Midrange Array Buyer's Guide

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BUYER’S GUIDE 2010 MIDRANGE ARRAY BUYER’S GUIDE

The Insider’s Guide to Evaluating FC and iSCSI Midrange Arrays

By Jerome M Wendt

DCIG, LLC | 7511 Madison Street | Omaha NE 68127 | 402.884.9594 DCIG 2010 MIDRANGE ARRAY BUYER’S GUIDE The Insider’s Guide to Evaluating FC and iSCSI Midrange Arrays

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 23 Midrange Array Models

3 Executive Summary 24 3PAR InServ F200 60 HDS AMS2100 25 3PAR InServ F400 61 HDS AMS2300 4 How to Use this 26 Celeros EzSANFiler XD34S 62 HDS AMS2500 Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide 27 Celeros EzSANFiler XF34S 63 HP EVA4400 28 Celeros EzSANFiler XD46S 64 HP EVA6400 5 Disclosures 29 Celeros EzSANFiler XF46S 65 HP EVA8400 5 Midrange Array Inclusion 30 Celeros EzSANFiler XD49S 66 HP MSA2000i and Exclusion Criteria 31 Celeros EzSANFiler XF49S 67 HP P2000 G3 32 Celeros EzSANFiler XD512 68 HP P4300 6 The 8-Step Process Used 33 Celeros EzSANFiler XF512 69 IBM DS5020 Express to Score and Rank Midrange Arrays 34 Celeros EzSANFiler XD810 70 Infortrend ESVA E20 35 Celeros EzSANFiler XF810 71 Infortrend ESVA F20 7 DCIG Comments and Thoughts on … 36 Compellent Storage Center 72 NEC D3 7 Midrange Array Performance and Pricing Series 20 73 NEC D3i 8 Power and Space Efficiency 37 Compellent Storage Center 74 NEC D4 9 Reliability and Functionality Series 30 75 NEC D8 38 Dell EqualLogic PS4000E 76 NetApp FAS2020 9 DCIG Observations and 39 Dell EqualLogic PS4000X 77 NetApp FAS2040 Recommendations Regarding 40 Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV 78 NetApp FAS2050 Each Midrange Arrays Ranking 41 Dell EqualLogic PS6000E 79 NetApp FAS3140 9 Recommended 42 Dell EqualLogic PS6000X 80 NetApp FAS3160 10 Excellent 43 Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV 81 NetApp FAS3170 10 Good 44 Dell EqualLogic PS6010E 82 Nexsan DataBeast 10 Entry Level 45 Dell EqualLogic PS6010X 83 Nexsan iSeries 400i 46 Dell EqualLogic PS6010XV 84 Nexsan SASBeast 12 Midrange Array Scores 47 Dell EqualLogic PS6500E 85 Nexsan SATABeast and Rankings 48 Dell EqualLogic PS6500X 86 Oracle Sun StorageTek 2540 13 Midrange Array FC/iSCSI SAN 49 Dell EqualLogic PS6510E 87 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6180 15 Midrange Array FC SAN 50 Dot Hill 2322 88 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6580 17 Midrange Array iSCSI SAN 51 Dot Hill 2332 89 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6780 19 Midrange Array Hardware 52 Dot Hill 3930 90 Oracle Sun StorageTek 7310 21 Midrange Array Software 53 Dot Hill 5730 91 Overland Storage SnapServer 54 EMC CLARiiON CX4 Model 120 SAN S2000 55 EMC CLARiiON CX4 Model 240 92 Pillar Axiom 300 56 EMC CLARiiON CX4 Model 480 93 Pillar Axiom 600 57 EMC CLARiiON CX4 Model 960 94 RELDATA 9240i 58 Fujitsu ETERNUS 4000 DX410 95 Xiotech Emprise 7000 59 Fujitsu ETERNUS 4000 DX440

Appendix A-1 Definition of Terms Used in Buyer’s Guide B-1 Storage Provider Contact Information C-1 Plans for Future Midrange Array Buyer’s Guides C-1 Establishing a Base Line C-1 Variables that Will Need to Be Re-Weighted C-1 New Variables

Introduction

This Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide represents the next generation of technology reports that I produced for many years when I wrote for Storage magazine (now part of SearchStorage.com). But it is also different in one major way: it reflects the behind the scenes evaluations that myself and many other engineers regularly did when I worked as a storage engineer for First Data Corporation.

During the six years that I wrote for Storage magazine and the three (3) years since then that I have run and operated my own data storage focused analyst firm and website, I have contemplated how the technology reports that I used to write for Storage magazine could be made more thorough. Further, I wanted to leverage my experiences at First Data so the Buyer’s Guide could alleviate one of the most time consuming components of the midrange array buying decision – the information gathering and evaluation stage.

In writing for both Storage magazine and now for DCIGinc.com, my intent was and is to inform users so they could make objective buying decisions on a specific technology. In this respect, the feedback that I receive from readers indicates that I have achieved a level of success. However the influence that I have on user buying decisions weighs on me, espe- cially when I considered the breadth of some of the technologies that I attempt to authori- tatively cover.

Midrange arrays are a perfect example. When I started writing this Buyer’s Guide, I identified nearly 30 providers of midrange arrays that offered over 130 different models that were considered for inclusion in this Buyer’s Guide.

Just coming up with that exhaustive list of storage providers and the models took some time. Then I still had to sort through each model’s hardware and software features and differentiate between them. While the differences between individual models were in many cases slight, differences do exist between each and every midrange array.

So if I or anyone attempted to write a 5 – 7 page technology report that attempted to provide users with any meaningful guidance at all in regards to purchasing a midrange array, it would be incomplete. Just by the brevity of the report it would fail to take into account many of the criteria that are important when trying to develop a short list of products to consider for inclusion when making such an important buying decision.

So this is what the first DCIG Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide does: It provides a much more comprehensive and in-depth look into as many midrange array models and their hardware and software features as possible.

In preparing this Buyer’s Guide, I looked at these midrange array models and their features in much the same way as I did while writing for Storage magazine and working as a storage engineer at First Data Corporation: Through the eyes of an end user.

During my stint at First Data, the storage team would create extensive lists of evaluation criteria for midrange arrays that included each model’s hardware and software features as well as the support offered by the storage provider.

Introduction continued

Once these criteria were established, the team would go through and do a technical evaluation of each midrange array. At that time, we would try to clear up any ambiguities that existed (eg. a feature that was referred to by a different name by each storage provider), put heavier weightings on features that were more important to us and then score and rank each midrange array.

Based upon these scores, First Data would then come up with 3 – 5 possible contenders for purchase and then submit that list to our procurement department to get competitive bids on each of those models.

This Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide does this heavy lifting for end users. This Buyer’s Guide:

• Lists each individual midrange array models by storage provider

• Lists different midrange array features, whether or not they are supported and (where appropriate) how they are implemented

• Weights these features according to what end users consider most important

• Scores these features

• Ranks each midrange array model

The end result is that this Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide gives users the opportunity to do “at-a-glance” comparisons between many different midrange array models. Using these results, they can quickly come up with a short list of products that meet their specific needs and either go directly to a product evaluation stage with select midranges or even opt to get competitive bids on these products.

Note that this Buyer’s Guide is not intended to be a substitute for bringing individual midrange arrays models in-house and testing them with specific applications. That function should still be done since every midrange array will perform differently under different application workloads. But it should help users get to that short list of products that they want to test much more quickly.

I hope you find that this Buyer’s Guide meets this intended purpose in your environment.

Jerome

Executive Summary

According to IDC, revenue from external disk storage systems totaled over $18 billion in 2009.i Included in that total was storage of every possible type including enterprise, midrange and consumer storage arrays. But what that IDC number does not fully reflect is the growing impact that midrange arrays are having on organizations of all sizes and how much more money they are poised to spend on this particular category of external storage.

The declining costs of storage capacity and network bandwidth coupled with their constantly improving performance are contributing to making external storage systems affordable and practical in all of these environments. However the introduction and rapid adoption of server virtualization is now making external storage almost a necessity in all size organizations.

Among the types of external storage systems available, midrange arrays are the ones that are best positioned to benefit from this forthcoming wave of server virtualization. Today’s midrange arrays are affordable, easy to deploy, reliable, and offer high levels of performance.

The only problem is that there are so many storage providers and midrange array models from which to choose that there is no way to make an objective buying decision since no analyst report or buyer’s guide has previously existed that could guide organizations through this maze to help them make a quick and informed buying decision.

This DCIG Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide changes that. Organizations for the first time now have at their fingertips a Buyer’s Guide that provides them with a comprehensive list of midrange arrays that can assist them in this all-important buying decision while removing much of the mystery around how midrange arrays are configured and which ones are suitable for which purposes.

This Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide accomplishes the following objectives:

• Provides an objective, third party evaluation of midrange arrays that evaluates and scores their features from a user’s viewpoint

• Includes recommendations on how to best use this Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide

• Scores and ranks the features on each midrange array based upon the criteria that matter most to users so they can quickly know which midrange arrays are the most appropriate for them to use and under what conditions

• Provides data sheets for 72 midrange arrays from 21 different storage providers so users can do quick comparisons of the features that are supported and not supported on each midrange array

• Provides insight into which features on a midrange array will result in improved performance without needing to run timely and costly internal performance benchmarks

• Provides insight into which features on a midrange array will result in increased power and space efficiency so your costs stay down over time

• Gives any organization the ability to request competitive bids from different providers of midrange arrays while still having confidence that they are getting a midrange array that meets their application needs

i IDC, “Total Disk Storage Systems Turn a Corner, Posting First Year-over-Year Gain in More Than Four Quarters, According to IDC”, March 5, 2010, http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22236010, Website referenced on April 29, 2010.

How to Use this Midrange Array • Separate the apples from the oranges. Just as Buyer’s Guide important as doing apples-to-apples comparisons is identifying when a storage provider throws an orange in In determining how to best use the information contained in the mix. Sometimes it is very difficult for an organization this Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide, it is important to note that to know if it is truly getting a good deal when bids it is intended to help users in their purchase of a midrange come in from multiple storage providers that include array. The purpose of this Buyer’s Guide is NOT to tell users different models. Now organizations can refer to the exactly which midrange array to purchase. Rather it is to help scores and rankings of each midrange array on this guide them in coming up with a list of competitive products guide and know when a storage provider is giving it a that have comparable features that meet their specific needs. good deal or just a so-so one.

It is also important to note that just because a product • Provides perspective on how models from less well scored the highest in a particular category or is ranked a known storage providers compare against estab- certain way does not automatically mean it is the right prod- lished and better known brands. Anyone involved with uct for their company. If anything, because of the scope of storage at all has probably at least heard of EMC, HP, the midrange array models evaluated and analyzed, it may and IBM and maybe NetApp and HDS. This creates a have features that are too robust for the needs of an indi- certain level of comfort when buying products from these vidual department or organization. companies and a certain built-in resistance to buying midrange arrays from companies that are perceived as However what this Buyer’s Guide does is give users some unknown quantities. This Buyer’s Guide helps to remove sense of how a midrange array compares to other storage some of that apprehension about buying from a less well arrays classified as Midrange Arrays as well as additional known provider since organizations can clearly see how insight into what other product offerings are available on these models from lesser known companies compare the market. with those that are well known. DCIG recommends that you use this Midrange Array • Normalizes complex storage terminology. Every Buyer’s Guide in the following seven ways: computing industry has a proclivity to adopt acronyms • Eliminate the painstaking research associated with and jargon that is specific to it but the data storage coming up with a short list of possible midrange industry seems to go out of its way to not only use arrays. This Buyer’s Guide contains 21 storage unfamiliar terms but refer to the same technology in providers with 72 different models. Each midrange different ways. This Buyer’s Guide sifts through the array is scored and then ranked as “Recommended”, acronyms and storage jargons and terms and normal- “Excellent”, “Good” and “Entry Level” based upon that izes them and eliminates the need for users to try to score. On each midrange array, at least 60 different understand all of the industry terminology. features were evaluated, weighted, scored and then • Creates a standardized data sheet. In researching ranked. All an individual has to do is look at the scores this Buyer’s Guide, every single data sheet for every in order to come up with a short list of products for single product was printed out and analyzed. Notably, consideration. none of the product data sheets from the different • Do apples-to-apples comparisons of midrange storage providers were laid out in the same way or arrays from different storage providers. In today’s contained the same information. Some storage crowded storage market, companies are ill-advised to providers even had data sheet formats that varied from not get competitive bids from multiple storage model to model within their own product portfolio. This providers. After all, when they compete, you win. But Buyer’s Guide tackles this problem by creating a that tactic only works well when organizations know standard, easy to read data sheet for every midrange that they are receiving bids on products that are array. In this way, product data sheets for individual roughly comparable. Using this Midrange Array Buyer’s products can be printed out, laid down side by side Guide, organizations can accomplish that objective. and then the features on them quickly compared.

