NAS Entry Level Object • Dell NX400/NX3000 • Caringo Swarm (formerly CAStor) • EMC VNXe3200 • Cleversafe dsNet • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX100 S3/DX200 S3 • Cloudian HyperStore • HPE StoreEasy 1450/1550/1650/1850 • Data Direct Networks Web Object Scaler (WOS) • Huawei OceanStor 2600/2200 v3 • EMC Atmos • NetApp FAS2554/FAS2552/FAS2520 • EMC Elastic Cloud Storage • NetApp FAS2650/FAS2620 • HGST Active Archive/Amplistor • Hitachi Data Systems HCP • IBM Cleversafe dsNet • NetApp StorageGrid Webscale • Quantum Lattus • Scality Ring • SwiftStack Swift
NAS Mid Range Open Storage Platform / • EMC Isilon NL400, 36NL, 72NL, 108NL • EMC Unity 300/400/500/600 Software Defined Storage • EMC VNX 5200/5400/5600, VG2 Gateway • Atlantis Computing USX • Fujitsu ETERNUS DC500 S3/DX600 S3 • DataCore SANSymphony-V • HPE StoreServ 7000/8000 • EMC ScaleIO • HP StoreEasy 3000 • Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform • HDS HNAS 4080/4060/3090/3080 • HPE StoreVirtual VSA • Huawei OceanStor 6800 v3 • IBM Spectrum Accelerate • IBM V7000 Unified • Maxta MxSP • NetApp AFF A300 / A200 • Nexenta NextentaStor • NetApp FAS8200 • Quantum StorNext File System • NetApp FAS8040 / FAS8020 • SoftNAS Cloud File Gateway • Oracle ZFS Storage System • StorMagic SvSAN • Tintri VMstore • VMware VSAN ©2017 Evaluator Group Inc. All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2017 Evaluator
NAS High End SAN Entry Level • Dell FS7610 / FS8600 • Dell EqualLogic PS • EMC VNX 5800/7600/8000, VG8 Gateway • Dell SCv2000 • EMC Isilon S210, X410, HD400 • EMC VNXe • EMC VMAX3 eNAS Data Service • Fujitsu ETERNUS • HDS HNAS 4100 • HP MSA • HPE 3PAR StoreServ 20000 • HPE StoreVirtual • Huawei OceanStor 9000 / 18000 • Huawei OceanStor 2600/2200 v3 • IBM Elastic Storage Server / Spectrum Scale • IBM DS3500 / DCS3700 • NetApp FAS8060 / 8080 / 9000 • IBM Storwize V5000 / V3700 • Oracle ZFS Storage System • NetApp FAS2500 / FAS2600 • Pure Storage FlashBlade • NetApp E2800
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SAN Mid Range Solid State: New Designs (Archived) • Dell SC Systems • EMC DSSD D5 • Dell Equalogic PS • EMC XtremIO • EMC VNX • HDS HFS • EMC Unity • IBM FlashSystem 900/A9000/A9000R/V9000 • Fujitsu ETERNUS • Kaminario K2 • VSP F-Series / G-Series • NexGen n5 • HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8000 • Nimble AF Arrays StoreVirtual 4000 • Nimble CF Series • Huawei OceanStor 6800 v3 • Nimbus Data Gemini/Gemini X • Huawei Dorado • PureStorage FlashArray • IBM DCS3860 • SolidFire SF Storwize V7000/V5000 • Tegile IntelliFlash • NetApp AFF A300, A200 • Tintri VMstore • NetApp FAS8000, 8200 • Violin Memory 6000 Series, Flash Storage Platform • NetApp E5500 / E5600 7000 • Nimble AF / CS • PureStorage //m
SAN High End Storage Resource Management • EMC DSSD D5 • Aptare StorageConsole 9.1 • EMC VMAX All Flash, VMAX3, VMAX • CA Storage Resource Manager (Mainframe r12.6, • EMC XtremIO Open Systems r12.7) • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8700 / DX900 S3 • EMC ViPR SRM 3.5 • HDS VSP G1500 / HDS VSP F1500 / HPE XP7 • HP Storage Essentials Suite 9.7 • HPE StoreServ 20000 • HDS Command Suite 8 • Huawei OceanStor 18000 V3 • IBM Storage Insights • IBM FlashSystem A9000/V9000 • NetApp OnCommand System Manager, Insight 6/7, • IBM DS8880 & DS8880F Report • IBM XIV • SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor • InfiniDAT InfiniBox • Veritas CommandCentral Storage • Kaminario K2 • Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager • NetApp AFF / FAS8000 / FAS9000
• SolidFire All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2017 Evaluator • Oracle FS1 • Pure Storage FlashArray • Tegile IntelliFlash Solid State: Adapted Designs (Archived) Storage Virtualization • EMC VMAX All Flash • Data Core SANsymphony-V 10 • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX200F • EMC FAST.X • HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200c/7450c/8450/20450/20850 • EMC ViPR 2.4 • HDS HUSVM • EMC VPLEX • HDS VSP F-Series • FalconStor FSS • IBM DS8888 • HDS HUSVM • Huawei Dorado • HDS VSP Series • NetApp EF550/EF560 • IBM SVC and VCS • NetApp AFF • NetApp FlexArray • NetApp AFF8000 • SolarWinds (TekTools) Storage Manager 5. • Oracle FS1
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