• Helps justify technical buying recommendations to there was no way for DCIG to predict at the outset how business folks. Nothing is easier for those on the individual midrange array models would end up scoring business side to understand than a number when or ranking when all was said and done. doing comparisons. So at the top of every midrange These weightings and scores were designed so that only array model data sheet, a product score is included so one product would have the highest score in each classifi- the business side of the house can quickly see why a cation and only one product the lowest score. Because of particular recommendation was made. how it was designed, DCIG deemed it unlikely that any two midrange array models would have the same score. Disclosures This held true in almost every classification except software. For better or for worse, over the last few years the general trend The reason for the number of exceptions in this area is that in the US has been for both large and boutique analyst firms to multiple midrange arrays models from the same provider receive some or all of their revenue from storage providers. supported the exact same software. In those cases more DCIG is no different in that respect as it also receives than one model from that storage provider could receive payment for the different services it performs for storage the same score and ranking. providers. The services that DCIG provides include blog- DCIG wants to emphasize that no storage provider was ging, case studies, product reviews, executive white papers privy to how DCIG did the scoring and ranking of the and full length white papers. midrange arrays. In every case the storage providers only So in the interest of being fully transparent, a number of the found out the scores and rankings of their individual storage providers included in this Midrange Array Buyer’s midrange array models after the analysis was complete. Guide are or have been DCIG clients. This is not to imply that they were given preferential treatment in the Buyer’s Midrange Array Inclusion and Guide. All it meant was that DCIG had more knowledge of their midrange arrays and that DCIG would consider their Exclusion Criteria midrange arrays for inclusion in this Buyer’s Guide. The term “Midrange Arrays” has become a nebulous term at best considering all of the new architectures and designs In that vein, there are a number of important facts to keep of midrange arrays that have emerged in the last decade. in mind when considering the information contained in this Clustering software, virtualization software and replication Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide and its merit. software have further served to blur the lines of what consti- tutes a “midrange array”. • No storage provider paid DCIG any fee to develop this Buyer’s Guide. This Buyer’s Guide attempts to take into consideration as • DCIG did not guarantee any storage provider that its many of those variables as possible but in all likelihood it failed midrange array(s) would be included in this Buyer’s to account for every variation. While this may have resulted in Guide. a specific model not being covered in this Buyer’s Guide when it rightfully belonged, DCIG hopes to address this short- • DCIG did not imply or guarantee that a specific coming in a subsequent Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide. midrange array model would receive a good score on this Buyer’s Guide ahead of time. So with those disclaimers made, the rationale that was used to determine the inclusion and exclusion of specific • All research was based upon publicly available models in this Buyer’s Guide is as follows: information, information provided by the storage provider and the expertise of those evaluating that • It had to support either the Fibre Channel (FC) or report. iSCSI block-based protocol. Well over half of the • Because of the number of features analyzed, how models included in this report supported both proto- these features were weighted and then how these cols but even if they supported only one, they were still midrange array models were scored and then ranked, included in the Buyer’s Guide. If the midrange array did

not support at least one of these protocols, it was not 1. DCIG listed out of all of the features available on included in this Buyer’s Guide. all of the midrange arrays. Prior to selecting the features that were included in the final evaluation in • It had to scale to support at least 30 TBs of raw the Buyer’s Guide, DCIG went through and quantified capacity. 30 TBs is somewhat of an arbitrary number what features each midrange array model possessed. but it was arrived at based upon two factors. First, a As part of this process, DCIG ‘normalized’ the list of storage array with a controller that supported 16 hard features available on midrange arrays such that a disk drives (HDDs) could scale to 32 TBs of raw common name for each feature was established. capacity assuming it was using 2 TB SATA drives. Second, most storage arrays intended for small 2. DCIG established which features would be businesses support a smaller number of HDDs (2 – 8) included in the Buyer’s Guide and which ones so they would not cross this 30 TB threshold. would not. One of the goals of this Buyer’s Guide was to try to only include features on each midrange • It had to support two controllers with some method array model that could be objectively and authorita- for failover. Some type of two controller configuration tively analyzed. was needed such that a second controller could take over the application workload should the primary For example, “Maximum Raw Storage Capacity” was controller fail. This could be a more advanced configu- evaluated as a feature instead of “Maximum Useable ration with both controllers configured in an Active- Storage Capacity”. While useable storage capacity Active state or a more rudimentary configuration where is what users ultimately care about, a consistent the data is asynchronously replicated by the primary objective answer cannot be arrived at because all of controller to a second controller. the different models implement RAID differently and many support more than one version of RAID. So • There had to be sufficient information available to “Maximum Raw Storage Capacity” was selected as DCIG to make meaningful decisions. Many midrange the feature to be evaluated since an answer could be array storage providers do a good job of publishing objectively ascertained and supported. information about their midrange arrays but an equal number do not. DCIG made a good faith effort to reach 3. Each feature had a weighting associated with it. out and obtain information from as many midrange The weightings were used to reflect if a feature was array models as possible. But in some cases midrange supported and potentially how well it was imple- array models still had to be excluded because of a lack mented. For example, the “24x7 support” feature is of reliable data. The hope is that whatever gaps exist in more of a “Yes or No” type of response whereas the this Buyer’s Guide will be covered in a subsequent one. “HDDs supported” feature could include a number of different disk drive models with varying interfaces, • The model had to be shipping as of April 1, 2010. A capacities and speeds. So each of these features cutoff date had to be put in place or this Buyer’s were weighted and scored differently. Guide would never be published. However, some allowances were made for feature or product enhance- 4. A questionnaire that asked about all of the features ments that were made in early April 2010 that did not scored in this Buyer’s Guide was sent to each adversely affect the analysis done in developing this storage provider. In addition to using the information Buyer’s Guide. that was publicly available on each storage provider’s website, each storage provider included in this Buyer’s The 8-Step Process Used to Score Guide had the opportunity to respond to a questionnaire sent to it by DCIG. This was done to both verify and Rank Midrange Arrays that the information DCIG found on the storage To score and rank each midrange array model, DCIG went provider’s website was correct as well as remove any through an eight step process to come to the most objec- ambiguities that existed regarding how some of the tive conclusion possible. features were implemented.

5. All of the features were scored based upon the Using the mean of the scores from all of the midrange information that was gathered. The weighting and arrays from which the standard deviation was calculated, scoring was done both by DCIG and by a select DCIG developed a ranking for each midrange array model group of end-users who assisted DCIG in selecting based upon the following in each classification: the features to be evaluated in this Buyer’s Guide. • Those midrange array models that were .5 or greater 6. The features were broken down into six general standard deviations below the mean were given the categories. The features included in this Buyer’s rank of “Entry Level.” Guide broke down into a total of six broad categories • Those midrange array models that were .5± standard that are reflected on each midrange array data sheet. deviations above or below the mean were ranked These categories include Array Controller, Storage as “Good.” Network Connectivity, Array Management Software, Replication Software, Storage Capacity, and Support. • Those models that were .5 – 1.5 standard deviations above the mean were ranked as “Excellent.” 7. The midrange arrays were broken into five (5) broad classifications. Midrange arrays can be • Those models that were greater than 1.5 standard viewed from a number of different perspectives so deviations above the mean were ranked as DCIG attempted to choose the classifications that “Recommended.” would resonate with the largest number of users. It is for this reason that in each classification the number of It is for those reasons DCIG selected the following models that achieved a certain ranking varied. Using this classifications, “Midrange array FC/iSCSI SAN”, scoring and ranking method, DCIG feels confident that all of “Midrange Array FC SAN”, “Midrange Array iSCSI the models included in this report could be reasonably clas- SAN”, “Midrange Array Hardware” and “Midrange sified as a Midrange Array. In almost every instance all Array Software.” models came within 2 standard deviations of the mean. All midrange arrays in the “Midrange Array FC/iSCSI In the future if a midrange array model is more than two SAN” classification were included regardless if they standard deviations from the mean, DCIG will re-evaluate supported one or both storage networking protocols. the inclusion of that model in the Buyer’s Guide. A midrange However only midrange arrays that supported FC or array that scores too high should possibly be reclassified as both FC and iSCSI were included in the “Midrange Array a “High End” storage array while a midrange array that FC SAN” classification while only midrange arrays that scores too low may be more properly classified as a supported iSCSI or both FC and iSCSI were included in “Consumer” grade storage array. the “Midrange Array iSCSI SAN” classification.

When scoring the Midrange Array FC SAN classification, any midrange array features that supported DCIG Comments and Thoughts on… iSCSI were not included in the scores for that Midrange Array Performance and Pricing classification. Likewise when scoring the Midrange Two of the factors that most influence buying decisions on Array iSCSI SAN classification, any midrange array midrange arrays are how they perform and what they cost. feature that supported FC was not counted towards So it may come as a surprise to those who look at this the final score for that classification. Midrange array Buyer’s Guide to see no performance 8. The midrange arrays were ranked using standard benchmarks as to how any of the midrange arrays scoring techniques. One of the goals of this Buyer’s performed or pricing information on them. There are two Guide was to establish clear lines of differentiation reasons why DCIG elected not to include performance and between midrange arrays with conclusions that were price in this Buyer’s Guide. arrived at objectively. To accomplish this goal, the • Performance will vary according to workloads. mean or average score for each classification was Virtual servers will likely perform one way when first determined and then the standard deviation. connected to a midrange array. Databases may

perform totally different. File servers may act in yet higher than those midrange array models that did not another way. Further, to come up with an objective, support these features. standardized method to measure performance is a Does that mean these midrange array models will outper- metric that the storage industry as a whole does not form and scale to higher capacities than other models that yet fully agree on how to do. So to introduce any type scored lower? Not necessarily but neither is it true that of performance metric would only result in the analysis models that scored and ranked lower will always cost less and evaluations of the midrange arrays included in this or perform worse than those that scored and ranked better. Buyer’s Guide becoming more subjective, not less.

• Too many products to try to test to produce a However it is intuitive to conclude that a midrange array that Buyer’s Guide in a timely manner. The intent of this supports 8 Gb FC interfaces, 16 GBs of cache, SSDs and Buyer’s Guide is to provide a near real time snapshot of 15K RPM 300 GB FC HDDs should perform better and cost the midrange arrays currently available in the market more than a midrange array model that supports 1 Gb iSCSI place. All midrange arrays included on this report were interfaces, 2 GB of cache and 5400 RPM 2 TB SATA drives. available for purchase as of April 1, 2010 so it is relatively It is in this way that this Buyer’s Guide provides some sense current. If DCIG had tried to test and establish perfor- of what organizations should expect to pay and how they mance benchmarks for all of these midrange arrays, should expect the midrange array to perform based upon the next generations of midrange arrays from all of the scores and rankings that it received. these storage providers could well be available before the testing was completed making the Buyer’s Guide Power and Space Efficiency obsolete and irrelevant before it ever saw the light of day. How efficiently a midrange array consumes energy and The same arguments that apply to performance also apply uses rack and floor space are two more features that to pricing. Every day midrange array providers bring new become very subjective when trying to measure because features to market such as support for more cache, more there are different ways to deliver on these features. storage networking ports, more disk drives, faster storage For example, one way some midrange array providers try to networking connectivity, faster, higher capacity disk drives deliver energy savings is by powering down disk drives that and new technologies such as deduplication, solid state are not being accessed through the form of technologies drives (SSDs) and thin provisioning. such as MAID. Another way they attempt to deliver efficiency So while it is recognized that features like price and perfor- is by using fewer disk drives through the use of technologies mance are relevant and key considerations when purchas- like deduplication and thin provisioning. In both cases, stor- ing a midrange array, it is also almost impossible for a third age providers can rightfully claim that their midrange arrays party like DCIG to objectively measure these features for are becoming more “green” by saving power though they anything but a small subset of these midrange arrays. accomplish the same objective using different techniques. Therefore this is a part of the buying process that that DCIG Optimizing data center rack and floor space is another diffi- believes is still best left to end users though that may cult metric to measure. Just because a midrange array change at some point in the future. more tightly packs disk drives into a rack or controller does Having now made this disclaimer, the method in which the not necessarily make it “better”. While it can be argued that features contained in this Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide it more efficiently uses available space, other concerns are scored and weighted, it is DCIG’s belief that not only such as providing adequate power and cooling to those will the ones that scored higher perform better, they will disk drives begin to emerge. I have even heard tale of one also cost more. disk library being so densely packed with disk drives that it became too heavy and caused the supporting floor tiles By way of example, midrange arrays models that had more underneath it to crack and break because of its weight. cache, 8 Gb FC and 10 Gb Ethernet storage networking connections, faster disk drives, SAS interconnects and new DCIG tried to address as many of these concerns in this features like SSDs were weighted heavier and scored Buyer’s Guide as possible by evaluating and appropriately

weighting features like deduplication, MAID and thin provi- DCIG Observations and sioning as well as reveal which models are able to support Recommendations Regarding more than 16 drives on a shelf. These characteristics helped to reflect which midrange array models were potentially Each Midrange Arrays Ranking more power and space efficient.

However it cannot and should not be assumed that one “Recommended” Ranking can determine how power or space efficient a particular midrange array is just by looking at any of the scores in this Buyer’s Guide. Midrange arrays that scored higher are not Observations: necessarily more efficient and the ones that scored lower The midrange arrays ranked as “Recommended” in each are not necessarily less efficient. classification of this Buyer’s Guide generally shared the following characteristics: Reliability and Feature Functionality • They scaled to one petabyte (PB) or greater In the context of this report, reliability refers to how stable a of total storage capacity midrange array is during normal operating conditions while feature functionality refers to how well the features on the • They had controller caches that scaled midrange array work. to well in excess of 8 gigabytes (GBs) • They supported solid state drives (SSDs) or large These again are both attributes that are very difficult to amounts of cache to accelerate application performance. objectively measure. The reliability of one midrange array may be perfectly fine for one environment while unaccept- • They supported both FC and iSCSI protocols. able in another. Since this is an attribute that cannot be • They had very robust storage software offerings readily quantified, the Buyer’s Guide only attempts to provide including advanced replication capabilities, thin some insight into a midrange array’s reliability by examining provisioning, support for multiple hosts of different whether or not it has redundant hardware, hot swappable OSes and some means to do storage tiering components and what type of technical support it provides. • Many still use storage controller configurations that are How well the different software features function on these “Dual Active” that historically typify midrange arrays. midrange arrays is again a matter that could be endlessly • Some models now offer more advanced “Active-Active” debated. For example, many midrange arrays claim to controller configurations that are representative of controller support synchronous and asynchronous replication. However configurations found in the enterprise tier of storage arrays. DCIG had no way in many cases to verify how well features like these worked. So the Buyer’s Guide merely indicates Recommendation: whether or not a specific feature is supported on a midrange Organizations that need nearly every feature found on enter- array and, where appropriate, how it is implemented. prise storage arrays but cannot afford their price should look towards these “Recommended” midrange array models.

Select Compellent and Nexsan midrange array models came out as “Recommended” in almost every classification for a reason—their models are as close as one can get with a midrange array to an enterprise class storage array as possible. Further, the Nexsan Databeast makes a strong case for being re-classified as an enterprise storage array going forward.

However all of the midrange arrays that achieved the “Recommended” ranking scale in both capacity and performance and provide many of the different hardware,

software and storage networking connectivity options that “Good” Ranking an organization may need or want.

Observations: The midrange arrays ranked as “Good” in each classifica- “Excellent” Ranking tion of this Buyer’s Guide generally shared the following characteristics:

• Many of these models contained advanced software Observations: features but features on these midrange arrays The midrange arrays ranked as “Excellent” in each classifi- tended to have fewer options than models ranked as cation of this Buyer’s Guide generally shared the following “Recommended” or “Excellent”. For instance, if they characteristics: did asynchronous replication, it may only support 1:1 replication and may not support multiple concurrent • The maximum storage capacity for these midrange incoming or outgoing replication streams. arrays generally range from about 100 TB to 1 PB though some scaled to over 1 PB • The maximum storage capacity for these midrange arrays generally ranged from about 100 TB to 500 TB • There was a wide diversity in the supported cache though some did scale to over 1 PB. In this ranking sizes of this ranking of midrange arrays. Some scaled users will for the first time see midrange arrays that to only support 8 GB of cache while others scaled to scaled to less than 100 TBs. well in excess of 100 GBs. The Pillar Axiom 600 and NEC D8 were notable in that they each scaled to • The majority of these midrange arrays supported about support over 100 GB. 8 GBs of cache. Some did scale to as much as 64 GB but 8 GBs of cache was the norm with some midrange • Many of the same software features as those in the array models supporting 4 GBs or less of cache. “Recommended” classification though they usually had some scaling limitation (less storage capacity, less Recommendation: cache, fewer ports for storage networking connectivity) Midrange arrays ranked as “Good” are primarily suitable for that precluded them from achieving the higher ranking. business units, departments and small businesses that need Recommendation: reliable storage systems with moderate to high levels of scal- ability in terms of capacity, performance and flexibility. Users These midrange array models are still “Excellent” as their should have lower expectations as to what advanced soft- ranking implies but organizations need to be fairly clear ware features such as deduplication and system wide disk about what application problems they plan to solve with striping are available for use on these midrange arrays. these midrange arrays. Unlike the models that received the “Good” midrange arrays may also support only once storage ‘Recommended’ ranking, there are definite trade-offs that networking protocol or, if they do support both protocols, organizations will have to make. they may not support the concurrent use of both protocols. However those organizations that have a good grasp of the

capacity, performance and storage networking requirements of their applications may find that they can achieve the same or even better results than with a model that is ranked “Entry Level” Ranking “Excellent” while keeping their costs lower in the process.

EMC and NetApp were consistently rated well throughout Observations: this Buyer’s Guide though 3PAR, NEC and Pillar each had The midrange arrays ranked as “Entry Level” in midrange array models that were also consistently rated as each classification of this Buyer’s Guide generally shared ‘Excellent’ or better throughout this Buyer’s Guide. the following characteristics:

• Most of the models that were ranked as “Entry Level” • Many of these models can be typified as physical servers only supported one storage networking protocol with internal storage and either FC or iSCSI connectivity that are optimized to provide storage services. • The maximum storage capacity for these midrange arrays was generally in the sub-100 TB range Recommendation: • A number of these models offered software features Midrange arrays ranked as “Entry Level” are primarily suit- that enabled multiple of their midrange arrays to be able for those organizations that are cost conscious, are configured and act as one logical midrange array. This looking to use iSCSI in their environment and have low to would enable them to attain higher capacities and take moderate expectations in terms of scaling the storage on many of the attributes of those midrange arrays that capacity and performance of these systems. were ranked as “Good” or even “Excellent”.

• The majority of these midrange arrays supported about 8 GBs of cache though a number supported 4 GBs or less.

DCIG broke down the scores and rankings for the Midrange Array Models into five (5) broad classifications that are as follows:

• Midrange Array FC/iSCSI SAN

• Midrange Array FC SAN

• Midrange Array iSCSI SAN

• Midrange Array Hardware

• Midrange Array Software

Each section contains the following information:

• A chart that includes the scores and rankings for all of the midrange arrays included in that classification

• The highest and lowest midrange array score in each classification

• The mean and the standard deviation that was used to establish how each midrange array model was ranked in each classification

• The range of scores that were included in each ranking

Storage Midrange Array Total Array Array Mgt Network Replication Storage Provider and Model Score Controller Software Connectivity Software Capacity Support Nexsan DataBeast 95.00 10.00 21.50 11.00 9.00 25.00 18.50 Compellent Storage Center Series 30 88.28 8.00 18.00 11.00 12.00 20.28 19.00 Compellent Storage Center Series 20 88.28 8.00 18.00 11.00 12.00 20.28 19.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 960 88.15 7.00 19.25 12.00 12.00 20.90 17.00 NetApp FAS3170 87.68 9.00 20.00 14.00 8.00 18.68 18.00 NetApp FAS3160 87.34 9.00 20.00 14.00 8.00 18.34 18.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 480 87.17 7.00 19.25 12.00 12.00 19.92 17.00 RECOMMENDED NetApp FAS3140 86.79 9.00 20.00 14.00 8.00 17.79 18.00 Pillar Axiom 600 85.66 11.00 16.00 12.00 9.00 20.66 17.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 240 85.53 6.00 19.25 12.00 12.00 19.28 17.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 120 85.15 6.00 19.25 12.00 12.00 18.90 17.00 NEC D8 83.75 12.00 16.75 7.00 11.00 17.00 20.00 3PAR InServ F400 80.61 9.00 20.00 10.00 9.00 15.61 17.00 3PAR InServ F200 80.19 9.00 20.00 10.00 9.00 15.19 17.00 NetApp FAS2050 79.72 7.00 18.00 13.00 8.00 15.72 18.00 NetApp FAS2040 79.03 7.00 18.00 12.00 8.00 16.03 18.00 Nexsan iSeries 400i 79.00 8.00 19.00 3.00 9.00 21.00 19.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX440 78.22 9.00 16.00 11.00 8.00 17.22 17.00 EXCELLENT Pillar Axiom 300 77.03 9.00 16.00 10.00 9.00 18.03 15.00 HDS AMS 2500 76.93 6.00 14.00 11.00 11.00 19.93 15.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX410 76.73 8.00 16.00 11.00 8.00 16.73 17.00 NetApp FAS2020 75.24 5.00 18.00 11.00 8.00 15.24 18.00 NEC D4 74.71 9.00 14.75 6.00 11.00 15.96 18.00 HDS AMS 2300 73.30 6.00 14.00 10.00 11.00 19.30 13.00 HDS AMS 2100 72.08 6.00 14.00 9.00 11.00 19.08 13.00 Xiotech Emprise 7000 72.02 9.00 15.00 9.00 8.00 15.02 16.00 NEC D3 70.71 8.00 12.75 5.00 11.00 15.96 18.00 Nexsan SASBeast 70.27 8.00 12.50 10.00 0.00 19.77 20.00 HP P4300 69.10 8.00 17.00 5.00 12.00 12.10 15.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6780 68.86 8.00 13.00 7.00 6.00 17.86 17.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD512 67.44 6.00 11.00 12.00 5.00 19.94 13.50 Dot Hill 3930 67.36 7.00 12.75 7.00 2.00 20.61 18.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6580 67.35 8.00 13.00 6.00 6.00 17.35 17.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD810 67.27 6.00 11.00 12.00 5.00 19.77 13.50 HP EVA8400 67.10 8.00 14.00 5.00 4.00 17.10 19.00 HP P2000 G3 66.36 7.00 9.75 10.00 5.00 15.61 19.00 GOOD RELDATA 9240i 66.30 8.00 14.50 3.00 8.00 18.80 14.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD49S 66.10 6.00 10.00 12.00 5.00 19.60 13.50 HP EVA6400 65.77 7.00 14.00 5.00 4.00 16.77 19.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD46S 65.75 6.00 10.00 12.00 5.00 19.25 13.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF512 65.44 6.00 13.00 12.00 2.00 19.94 12.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF810 65.27 6.00 13.00 12.00 2.00 19.77 12.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XD34S 64.50 5.00 10.00 12.00 5.00 19.00 13.50 Nexsan SATABeast 64.27 8.00 12.50 10.00 0.00 13.77 20.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF49S 64.10 6.00 12.00 12.00 2.00 19.60 12.50 HP EVA4400 63.94 6.00 14.00 5.00 4.00 15.94 19.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF46S 63.75 6.00 12.00 12.00 2.00 19.25 12.50 continued on next page

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Storage Midrange Array Total Array Array Mgt Network Replication Storage Provider and Model Score Controller Software Connectivity Software Capacity Support Dell EqualLogic PS6010XV 63.10 7.00 15.00 5.00 8.00 17.10 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV 62.61 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 17.61 11.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF34S 62.50 5.00 12.00 12.00 2.00 19.00 12.50 Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV 62.10 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 17.10 11.00 Dot Hill 5730 61.52 6.00 12.75 5.00 1.00 18.77 18.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6180 61.33 6.00 12.00 6.00 6.00 14.83 16.50 Dell EqualLogic PS6500X 61.28 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 16.28 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000X 61.10 7.00 15.00 5.00 8.00 15.10 11.00 Dot Hill 2332 60.36 6.00 12.75 2.00 1.00 20.61 18.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000X 60.10 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 15.10 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6010X 60.10 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 15.10 11.00 HP MSA2000i 59.13 7.00 10.00 5.00 3.00 15.13 19.00 IBM DS5020 Express 58.08 6.00 12.00 8.00 6.00 13.08 13.00 NEC D3i 57.96 8.00 11.00 3.00 2.00 15.96 18.00

ENTRY LEVEL Oracle Sun StorageTek 7310 57.94 10.00 17.00 5.00 5.00 5.94 15.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6510E 56.69 7.00 15.00 5.00 8.00 10.69 11.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 2540 55.94 5.00 11.50 6.00 2.00 14.94 16.50 Dell EqualLogic PS6500E 55.69 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 10.69 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6010E 55.61 7.00 15.00 5.00 8.00 9.61 11.00 Overland Storage SnapServer SAN S2000 55.50 6.00 10.50 4.00 7.00 13.00 15.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000E 54.61 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 9.61 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000E 54.61 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 9.61 11.00 InforTrend ESVA F20 54.01 5.00 16.00 5.00 4.00 7.01 17.00 Dot Hill 2322 53.01 6.00 12.75 2.00 1.00 13.26 18.00 Infortrend ESVA E20 50.01 4.00 15.00 3.00 4.00 7.01 17.00

Total Number FC/iSCSI Midrange Arrays 72 Rankings Total Possible Points 104.00 Recommended 85.55 – 104 Highest Score 95.00 Excellent 74.59 – 85.54 Lowest Score 50.01 Good 63.62 – 74.58 Average (Mean) 69.10 Entry Level 0 – 63.61 Standard Deviation 10.96

The Midrange Array FC/iSCSI SAN classification includes every midrange array model analyzed in this Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide. This list includes all of the midrange arrays regardless if they supported both FC and iSCSI, just FC or just iSCSI. Every midrange array feature that covered in this Buyer’s Guide is scored and weighted in this classification of the Buyer’s Guide.

This classification is most applicable to those organizations that want to see how all midrange arrays compare as well as those that plan to connect application servers to the same midrange array using either the FC or iSCSI protocol.

Storage Midrange Array Total Array Array Mgt Network Replication Storage Storage Provider and Model Score Controller Software Connectivity Software Capacity Support

Nexsan DataBeast 90.00 10.00 21.50 6.00 9.00 25.00 18.50

Compellent Storage Center Series 30 83.28 8.00 18.00 6.00 12.00 20.28 19.00

Compellent Storage Center Series 20 83.28 8.00 18.00 6.00 12.00 20.28 19.00 RECOMMENDED

EMC Clariion CX4 Model 960 82.15 7.00 19.25 6.00 12.00 20.90 17.00 NEC D8 81.75 12.00 16.75 5.00 11.00 17.00 20.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 480 81.17 7.00 19.25 6.00 12.00 19.92 17.00 NetApp FAS3170 79.68 9.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 18.68 18.00 Pillar Axiom 600 79.66 11.00 16.00 6.00 9.00 20.66 17.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 240 79.53 6.00 19.25 6.00 12.00 19.28 17.00 NetApp FAS3160 79.34 9.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 18.34 18.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 120 79.15 6.00 19.25 6.00 12.00 18.90 17.00

EXCELLENT NetApp FAS3140 78.79 9.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 17.79 18.00 3PAR InServ F400 75.61 9.00 20.00 5.00 9.00 15.61 17.00 3PAR InServ F200 75.19 9.00 20.00 5.00 9.00 15.19 17.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX440 73.22 9.00 16.00 6.00 8.00 17.22 17.00 NEC D4 72.71 9.00 14.75 4.00 11.00 15.96 18.00 NetApp FAS2040 72.03 7.00 18.00 5.00 8.00 16.03 18.00 HDS AMS 2500 71.93 6.00 14.00 6.00 11.00 19.93 15.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX410 71.73 8.00 16.00 6.00 8.00 16.73 17.00 NetApp FAS2050 71.72 7.00 18.00 5.00 8.00 15.72 18.00 Pillar Axiom 300 71.03 9.00 16.00 4.00 9.00 18.03 15.00 NEC D3 68.71 8.00 12.75 3.00 11.00 15.96 18.00 HDS AMS 2300 68.30 6.00 14.00 5.00 11.00 19.30 13.00 NetApp FAS2020 68.24 5.00 18.00 4.00 8.00 15.24 18.00 Xiotech Emprise 7000 68.02 9.00 15.00 5.00 8.00 15.02 16.00 GOOD HDS AMS 2100 67.08 6.00 14.00 4.00 11.00 19.08 13.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6780 66.86 8.00 13.00 5.00 6.00 17.86 17.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6580 65.35 8.00 13.00 4.00 6.00 17.35 17.00 Nexsan SASBeast 65.27 8.00 12.50 5.00 0.00 19.77 20.00 HP EVA8400 65.10 8.00 14.00 3.00 4.00 17.10 19.00 Dot Hill 3930 64.36 7.00 12.75 4.00 2.00 20.61 18.00 HP EVA6400 63.77 7.00 14.00 3.00 4.00 16.77 19.00 continued on next page

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Storage Midrange Array Total Array Array Mgt Network Replication Storage Provider and Model Score Controller Software Connectivity Software Capacity Support HP EVA4400 61.94 6.00 14.00 3.00 4.00 15.94 19.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD512 61.44 6.00 11.00 6.00 5.00 19.94 13.50 HP P2000 G3 61.36 7.00 9.75 5.00 5.00 15.61 19.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD810 61.27 6.00 11.00 6.00 5.00 19.77 13.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XD49S 60.10 6.00 10.00 6.00 5.00 19.60 13.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XD46S 59.75 6.00 10.00 6.00 5.00 19.25 13.50 Dot Hill 5730 59.52 6.00 12.75 3.00 1.00 18.77 18.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF512 59.44 6.00 13.00 6.00 2.00 19.94 12.50 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6180 59.33 6.00 12.00 4.00 6.00 14.83 16.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF810 59.27 6.00 13.00 6.00 2.00 19.77 12.50 Nexsan SATABeast 59.27 8.00 12.50 5.00 0.00 13.77 20.00

ENTRY LEVEL Celeros EzSANFiler XD34S 58.50 5.00 10.00 6.00 5.00 19.00 13.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF49S 58.10 6.00 12.00 6.00 2.00 19.60 12.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF46S 57.75 6.00 12.00 6.00 2.00 19.25 12.50 Oracle Sun StorageTek 7310 56.94 10.00 17.00 4.00 5.00 5.94 15.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF34S 56.50 5.00 12.00 6.00 2.00 19.00 12.50 IBM DS5020 Express 55.08 6.00 12.00 5.00 6.00 13.08 13.00 Sun StorageTek 2540 52.94 5.00 11.50 3.00 2.00 14.94 16.50 Infortrend ESVA F20 52.01 5.00 16.00 3.00 4.00 7.01 17.00

Total Number FC Midrange Arrays 51 Rankings Total Possible Score 96.00 Recommended 82.61 – 96.00 Highest Score 90.00 Excellent 72.63 – 82.60 Lowest Score 52.01 Good 63.64 – 72.62 Average (Mean) 68.13 Entry Level 0 – 63.63 Standard Deviation 8.98

The Midrange Array FC SAN classification includes every midrange array model analyzed that supports the FC storage networking protocol. Only the midrange array features that were necessary to support FC were included and weighted in this section of the Buyer’s Guide.

This classification is most applicable to those organizations that plan to connect one or more application servers to the same midrange array using the FC protocol.

Storage Midrange Array Total Array Array Mgt Network Replication Storage Storage Provider and Model Score Controller Software Connectivity Software Capacity Support Nexsan DataBeast 87.00 10.00 21.50 3.00 9.00 25.00 18.50 Compellent Storage Center Series 30 80.28 8.00 18.00 3.00 12.00 20.28 19.00 Compellent Storage Center Series 20 80.28 8.00 18.00 3.00 12.00 20.28 19.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 960 80.15 7.00 19.25 4.00 12.00 20.90 17.00 NetApp FAS3170 79.68 9.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 18.68 18.00 NetApp FAS3160 79.34 9.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 18.34 18.00

RECOMMENDED EMC Clariion CX4 Model 480 79.17 7.00 19.25 4.00 12.00 19.92 17.00 NetApp FAS3140 78.79 9.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 17.79 18.00 Nexsan iSeries 400i 78.00 8.00 19.00 2.00 9.00 21.00 19.00 Pillar Axiom 600 77.66 11.00 16.00 4.00 9.00 20.66 17.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 240 77.53 6.00 19.25 4.00 12.00 19.28 17.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 120 77.15 6.00 19.25 4.00 12.00 18.90 17.00 3PAR InServ F400 73.61 9.00 20.00 3.00 9.00 15.61 17.00 3PAR InServ F200 73.19 9.00 20.00 3.00 9.00 15.19 17.00 NetApp FAS2050 72.72 7.00 18.00 6.00 8.00 15.72 18.00 EXCELLENT NetApp FAS2040 72.03 7.00 18.00 5.00 8.00 16.03 18.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX440 70.22 9.00 16.00 3.00 8.00 17.22 17.00 Pillar Axiom 300 69.03 9.00 16.00 2.00 9.00 18.03 15.00 HDS AMS 2500 68.93 6.00 14.00 3.00 11.00 19.93 15.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX410 68.73 8.00 16.00 3.00 8.00 16.73 17.00 NetApp FAS2020 68.24 5.00 18.00 4.00 8.00 15.24 18.00 HP P4300 68.10 8.00 17.00 4.00 12.00 12.10 15.00 Xiotech Emprise 7000 66.02 9.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 15.02 16.00 HDS AMS 2300 65.30 6.00 14.00 2.00 11.00 19.30 13.00 RELDATA 9240i 65.30 8.00 14.50 2.00 8.00 18.80 14.00 HDS AMS 2100 65.08 6.00 14.00 2.00 11.00 19.08 13.00 Nexsan SASBeast 62.27 8.00 12.50 2.00 0.00 19.77 20.00

GOOD Dell EqualLogic PS6010XV 62.10 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 17.10 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV 61.61 7.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 17.61 11.00 Dot Hill 3930 61.36 7.00 12.75 1.00 2.00 20.61 18.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV 61.10 7.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 17.10 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6500X 60.28 7.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 16.28 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6010X 60.10 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 15.10 11.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD512 59.44 6.00 11.00 4.00 5.00 19.94 13.50 Dot Hill 2332 59.36 6.00 12.75 1.00 1.00 20.61 18.00 continued on next page

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Storage Midrange Array Total Array Array Mgt Network Replication Storage Provider and Model Score Controller Software Connectivity Software Capacity Support Celeros EzSANFiler XD810 59.27 6.00 11.00 4.00 5.00 19.77 13.50 Dell EqualLogic PS4000X 59.10 7.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 15.10 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000X 59.10 7.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 15.10 11.00 HP P2000 G3 58.36 7.00 9.75 2.00 5.00 15.61 19.00 HP MSA2000i 58.13 7.00 10.00 4.00 3.00 15.13 19.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD49S 58.10 6.00 10.00 4.00 5.00 19.60 13.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XD46S 57.75 6.00 10.00 4.00 5.00 19.25 13.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF512 57.44 6.00 13.00 4.00 2.00 19.94 12.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF810 57.27 6.00 13.00 4.00 2.00 19.77 12.50 NEC D3i 56.96 8.00 11.00 2.00 2.00 15.96 18.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD34S 56.50 5.00 10.00 4.00 5.00 19.00 13.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF49S 56.10 6.00 12.00 4.00 2.00 19.60 12.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF46S 55.75 6.00 12.00 4.00 2.00 19.25 12.50 Dell EqualLogic PS6510E 55.69 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 10.69 11.00 Nexsan SATABeast 55.27 8.00 11.50 2.00 0.00 13.77 20.00 ENTRY LEVEL Oracle Sun StorageTek 7310 54.94 10.00 17.00 2.00 5.00 5.94 15.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6500E 54.69 7.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 10.69 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6010E 54.61 7.00 15.00 4.00 8.00 9.61 11.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF34S 54.50 5.00 12.00 4.00 2.00 19.00 12.50 Overland Storage SnapServer SAN S2000 54.50 6.00 10.50 3.00 7.00 13.00 15.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000E 53.61 7.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 9.61 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000E 53.61 7.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 9.61 11.00 IBM DS5020 Express 52.08 6.00 12.00 2.00 6.00 13.08 13.00 Dot Hill 2322 52.01 6.00 12.75 1.00 1.00 13.26 18.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 2540 50.94 5.00 11.50 1.00 2.00 14.94 16.50 Infortrend ESVA E20 49.01 4.00 15.00 2.00 4.00 7.01 17.00

Total Number iSCSI Midrange Arrays 61 Rankings Total Possible Score 96.00 Recommended 78.64 – 96.00 Highest Score 87.00 Excellent 69.00 – 78.63 Lowest Score 49.01 Good 59.35 – 68.99 Average (Mean) 64.17 Entry Level 0 – 59.34 Standard Deviation 9.64

The Midrange Array iSCSI SAN classification includes every midrange array model analyzed that supported the iSCSI storage networking protocol. Only midrange array features that were necessary to support iSCSI were included and weighted in this section of the Buyer’s Guide.

This classification is most applicable to those organizations that plan to connect one or more application servers to the same midrange array using the iSCSI protocol.

Storage Midrange Array Total Array Array Mgt Network Storage Storage Provider and Model Score Controller Software Connectivity Capacity Support

Nexsan DataBeast 69.00 10.00 4.50 11.00 25.00 18.50

Pillar Axiom 600 64.66 11.00 4.00 12.00 20.66 17.00 RECOMMENDED

NetApp FAS3170 63.68 9.00 4.00 14.00 18.68 18.00 NetApp FAS3160 63.34 9.00 4.00 14.00 18.34 18.00 NetApp FAS3140 62.79 9.00 4.00 14.00 17.79 18.00 Compellent Storage Center Series 30 62.28 8.00 4.00 11.00 20.28 19.00 Compellent Storage Center Series 20 62.28 8.00 4.00 11.00 20.28 19.00 Nexsan SASBeast 62.27 8.00 4.50 10.00 19.77 20.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 960 61.15 7.00 4.25 12.00 20.90 17.00 NEC D8 60.75 12.00 4.75 7.00 17.00 20.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 480 60.17 7.00 4.25 12.00 19.92 17.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 240 58.53 6.00 4.25 12.00 19.28 17.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX440 58.22 9.00 4.00 11.00 17.22 17.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 120 58.15 6.00 4.25 12.00 18.90 17.00 EXCELLENT NetApp FAS2050 57.72 7.00 4.00 13.00 15.72 18.00 NetApp FAS2040 57.03 7.00 4.00 12.00 16.03 18.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX410 56.73 8.00 4.00 11.00 16.73 17.00 Dot Hill 3930 56.36 7.00 3.75 7.00 20.61 18.00 Nexsan SATABeast 56.27 8.00 4.50 10.00 13.77 20.00 Pillar Axiom 300 56.03 9.00 4.00 10.00 18.03 15.00 HDS AMS 2500 55.93 6.00 4.00 11.00 19.93 15.00 3PAR InServ F400 55.61 9.00 4.00 10.00 15.61 17.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD512 55.44 6.00 4.00 12.00 19.94 13.50 HP P2000 G3 55.36 7.00 3.75 10.00 15.61 19.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD810 55.27 6.00 4.00 12.00 19.77 13.50 3PAR InServ F200 55.19 9.00 4.00 10.00 15.19 17.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD49S 55.10 6.00 4.00 12.00 19.60 13.50 Nexsan iSeries 400i 55.00 8.00 4.00 3.00 21.00 19.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD46S 54.75 6.00 4.00 12.00 19.25 13.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF512 54.44 6.00 4.00 12.00 19.94 12.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF810 54.27 6.00 4.00 12.00 19.77 12.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XF49S 54.10 6.00 4.00 12.00 19.60 12.50 HP EVA8400 54.10 8.00 5.00 5.00 17.10 19.00 GOOD Oracle Sun StorageTek 6780 53.86 8.00 4.00 7.00 17.86 17.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF46S 53.75 6.00 4.00 12.00 19.25 12.50 Celeros EzSANFiler XD34S 53.50 5.00 4.00 12.00 19.00 13.50 NetApp FAS2020 53.24 5.00 4.00 11.00 15.24 18.00 Xiotech Emprise 7000 53.02 9.00 4.00 9.00 15.02 16.00 HP EVA6400 52.77 7.00 5.00 5.00 16.77 19.00 NEC D4 52.71 9.00 3.75 6.00 15.96 18.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF34S 52.50 5.00 4.00 12.00 19.00 12.50 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6580 52.35 8.00 4.00 6.00 17.35 17.00 continued on next page

Storage Midrange Array Total Array Array Mgt Network Storage Provider and Model Score Controller Software Connectivity Capacity Support HDS AMS 2300 52.30 6.00 4.00 10.00 19.30 13.00 Dot Hill 5730 51.52 6.00 3.75 5.00 18.77 18.00 HDS AMS 2100 51.08 6.00 4.00 9.00 19.08 13.00 HP EVA4400 50.94 6.00 5.00 5.00 15.94 19.00 NEC D3 50.71 8.00 3.75 5.00 15.96 18.00 GOOD Dot Hill 2332 50.36 6.00 3.75 2.00 20.61 18.00 HP MSA2000i 50.13 7.00 4.00 5.00 15.13 19.00 NEC D3i 47.96 8.00 3.00 3.00 15.96 18.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 6180 47.33 6.00 4.00 6.00 14.83 16.50 RELDATA 9240i 46.30 8.00 2.50 3.00 18.80 14.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 2540 45.94 5.00 3.50 6.00 14.94 16.50 Dell EqualLogic PS6010XV 44.10 7.00 4.00 5.00 17.10 11.00 HP P4300 44.10 8.00 4.00 5.00 12.10 15.00 IBM DS5020 Express 44.08 6.00 4.00 8.00 13.08 13.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV 43.61 7.00 4.00 4.00 17.61 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV 43.10 7.00 4.00 4.00 17.10 11.00 Dot Hill 2322 43.01 6.00 3.75 2.00 13.26 18.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6500X 42.28 7.00 4.00 4.00 16.28 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6010X 42.10 7.00 4.00 5.00 15.10 11.00 Overland Storage SnapServer SAN S2000 41.50 6.00 3.50 4.00 13.00 15.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000X 41.10 7.00 4.00 4.00 15.10 11.00 ENTRY LEVEL Dell EqualLogic PS4000X 41.10 7.00 4.00 4.00 15.10 11.00 Oracle Sun StorageTek 7310 39.94 10.00 4.00 5.00 5.94 15.00 Infortrend ESVA F20 38.01 5.00 4.00 5.00 7.01 17.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6510E 37.69 7.00 4.00 5.00 10.69 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6500E 36.69 7.00 4.00 4.00 10.69 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6010E 36.61 7.00 4.00 5.00 9.61 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000E 35.61 7.00 4.00 4.00 9.61 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000E 35.61 7.00 4.00 4.00 9.61 11.00 Infortrend ESVA E20 35.01 4.00 4.00 3.00 7.01 17.00

Total Number Midrange Arrays 72 Rankings Total Possible Score 71.00 Recommended 63.68 – 71.00 Highest Score 69.00 Excellent 55.58 – 63.67 Lowest Score 35.01 Good 47.47 – 55.57 Average (Mean) 51.52 Entry Level 0 – 47.46 Standard Deviation 8.10

The Midrange Array Hardware classification includes every midrange array model analyzed in this Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide. This list includes all of the midrange arrays regardless if they supported both FC and iSCSI, just FC or just iSCSI. The only midrange array features evaluated in this section were its hardware (its controller, storage networking connectivity and internal storage) and those intangible features necessary to support the hardware (some array management software features as well as support).

This classification is most applicable to those organizations that are concerned about the availability, maintenance and support of the midrange array they select.

Storage Midrange Array Total Array Mgt Network Replication Storage Provider and Model Score Software Connectivity Software EMC Clariion CX4 Model 120 35.25 19.25 4.00 12.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 240 35.25 19.25 4.00 12.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 480 35.25 19.25 4.00 12.00 EMC Clariion CX4 Model 960 35.25 19.25 4.00 12.00 Nexsan DataBeast 34.50 21.50 4.00 9.00 Compellent Storage Center Series 20 34.00 18.00 4.00 12.00 Compellent Storage Center Series 30 34.00 18.00 4.00 12.00

RECOMMENDED NetApp FAS3140 34.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 NetApp FAS3160 34.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 NetApp FAS3170 34.00 20.00 6.00 8.00 3PAR InServ F200 33.00 20.00 4.00 9.00 3PAR InServ F400 33.00 20.00 4.00 9.00 NetApp FAS2020 32.00 18.00 6.00 8.00 NetApp FAS2040 32.00 18.00 6.00 8.00 NetApp FAS2050 32.00 18.00 6.00 8.00 HP P4300 30.00 17.00 1.00 12.00 NEC D8 29.75 16.75 2.00 11.00 HDS AMS 2100 29.00 14.00 4.00 11.00 HDS AMS 2300 29.00 14.00 4.00 11.00 HDS AMS 2500 29.00 14.00 4.00 11.00 EXCELLENT Nexsan iSeries 400i 29.00 19.00 1.00 9.00 Pillar Axiom 300 29.00 16.00 4.00 9.00 Pillar Axiom 600 29.00 16.00 4.00 9.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX410 28.00 16.00 4.00 8.00 Fujitsu Eternus 4000 DX440 28.00 16.00 4.00 8.00 NEC D4 27.75 14.75 2.00 11.00 Xiotech Emprise 7000 26.00 15.00 3.00 8.00 NEC D3 25.75 12.75 2.00 11.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000E 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000X 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000E 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000X 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6010E 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00

GOOD Dell EqualLogic PS6010X 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6010XV 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6500E 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6500X 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 Dell EqualLogic PS6510E 24.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 RELDATA 9240i 23.50 14.50 1.00 5.00 Sun StorageTek 7310 23.00 17.00 1.00 5.00 Infortrend ESVA F20 22.00 16.00 2.00 4.00

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Storage Midrange Array Total Array Mgt Network Replication Storage Provider and Model Score Software Connectivity Software IBM DS5020 Express 21.00 12.00 3.00 6.00 Sun StorageTek 6580 21.00 13.00 2.00 6.00 Sun StorageTek 6780 21.00 13.00 2.00 6.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD512 20.00 11.00 4.00 5.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD810 20.00 11.00 4.00 5.00 HP EVA4400 20.00 14.00 2.00 4.00 HP EVA6400 20.00 14.00 2.00 4.00 HP EVA8400 20.00 14.00 2.00 4.00 Infortrend ESVA E20 20.00 15.00 1.00 4.00 Sun StorageTek 6180 20.00 12.00 2.00 6.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD34S 19.00 10.00 4.00 5.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD46S 19.00 10.00 4.00 5.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XD49S 19.00 10.00 4.00 5.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF512 19.00 13.00 4.00 2.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF810 19.00 13.00 4.00 2.00 HP P2000 G3 18.75 9.75 4.00 5.00 ENTRY LEVEL Overland Storage SnapServer SAN S2000 18.50 10.50 1.00 7.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF34S 18.00 12.00 4.00 2.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF46S 18.00 12.00 4.00 2.00 Celeros EzSANFiler XF49S 18.00 12.00 4.00 2.00 Dot Hill 3930 17.75 12.75 3.00 2.00 Nexsan SASBeast 16.50 12.50 4.00 0.00 Sun StorageTek 2540 16.50 11.50 3.00 2.00 Nexsan SATABeast 16.50 12.50 4.00 0.00 HP MSA2000i 16.00 10.00 3.00 3.00 Dot Hill 5730 15.75 12.75 2.00 1.00 Dot Hill 2322 14.75 12.75 1.00 1.00 Dot Hill 2332 14.75 12.75 1.00 1.00 NEC D3i 14.00 11.00 1.00 2.00

Total Number Midrange Arrays 72 Rankings Total Possible Score 43.00 Recommended 33.90 – 43.00 Highest Score 35.25 Excellent 27.65 – 33.89 Lowest Score 14.00 Good 21.38 – 27.64 Average (Mean) 24.51 Entry Level 0 – 21.37 Standard Deviation 6.25

The Midrange Array Software classification includes every midrange array model analyzed in this Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide. This list includes all of the midrange arrays regardless if they supported both FC and iSCSI, just FC or just iSCSI. The only midrange array features evaluated in this section were its software (array management and replication software) as well as one hardware feature (storage networking connectivity) needed to support this functionality.

This classification is most applicable to those organizations that are planning on replicating data offsite or want to better control and manage their storage growth and costs using features such as deduplication, thin provisioning or MAID.

MIDRANGE ARRAY BUYER’S GUIDE MODELS

3PAR InServ F200

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 80.19 75.19 73.19 55.19 33.00 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT GOOD EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GB; Separate Data Migration Software  Controller and Data Caches Storage Tiering Automated w/ rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but Overrides Recommends Purchase of Its Rack Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Supported virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration LUN Expansion Other Storage None user Admin roles AD Integration protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows supported Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Maximum Number 100 or more Synchronous replication 1:M of Hosts per Array Clones Supported Snapshots App Aware Supported SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-AL SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 128 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Up to 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or comparable equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Disruption

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3PAR InServ F400

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 80.61 75.61 73.61 55.61 33.00 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

ArrAy CoNTroLLEr ArrAy MANAgEMENT SofTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active (Meshed – Up to 4) SupporTED uNSupporTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Supported virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration LUN Expansion other Storage None user Admin roles AD Integration protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATioN SofTwArE operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows supported Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Maximum Number 100 or more Synchronous replication 1:M of Hosts per Array Clones Supported Snapshots App Aware Supported SupporT

phone Support 24×7 STorAgE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-AL SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 384 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500 GBs fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or comparable equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Disruption

Celeros EzSANFiler XD34S

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 64.50 58.50 56.50 53.50 19.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software

rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering

Deduplication

MAiD StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity thin provisioning Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions Ethernet/fC port Mix Supported virtualize 3rd party Storage Maximum no. More than 8 of ports per Array Lun Masking Concurrent Support Yes Lun Migration of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 32 TBs warranty Standard 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) 2 TB or larger Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Celeros EzSANFiler XF34S

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 62.50 56.50 54.50 52.50 18.00 Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Supported virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum no. More than 8 of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support Yes Lun Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum number Unsupported 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Unsupported Snapshots Supported - Unlimited SuppOrt

Celeros EzSANFiler XD46S

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 65.75 59.75 57.75 54.75 19.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Supported virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum no. More than 8 of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support Yes Lun Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 48 TBs warranty Standard 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) 2 TB or larger Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Celeros EzSANFiler XF46S

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 63.75 57.75 55.75 53.75 18.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

Celeros EzSANFiler XD49S

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 66.10 60.10 58.10 55.10 19.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Supported virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum no. More than 8 of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support Yes Lun Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 72 TBs warranty Standard 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) 2 TB or larger Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Celeros EzSANFiler XF49S

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 64.10 58.10 56.10 54.10 18.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

Celeros EzSANFiler XD512

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 67.44 61.44 59.44 55.44 20.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL GOOD GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Storage tiering  Rack; 34” Depth Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Supported virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum no. More than 8 of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support Yes Lun Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 96 TBs warranty Standard 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) 2 TB or larger Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Celeros EzSANFiler XF512

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 65.44 59.44 57.44 54.44 19.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

Celeros EzSANFiler XD810

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 67.27 61.27 59.27 55.27 20.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Storage tiering  Rack; 34” Depth Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Supported virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum no. More than 8 of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support Yes Lun Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 84 TBs warranty Standard 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) 2 TB or larger Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Celeros EzSANFiler XF810

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 65.27 59.27 57.44 54.27 19.00 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

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Controller Configuration Active-Standby SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

Compellent Storage Center Series 20

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 88.28 83.28 80.28 62.28 34.00 Recommended Recommended Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended

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controller configuration Active-Active SuppoRTed unSuppoRTed

density Less than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping 

cache 4-8 GB data migration Software  Rack Fits and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported - Automated

deduplication  SToRAge neTwoRk connecTiviTy mAid 

ethernet port Speed (max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fc port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

ethernet/fc port mix Supported virtual domains/partitions  maximum no. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array Lun masking  concurrent Support Yes of fc/iScSi Lun migration  other Storage None user Admin Roles  protocols Supported mixed oS Support on Single  port interface RepLicATion SofTwARe operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous Replication 1:M and M:1 maximum number 100 or More Synchronous Replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array clones Supported Snapshots Supported; App Aware; Unlimited SuppoRT

phone Support 24×7 SToRAge cApAciTy email Home Supported internal Hdd connectivity SAS Snmp Supported Raw Array capacity (max) 1280 TBs warranty Standard 5 Year fc/SAS Hdd capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fc/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Unsupported disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd Supported global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD RoHS compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Compellent Storage Center Series 30

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 88.28 83.28 80.28 62.28 34.00 Recommended Recommended Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended

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controller configuration Active-Active SuppoRTed unSuppoRTed

density Less than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping 

cache 4-8 GB data migration Software  Rack Fits and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported - Automated

deduplication  SToRAge neTwoRk connecTiviTy mAid 

ethernet port Speed (max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fc port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

Dell EqualLogic PS4000E

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 54.61 N/A 53.61 35.61 24.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration  Other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCAtiON SOftwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous replication M:1 Maximum Number 100 or More Synchronous replication M:1 of Hosts per Array Clones Supported – Application Aware Snapshots Supported - Unlimited SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Unsupported internal HDD Connectivity SATA SNMp Unsupported raw Array Capacity (Max) 192 TBs warranty 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Unsupported fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Unsupported power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Dell EqualLogic PS4000X

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 60.10 N/A 59.10 41.10 24.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 115 TBs warranty 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 10K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) Unsupported Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Dell EqualLogic PS4000XV

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 62.10 N/A 61.10 43.10 24.00 ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 115 TBs warranty 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) Unsupported Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Dell EqualLogic PS6000E

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 54.61 N/A 53.61 35.61 24.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SATA SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 192 TBs warranty 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Unsupported fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Unsupported power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Dell EqualLogic PS6000X

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 60.10 N/A 59.10 41.10 24.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 62.61 N/A 61.61 43.61 24.00 ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 192 TBs warranty 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) Unsupported Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Dell EqualLogic PS6010E

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 55.61 N/A 54.61 36.61 24.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Dell EqualLogic PS6010X

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 61.10 N/A 60.10 42.10 24.00 ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Dell EqualLogic PS6010XV

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 63.10 N/A 62.10 44.10 24.00 ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 115 TBs warranty 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) Unsupported Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Dell EqualLogic PS6500E

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 55.69 N/A 54.69 36.69 24.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SATA SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 768 TBs warranty 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Unsupported fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Unsupported power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Dell EqualLogic PS6500X

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 61.28 N/A 60.28 42.28 24.00 ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 461 TBs warranty 1 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 10K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) Unsupported Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Dell EqualLogic PS6510E

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 56.69 N/A 55.69 37.69 24.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD

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Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Greater than 8 GBs Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported - Automated

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Dot Hill 2322

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 53.01 N/A 52.01 43.01 14.75 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL

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Controller Configuration Active-Active SupportED uNSupportED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 2 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StorAgE NEtwork CoNNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 4 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtioN SoftwArE (No AIX support) Asynchronous replication Maximum Number Unsupported Less than 100 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Unsupported Snapshots Supported Support

phone Support 24×7 StorAgE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 48 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Up to 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) Unsupported Battery Backup Unsupported SSD Supported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Dot Hill 2332

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 60.36 N/A 59.36 50.36 14.75 ENtry LEvEL GOOD GOOD ENtry LEvEL

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Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 2 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 4 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiON SOftwArE (No AIX support) Asynchronous replication Maximum Number Unsupported Less than 100 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Unsupported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 192 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Up to 2 TB Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Unsupported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SSD/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Dot Hill 3930

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 67.36 64.36 61.36 56.36 17.75 GOOD GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT ENTry LEvEL

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Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2 - 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy Thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 4 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE (No AIX support) Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:1 Less than 100 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Unsupported Snapshots Supported SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 192 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Up to 2 TB Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Unsupported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SSD/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Dot Hill 5730

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 61.52 59.52 N/A 51.52 15.75 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL

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Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping

Cache Up to 2 GB Data Migration Software

rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering

Deduplication

MAiD StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity thin provisioning Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb virtual Domains/partitions Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage Maximum No. Up to 8 of ports per Array LuN Masking Concurrent Support No LuN Migration of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiON SOftwArE (No AIX support) Asynchronous replication Maximum Number Unsupported Less than 100 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Unsupported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 216 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Unsupported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SSD/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

EMC CLARiiON CX4 Model 120

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 85.15 79.15 77.15 58.15 35.25 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT RECommENdEd

ARRAy CoNTRoLLER ARRAy mANAgEmENT SofTwARE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppoRTEd uNSuppoRTEd density Less than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping Ltd Disk Striping

Cache 4-8 GB data migration Software  Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack But EMC Storage Tiering Supported; Recommends Purchase of Its Rack Automatic

deduplication  SToRAgE NETwoRk CoNNECTiviTy mAid 

Ethernet port Speed (max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port mix Yes virtual domains/partitions  maximum No. Up to 8 or More virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN migration LUN expansion other Storage None user Admin Roles AD integration protocols Supported mixed oS Support on Single  port interface REpLiCATioN SofTwARE operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous Replication 1:M and M:1 maximum Number 100 or More Synchronous Replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Clones Supported – App Aware Snapshots Supported – App Aware SuppoRT

phone Support 24×7 SToRAgE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal Hdd Connectivity FC-AL SNmp Supported Raw Array Capacity (max) 235 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS Hdd Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Up to 2 TB disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd Supported global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported FC/SSD/SATA RoHS Compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

EMC CLARiiON CX4 Model 240

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 85.53 79.53 77.53 58.53 35.25 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT RECommENdEd

ARRAy CoNTRoLLER ARRAy mANAgEmENT SofTwARE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppoRTEd uNSuppoRTEd density Less than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping Ltd Disk Striping

Cache 4-8 GB data migration Software  Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack But EMC Storage Tiering Supported; Recommends Purchase of Its Rack Automatic

deduplication  SToRAgE NETwoRk CoNNECTiviTy mAid 

Ethernet port Speed (max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 SToRAgE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal Hdd Connectivity FC-AL SNmp Supported Raw Array Capacity (max) 459 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS Hdd Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Up to 2 TB disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd Supported global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported FC/SSD/SATA RoHS Compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

EMC CLARiiON CX4 Model 480

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 87.17 81.17 79.17 60.17 35.25 Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended

ARRAy conTRoLLeR ARRAy mAnAgemenT SofTwARe

controller configuration Dual Active SuppoRTed unSuppoRTed density Less than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping Ltd Disk Striping

cache 8 GB or More data migration Software  Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack But EMC Storage Tiering Supported; Recommends Purchase of Its Rack Automatic

deduplication  SToRAge neTwoRk connecTiviTy mAid 

ethernet port Speed (max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fc port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

ethernet/fc port mix Yes virtual domains/partitions  maximum no. Up to 8 or More virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array Lun masking  concurrent Support Yes of fc/iScSi Lun migration LUN expansion other Storage None user Admin Roles AD integration protocols Supported mixed oS Support on Single  port interface RepLicATion SofTwARe operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous Replication 1:M and M:1 maximum number 100 or More Synchronous Replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array clones Supported – App Aware Snapshots Supported – App Aware SuppoRT

phone Support 24×7 SToRAge cApAciTy email Home Supported internal Hdd connectivity FC-AL Snmp Supported Raw Array capacity (max) 939 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fc/SAS Hdd capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fc/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Up to 2 TB disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd Supported global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported FC/SSD/SATA RoHS compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

EMC CLARiiON CX4 Model 960

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 88.15 82.15 80.15 61.15 35.25 Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended

ARRAy conTRoLLeR ARRAy mAnAgemenT SofTwARe

controller configuration Dual Active SuppoRTed unSuppoRTed density Less than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping Ltd Disk Striping

cache 8 GB or More data migration Software  Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack But EMC Storage Tiering Supported; Recommends Purchase of Its Rack Automatic

deduplication  SToRAge neTwoRk connecTiviTy mAid 

ethernet port Speed (max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fc port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 SToRAge cApAciTy email Home Supported internal Hdd connectivity FC-AL Snmp Supported Raw Array capacity (max) 1899 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fc/SAS Hdd capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fc/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Up to 2 TB disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd Supported global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported FC/SSD/SATA RoHS compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Fujitsu ETERNUS 4000 DX410

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 76.73 71.73 68.73 56.73 28.00 EXCELLENT GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 4-8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 8 or More virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration  Other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows

Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:M Clones Supported – App Aware Snapshots Supported – App Aware SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-AL SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 209 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SSD/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Fujitsu ETERNUS 4000 DX440

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 78.22 73.22 70.22 58.22 28.00 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

ArrAy CoNTroLLEr ArrAy MANAgEMENT SofTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SupporTED uNSupporTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 8 GB or greater Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  STorAgE NETwork CoNNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 8 or More virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration  other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATioN SofTwArE operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows

Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:M Clones Supported – App Aware Snapshots Supported – App Aware SupporT

phone Support 24×7 STorAgE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-AL SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 418 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SSD/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

HDS AMS2100

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 72.08 67.08 65.08 51.08 29.00 GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 4 - 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but HDS Storage Tiering  Recommends Purchase of Their Rack Deduplication 

MAiD  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy Thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 8 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Maximum Number 100 or More Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported – App Aware SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 313 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

HDS AMS2300

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 73.30 68.30 65.30 52.30 29.00 GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 4 - 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but HDS Storage Tiering  Recommends Purchase of Their Rack Deduplication 

MAiD  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy Thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 8 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Maximum Number 100 or More Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported – App Aware SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 472 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

HDS AMS2500

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 76.93 71.93 68.93 55.93 29.00 EXCELLENT GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 4 - 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but HDS Storage Tiering  Recommends Purchase of Their Rack Deduplication 

MAiD  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy Thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. 8 or More of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Maximum Number 100 or More Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported – App Aware SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 944 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

HP EVA4400

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 63.94 61.94 N/A 50.94 20.00 GOOD ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but HP Storage tiering Supported, Recommends Purchase of Their Rack Scheduled

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:1 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-AL SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 96 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

HP EVA6400

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 65.77 63.77 N/A 52.77 20.00 GOOD GOOD GOOD ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 4-8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but HP Storage tiering Supported, Recommends Purchase of Their Rack Scheduled

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:1 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-AL SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 216 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

HP EVA8400

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 67.10 65.10 N/A 54.10 20.00 GOOD GOOD GOOD ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 8 GB or Greater Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but HP Storage tiering Supported, Recommends Purchase of Their Rack Scheduled

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:1 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-AL SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 324 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

HP MSA2000i

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 59.13 N/A 58.13 50.13 16.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 0 - 2 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 4 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiON SOftwArE Maximum Number 100 or Less Asynchronous replication Unsupported of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Supported; App Aware Snapshots Supported; App Aware SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 120 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

HP P2000 G3

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 66.36 61.36 58.36 55.36 18.75 GOOD Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but HP Storage tiering  Recommends Purchase of Their Rack Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum no. Up to 8 of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support Yes Lun Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE (No AIX support) Asynchronous replication Maximum number 1:1 100 or Less of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Supported; App Aware Snapshots Supported; App Aware SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 192 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

HP P4300

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 69.10 N/A 68.10 44.10 30.00 GOOD GOOD ENtry LEvEL EXCELLENt

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but HP Storage tiering Supported; Recommends Purchase of Their Rack Scheduled

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:M and M:1 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Clones Supported; App Aware Snapshots Supported; App Aware SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 115 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Up to 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Unsupported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Unsupported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

IBM DS5020 Express

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 58.08 55.08 52.08 44.08 21.00 Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL

ArrAy ControLLEr ArrAy MAnAgEMEnt SoftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SupportED unSupportED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 2-4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StorAgE nEtwork ConnECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum no. Up to 8 of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support No Lun Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtion SoftwArE Maximum number 100 or More Asynchronous replication M :1 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication M :1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported Support

phone Support 24×7 StorAgE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-SW SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 112 TBs warranty 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Infortrend ESVA E20

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 50.01 N/A 49.01 35.01 20.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CoNtroLLEr ArrAy MANAgEMENt SoftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SupportED uNSupportED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 2 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits Standard 19” Rack but Storage tiering  Recommends Purchase of Its Rack Deduplication 

MAiD  StorAgE NEtwork CoNNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 8 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration LUN Expansion of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtioN SoftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:1 100 or less of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported Support

phone Support 24×7 StorAgE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 32 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Unsupported fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Unsupported power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported No roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Infortrend ESVA F20

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 54.01 52.01 N/A 38.01 22.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits Standard 19” Rack but Storage tiering  Recommends Purchase of Its Rack Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 4 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration LUN Expansion of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiON SOftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:1 100 or less of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 32 TB warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Unsupported fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Unsupported power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported No roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

NEC D3

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 70.71 68.71 N/A 50.71 25.75 GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD

ArrAy CONtrOller ArrAy MANAGeMeNt SOftwAre

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrteD uNSuppOrteD

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported, Scheduled

Deduplication  StOrAGe NetwOrk CONNeCtivity MAiD 

ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

ethernet/fC port Mix No virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array luN Masking  Concurrent Support No of fC/iSCSi luN Migration  Other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface repliCAtiON SOftwAre Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows (No AIX support) Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Maximum Number 100 or More Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Clones Supported Snapshots Supported; App Aware SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGe CApACity email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 244 TBs warranty 3 Year Standard fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

NEC D3i

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 57.96 N/A 56.96 47.96 14.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL GOOD ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported, Scheduled

Deduplication  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 4 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration  Other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCAtiON SOftwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows (No UNIX support) Asynchronous replication Unsupported Maximum Number 100 or More Synchronous replication Unsupported of Hosts per Array Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 244 TBs warranty 3 Year Standard fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

NEC D4

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 74.71 72.71 N/A 52.71 27.75 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT GOOD EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported, Scheduled

Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration  Other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows (No AIX support) Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Maximum Number 100 or More Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Clones Supported Snapshots Supported; App Aware SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 244 TBs warranty 3 Year Standard fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

NEC D8

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 83.75 81.75 N/A 60.75 29.75 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

ArrAy CoNTroLLEr ArrAy MANAgEMENT SofTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SupporTED uNSupporTED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 128 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported, Scheduled

Deduplication  STorAgE NETwork CoNNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration  other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATioN SofTwArE operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows (No AIX support) Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Maximum Number 1000 or More Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Clones Supported Snapshots Supported; App Aware SupporT

phone Support 24×7 STorAgE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 1000 TBs warranty 3 Year Standard fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

NetApp FAS2020

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 75.24 68.24 68.24 53.24 32.00 EXCELLENT GOOD GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 2 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration LUN Expansion Other Storage FCoE user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous replication M:1 Maximum Number 100 or Less Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 136 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade Less than 1 Min Service Interruption

NetApp FAS2040

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 79.03 72.03 72.03 57.03 32.00 EXCELLENT GOOD EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration LUN Expansion Other Storage FCoE user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous replication M:1 Maximum Number 100 or Less Synchronous replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 272 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade Less than 1 Min Service Interruption

NetApp FAS2050

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 79.72 71.72 72.72 57.72 32.00 EXCELLENT GOOD EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 208 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade Less than 1 Min Service Interruption

NetApp FAS3140

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 86.79 78.79 78.79 62.79 32.00 Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended eXceLLenT eXceLLenT

ARRAy conTRoLLeR ARRAy mAnAgemenT SofTwARe

controller configuration Dual Active SuppoRTed unSuppoRTed

density More than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping 

cache Greater than 8 GB data migration Software  Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

deduplication  SToRAge neTwoRk connecTiviTy mAid 

ethernet port Speed (max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fc port Speed (max) 4 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

ethernet/fc port mix Yes virtual domains/partitions  maximum no. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array Lun masking  concurrent Support Yes of fc/iScSi Lun migration LUN Expansion other Storage FCoE user Admin Roles  protocols Supported mixed oS Support on Single  port interface RepLicATion SofTwARe operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous Replication M:1 maximum number 100 or More Synchronous Replication 1:M and M:1 of Hosts per Array clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppoRT

phone Support 24×7 SToRAge cApAciTy email Home Supported internal Hdd connectivity SAS Snmp Supported Raw Array capacity (max) 840 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fc/SAS Hdd capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fc/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Unsupported disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd SSD-like Function with PAM Module global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported SAS/SATA RoHS compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade Less than 1 Min Service Interruption

NetApp FAS3160

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 87.34 79.34 79.34 63.34 32.00 Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended eXceLLenT eXceLLenT

ARRAy conTRoLLeR ARRAy mAnAgemenT SofTwARe

controller configuration Dual Active SuppoRTed unSuppoRTed

density More than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping 

cache Greater than 8 GB data migration Software  Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

deduplication  SToRAge neTwoRk connecTiviTy mAid 

ethernet port Speed (max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fc port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 SToRAge cApAciTy email Home Supported internal Hdd connectivity SAS Snmp Supported Raw Array capacity (max) 1344 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fc/SAS Hdd capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fc/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Unsupported disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd SSD-like Function with PAM Module global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported SAS/SATA RoHS compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade Less than 1 Min Service Interruption

NetApp FAS3170

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 87.68 79.68 79.68 63.68 32.00 Recommended eXceLLenT Recommended eXceLLenT eXceLLenT

ARRAy conTRoLLeR ARRAy mAnAgemenT SofTwARe

controller configuration Dual Active SuppoRTed unSuppoRTed

density More than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping 

cache Greater than 8 GB data migration Software  Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

deduplication  SToRAge neTwoRk connecTiviTy mAid 

ethernet port Speed (max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fc port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

phone Support 24×7 SToRAge cApAciTy email Home Supported internal Hdd connectivity SAS Snmp Supported Raw Array capacity (max) 1680 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fc/SAS Hdd capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fc/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Unsupported disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd SSD-like Function with PAM Module global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported SAS/SATA RoHS compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade Less than 1 Min Service Interruption

Nexsan DataBeast

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 95.00 90.00 87.00 69.00 34.50 Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended

ARRAy contRolleR ARRAy mAnAgement SoftwARe

controller configuration Active-Active SuppoRted unSuppoRted

density More than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping 

cache Up to 48 GB data migration Software  Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported; Scheduled

deduplication  StoRAge netwoRk connectivity mAid Policy Driven

ethernet port Speed (max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fc port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party

ethernet/fc port mix Yes virtual domains/partitions  maximum no. Up to 32 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array lun masking  concurrent Support Yes of fc/iScSi lun migration LUN expansion other Storage None user Admin Roles AD integration protocols Supported mixed oS Support on Single  port interface ReplicAtion SoftwARe operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous Replication M:1 maximum number 100 or More Synchronous Replication M:1 of Hosts per Array clones Supported – App Aware Snapshots Supported; Unlimited; App Aware SuppoRt

phone Support 24×7 StoRAge cApAcity email Home Supported internal Hdd connectivity SAS Snmp Supported Raw Array capacity (max) 4000 TBs warranty Up to 5 Year option fc/SAS Hdd capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fc/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Supported disk drives Hot Swap SAtA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd Supported global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD RoHS compliant Yes RAid levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Nexsan iSeries 400i

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 79.00 N/A 78.00 55.00 29.00 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT GOOD EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD Policy Driven

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration LUN expansion Other Storage None user Admin roles AD integration protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous replication M:1 Maximum Number 100 or More Synchronous replication M:1 of Hosts per Array Clones Supported – App Aware Snapshots Supported; Unlimited; App Aware SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 1000 TBs warranty 1 Year Standard fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Supported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Nexsan SASBeast

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 70.27 65.27 62.27 62.27 16.50 GOOD GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT ENTry LEvEL

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD Policy Driven

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration LUN expansion Other Storage None user Admin roles AD integration protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous replication Unsupported Maximum Number 100 or More Synchronous replication Unsupported of Hosts per Array Clones Unsupported Snapshots Unsupported SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 84 TBs warranty 3 Year Standard fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Supported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Nexsan SATABeast

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 64.27 59.27 55.27 56.27 16.50 GOOD Entry LEvEL GOOD EXCELLEnt Entry LEvEL

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity MAiD Policy Driven

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum no. Up to 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi Lun Migration LUN expansion Other Storage None user Admin roles AD integration protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous replication Unsupported Maximum number 100 or More Synchronous replication Unsupported of Hosts per Array Clones Unsupported Snapshots Unsupported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 84 TBs warranty 3 Year Standard fC/SAS HDD Capacities Unsupported fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Unsupported power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Supported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Oracle Sun StorageTek 2540

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 55.94 52.94 50.94 45.94 16.50 Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL

ArrAy ControLLEr ArrAy MAnAgEMEnt SoftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SupportED unSupportED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 2 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StorAgE nEtwork ConnECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum no. Up to 4 of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support No Lun Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtion SoftwArE Maximum number 100 or More Asynchronous replication Unsupported of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Supported Snapshots Supported Support

phone Support 24×7 StorAgE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 96 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Oracle Sun StorageTek 6180

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 61.33 59.33 N/A 47.33 20.00 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CoNtroLLEr ArrAy MANAgEMENt SoftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SupportED uNSupportED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StorAgE NEtwork CoNNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 8 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtioN SoftwArE Maximum Number 100 or More Asynchronous replication M:1 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication M:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported Support

phone Support 24×7 Optional StorAgE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-SW SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 224 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Oracle Sun StorageTek 6580

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 67.35 65.35 N/A 52.35 21.00 GOOD GOOD GOOD ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. Up to 8 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiON SOftwArE Maximum Number 100 or More Asynchronous replication M:1 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication M:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-SW SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 512 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Oracle Sun StorageTek 6780

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 68.86 66.86 N/A 53.86 21.00 GOOD GOOD GOOD ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CONtrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrtED uNSuppOrtED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering 

Deduplication 

MAiD  StOrAGE NEtwOrk CONNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) Unsupported Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. More than 8 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles Other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtiON SOftwArE Maximum Number 100 or More Asynchronous replication M:1 of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication M:1 Clones Supported Snapshots Supported SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-SW SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 896 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Oracle Sun StorageTek 7310

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 57.94 56.94 54.94 39.94 23.00 Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL Entry LEvEL GOOD

ArrAy COntrOLLEr ArrAy MAnAGEMEnt SOftwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrtED unSuppOrtED

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache 8 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported; Automatic

Deduplication  StOrAGE nEtwOrk COnnECtivity MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum no. Up to 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array Lun Masking  Concurrent Support No of fC/iSCSi Lun Migration  Other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCAtiOn SOftwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows

Asynchronous replication Maximum number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication Unsupported Clones Supported Snapshots Supported; Unlimited SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGE CApACity Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity SATA SnMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 96 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Unsupported fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Unsupported power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Unsupported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade Controllers Go Offline

Overland Storage SnapServer SAN S2000

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 55.50 N/A 54.50 41.50 18.50 ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL ENtry LEvEL

ArrAy CoNtroLLEr ArrAy MANAgEMENt SoftwArE

Controller Configuration Dual Active SupportED uNSupportED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 4 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but Storage tiering  Purchase of Overland Storage Rack Recommended Deduplication 

MAiD  StorAgE NEtwork CoNNECtivity thin provisioning  Ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party fC port Speed (Max) Unsupported virtual Domains/partitions  Ethernet/fC port Mix No virtualize 3rd party Storage  Maximum No. More than 8 of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support No LuN Migration  of fC/iSCSi user Admin roles other Storage  None protocols Supported Mixed oS Support on Single  port interface operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows rEpLiCAtioN SoftwArE Supported Asynchronous replication Maximum Number 1:M 100 or More of Hosts per Array Synchronous replication 1:1 Clones Supported; App Aware Snapshots Supported; App Aware Support

phone Support 24×7 StorAgE CApACity Email Home Unsupported internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMp Unsupported raw Array Capacity (Max) 120 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 10K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Pillar Axiom 300

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 77.03 71.03 69.03 56.03 29.00 EXCELLENT GOOD EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

ArrAy CONTrOLLEr ArrAy MANAGEMENT SOfTwArE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SuppOrTED uNSuppOrTED

Density Less than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 48 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  STOrAGE NETwOrk CONNECTiviTy MAiD 

Ethernet port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 8 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

Ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum No. Up to 4 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array LuN Masking  Concurrent Support Yes of fC/iSCSi LuN Migration  Other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface rEpLiCATiON SOfTwArE Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous replication 1:M and M:1 Maximum Number 100 or More Synchronous replication Unsupported of Hosts per Array Clones Supported – App Aware Snapshots Supported; App Aware; Unlimited SuppOrT

phone Support 24×7 STOrAGE CApACiTy Email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-SW SNMp Supported raw Array Capacity (Max) 104 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Up to 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4k rpM) Supported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD roHS Compliant Yes rAiD Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

Pillar Axiom 600

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 85.66 79.66 77.66 64.66 29.00 Recommended eXceLLenT eXceLLenT Recommended eXceLLenT

ARRAy conTRoLLeR ARRAy mAnAgemenT SofTwARe

controller configuration Active-Active SuppoRTed unSuppoRTed density Less than 16 Drives System-wide disk Striping

cache Up to 192 GB data migration Software

Rack Fits and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage Tiering Supported; Scheduled deduplication

SToRAge neTwoRk connecTiviTy mAid

ethernet port Speed (max) 10 Gb Thin provisioning fc port Speed (max) 8 Gb multi-pathing Software Third Party ethernet/fc port mix Yes virtual domains/partitions maximum no. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage of ports per Array Lun masking concurrent Support Yes of fc/iScSi Lun migration other Storage None user Admin Roles protocols Supported mixed oS Support on Single port interface RepLicATion SofTwARe operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous Replication 1:M and M:1 maximum number 100 or More Synchronous Replication Unsupported of Hosts per Array clones Supported – App Aware Snapshots Supported; App Aware; Unlimited SuppoRT

phone Support 24×7 SToRAge cApAciTy email Home Supported internal Hdd connectivity FC-SW Snmp Supported Raw Array capacity (max) 1664 TBs warranty Standard 3 Year fc/SAS Hdd capacities Up to 500 GB fans Hot Swap fc/SAS Hdd Rpms Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SATA Hdd (5.4k Rpm) Supported disk drives Hot Swap SATA Hdd (7.2k Rpm) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSd Supported global Hot Spares Supported Hdd mix Supported FC/SATA/SSD RoHS compliant Yes RAid Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents microcode upgrade No Service Interruption

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 66.30 N/A 65.30 46.30 23.50 GOOD GOOD ENTRY LEVEL GOOD

ARRAY CONTROLLER ARRAY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Controller Configuration Active-Active SUPPORTEDUNSUPPORTED Density 16 or Less Drives System-wide Disk Striping

Cache 8 GB Data Migration Software

Rack Fits in Standard 19” Rack but Storage Tiering Automated Recommends Purchase of Its Rack Deduplication

MAID STORAGE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY Thin Provisioning Ethernet Port Speed (Max) 10 Gb Multi-Pathing Software Third Party FC Port Speed (Max) Unsupported Virtual Domains/Partitions Ethernet/FC Port Mix Unsupported Virtualize 3rd Party Storage Maximum No. More than 8 of Ports Per Array LUN Masking Concurrent Support No LUN Migration LUN Expansion of FC/iSCSI User Admin Roles Other Storage None Protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single Port Interface Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows REPLICATION SOFTWARE Maximum Number 100 or More Asynchronous Replication 1:M of Hosts Per Array Synchronous Replication 1:M Clones Supported Snapshots App Aware and Unlimited SUPPORT

Phone Support 24s7 STORAGE CAPACITY Email Home Supported Internal HDD Connectivity SAS SNMP Supported Raw Array Capacity (Max) 240 TBs Warranty Standard 3 Year FC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500GB Fans Hot Swap FC/SAS HDD RPMs Up to 15K Power Supplies Hot Swap SATA HDD (5.4K RPM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SATA HDD (7.2K RPM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Unsupported SSD Supported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported SAS/SATA/SSD RoHS Compliant Yes RAID Levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode Upgrade No Service Disruption

Xiotech Emprise 7000

DCIG Scores and Rankings

FC/iSCSI FC Only iSCSI Only Hardware Software 72.02 68.02 66.02 53.02 26.00 GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD

ArrAy COntrOller ArrAy MAnAGeMent SOftwAre

Controller Configuration Dual Active SuppOrteD unSuppOrteD

Density More than 16 Drives System-wide Disk Striping 

Cache Up to 64 GB Data Migration Software  rack Fits in and Can Use Standard 19” Rack Storage tiering Supported; Scheduled

Deduplication  StOrAGe netwOrk COnneCtivity MAiD 

ethernet port Speed (Max) 1 Gb thin provisioning  fC port Speed (Max) 4 Gb Multi-pathing Software Third Party

ethernet/fC port Mix Yes virtual Domains/partitions  Maximum no. More than 8 virtualize 3rd party Storage  of ports per Array lun Masking  Concurrent Support No of fC/iSCSi lun Migration  Other Storage None user Admin roles  protocols Supported Mixed OS Support on Single  port interface repliCAtiOn SOftwAre Operating Systems Linux, Unix, VMware and Windows Supported Asynchronous replication 1:M Maximum number 100 or More Synchronous replication 1:M of Hosts per Array Clones Supported; App Aware Snapshots Supported; App Aware SuppOrt

phone Support 24×7 StOrAGe CApACity email Home Supported internal HDD Connectivity FC-SW SnMp Unsupported raw Array Capacity (Max) 1024 TBs warranty Standard 5 Year fC/SAS HDD Capacities Greater than 500 GB fans Hot Swap fC/SAS HDD rpMs Up to 15K power Supplies Hot Swap SAtA HDD (5.4k rpM) Unsupported Disk Drives Hot Swap SAtA HDD (7.2k rpM) 1 TB or Larger Battery Backup Supported SSD Unsupported Global Hot Spares Supported HDD Mix Supported FC/SATA roHS Compliant Yes rAiD levels Supported 1, 5, 6 and/or Comparable Equivalents Microcode upgrade One Controller Offline

Definitions, Explanations and Terminology This section contains brief definitions and/or explanations of some of the terms used and assumptions made when developing the data sheets found in this Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide.

Array Controller ports dedicated exclusively to the use of midrange array management is not reflected. Controller Configuration Active-Active: Two controllers are configured with FC Port Speed (Max) multi-pathing software and have concurrent access to the The maximum FC speed that is used for FC connectivity— disk drives that are then presented as LUNs to attached up to 8 Gb. Any FC ports dedicated exclusively for the use hosts. In the event a controller fails or is taken offline, of midrange array management is not reflected. attached host(s) may detect little or no interruption in service as the other controller takes over for the failed Ethernet/FC Port Mix unit though a drop in performance may occur. This is This midrange array may support either FC or considered an enterprise class feature. Ethernet ports. Active-Standby: All LUNs are controlled and assigned to a single active controller with all storage I/O traffic is routed Maximum No. of Ports per Arrays through it. A secondary standby controller takes over the The maximum number of Ethernet or FC ports supported storage I/O traffic for the active controller should it fail or on the midrange array. This number reflects the most be taken offline. The secondary controller also assumes optimal configuration whether it is all FC, all Ethernet or control of the midrange array’s LUNs at any that time. some combination of both.

Dual Active: Both controllers are active and have Concurrent Support of FC/iSCSI concurrent access to the disk drives that are presented The midrange array supports the concurrent use of both as LUNs to the attached hosts. The difference from FC and iSCSI protocols. Active-Active is that half of the midrange array’s LUNs are assigned to and controlled by one controller and the Other Storage Protocols Supported other half of the LUNs to the other so a LUN can only be New storage networking protocols such as ATA over accessed down one path through one controller at a Ethernet (AoE) and FC over Ethernet (FCoE) are emerg- time. If a controller should be taken offline or fail, the other ing. The midrange array’s support of these protocols or controller assumes control for its LUNs. others would be indicated here.

Density Replication Software The number of disk drives that can be placed in a midrange array controller or one of its expansion shelves. Asynchronous Replication 1:1: One midrange array can asynchronously replicate Cache data to another midrange array from the same storage The maximum number of gigabytes (GBs) of RAM that provider. the midrange array controllers can support. 1:M: One midrange array can asynchronously replicate data to multiple other midrange arrays. This form of Rack asynchronous replication is used for the distribution of The rack size needed to support the midrange array data to two or more other locations. controllers and its attached disk drive shelves. M:1: Multiple midrange arrays can asynchronously Storage Network Connectivity replicate data to one midrange array. This form of asynchronous replication is used for the aggregation Ethernet Port Speed (Max) of data at one location. The maximum Ethernet speed that is used for iSCSI connectivity—1 Gb or 10 Gb. The Ethernet speed for any

1:M and M:1: One midrange array can asynchronously Snapshots (A copy is taken of pointers on the LUN) replicate data to multiple other midrange arrays or Supported: The midrange array supports the creation of multiple midrange arrays can asynchronously replicate one or more snapshots. data to one midrange array. Both distribution and aggregation of data is supported. Supported—App Aware: The midrange array creates a snapshot that is application aware. Software is typically Synchronous Replication provided by the midrange array provider so the snapshot 1:1: One midrange array can synchronously replicate is created in a consistent state and is useable by the data to another midrange array. application for testing, DR or recovery. This option is most applicable for those environments using databases 1:M: One midrange array can synchronously replicate or Microsoft Exchange. data to multiple other midrange arrays. This form of synchronous replication is used for the distribution Supported—Unlimited: An unlimited number of of data to two or more other locations. snapshots can theoretically be created on the midrange array. M:1: Multiple midrange arrays can synchronously replicate data to one midrange array. This form of Supported—App Aware and Unlimited: The synchronous replication is used for the aggregation midrange array creates a snapshot that is application of data at one location. aware. Software is typically provided by the midrange array provider so the snapshot is created in a consis- 1:M and M:1: One midrange array can synchronously tent state, is useable by the application for testing, replicate data to multiple other midrange arrays or DR or recovery and an unlimited number of clones multiple midrange arrays can synchronously replicate can theoretically be created on the midrange array. data to one midrange array. Both distribution and This option is most applicable to those environments aggregation of data is supported. using databases or Microsoft Exchange.

Clones (Full block-by-block copy of a LUN) Storage Capacity Supported: The midrange array supports the creation of Internal HDD Connectivity one or more clones. The storage connection used between the midrange Supported—App Aware: The midrange array creates array controllers and the back end disk drives under a clone that is application aware. Software is typically the midrange array’s management. Possible connection provided by the midrange array provider so the clone options include FC-AL (Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop), is created in a consistent state and is useable by the FC-SW (Fibre Channel Switched), SAS and SATA. application for testing, DR or recovery. This option is most applicable for those environments using databases Raw Array Capacity (Max) or Microsoft Exchange. The maximum amount of raw storage capacity that the midrange array can have under its management. Supported—Unlimited: An unlimited number of clones can theoretically be created on the midrange array. FC/SAS HDD Capacities Supported—App Aware and Unlimited: The The maximum size FC or SAS hard disk drive (HDD) midrange array creates a clone that is application supported by the midrange array. aware. Software is typically provided by the midrange array provider so the clone is created in a consistent FC/SAS HDD RPMs state, is useable by the application for testing, DR The maximum number of Revolutions per Minute (RPMs) or recovery and an unlimited number of clones can of the FC or SAS hard disk drive (HDD) supported by the theoretically be created on the midrange array. This midrange array. option is most applicable to those environments using databases or Microsoft Exchange. SATA HDD (5.4K RPMs) Indicates whether or not the midrange array supports the higher capacity but lower performing 5.4K SATA HDDs.

SATA HDD (7.2K RPMs) Virtual Domains/Partitions Indicates whether or not the midrange array supports Indicates if the midrange array supports virtual domains lower capacity but higher performing 7.2K SATA HDDs. or partitioning.

SSD Virtualize 3rd Party Storage Indicates whether or not the midrange array supports Indicates if the midrange array supports the virtualization emerging, high performance solid state drives (SSDs). of 3rd party storage.

HDD Mix Supported LUN Masking Indicates whether or not the midrange array supports Indicates if the midrange array supports LUN Masking. a mix of HDDs and, if supported, what type of mix it supports. LUN Migration Indicates if the midrange array supports the internal RAID Levels Supported migration of LUNs from one set of HDDs to another Indicates if the midrange array supports RAID levels and, if applicable, how it is implemented. such as RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 or some comparable equivalent. User Admin Roles Indicates if the midrange array supports the creation of Array Management Software user accounts on the midrange and, if applicable, how it is implemented. System-wide Disk Striping Indicates if the midrange array supports system-wide Mixed OS Support on Single Port Interface disk striping and, if appropriate, how it is implemented. Indicates if the midrange array supports multiple operating systems on the same FC or Ethernet Port and, Data Migration Software if applicable, how it is implemented. Indicates if the midrange array natively offers software that facilitates the migration of data from other storage systems Operating Systems (midrange array or otherwise) to that midrange array. Indicates what operating systems the midrange array supports for storage networking connectivity. Storage Tiering Indicates if the midrange array supports storage tiering Maximum Number of Hosts Per Array and, if applicable, how it is implemented. Indicates the maximum number of hosts that can be connected to the midrange array. Deduplication Indicates if the midrange array supports the deduplication Support of primary data. Phone Support MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) Indicates what type of phone support the midrange Indicates if the midrange array supports the powering array provider offers. down of specific disk drives and, if applicable, how it is implemented. Email Home Indicates if email alerts to the provider is supported Thin Provisioning by the midrange array. Indicates if the midrange array supports thin provisioning and, if applicable, how it is implemented. SNMP Indicates if SNMP is supported by the midrange array. Multi-pathing Software Indicates if the midrange array supports multi-pathing Warranty software and, if applicable, how multi-pathing software Indicates what type of warranty is available for the options are supported. midrange array.

Fans Global Hot Spares Indicates whether or not the fans are hot swappable. Indicates if the midrange array offers a global hot spare disk drive that can be used to replace an HDD that fails Power Supplies in a RAID set. Indicates whether or not the power supplies are hot swappable. RoHS Compliant Indicates if the midrange array is RoHS Compliant. Disk Drives Indicates whether or not the disk drives are Microcode Upgrade hot swappable. Indicates what occurs when the microcode is upgraded on the controllers. There may be no service disruption, a Battery Backup short disruption of service, or it may require an outage for Indicates if the midrange array offers a battery backup the attached hosts to complete the microcode upgrade. in case of power failure.

Midrange Array Storage Provider Contact Information

3PAR Inc. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Corporation 4209 Technology Drive 750 Central Expressway Fremont, CA 94538 Santa Clara, CA 95050-2627 Phone: (510)413-5999 Phone: (888)234-5601 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.hds.com Web: http://www.3par.com HP Celeros 3000 Hanover Street 1179 Hamilton Court Palo Alto, CA 94304 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone: (800)888-0262 Phone: (888)306-0646 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.hp.com Website: http://www.celeros.com IBM Compellent Technologies 1 New Orchard Road 7625 Smetana Lane Armonk, NY 10504 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Phone: (800)IBM-4YOU Phone: (952)294-3300 Website: http://www.ibm.com Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.compellent.com Infortrend 2200 Zanker Road, Suite 130 Dell Inc San Jose, CA 95131 One Dell Way Phone: (408)988-5088 Round Rock, TX 78682 Email: [email protected] Phone: (800)247-2097, Press 2 Website: http://www.infortrend.com Website: http://www.dell.com NEC Corporation of America Dot Hill Systems Corp 2880 Scott Blvd 1351 S Sunset Street Santa Clara, CA 95050 Longmont, CO 80501-6533 Phone: (408)844-1475 Phone: (303)845-3200 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.necam.com Website: http://www.dothill.com NetApp EMC Corporation 495 East Java Drive 176 South Street Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Hopkinton, MA 01748 Phone: (877)263-8277 Phone: (508)249-6204 Website: http://www.netapp.com Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.emc.com Nexsan Technologies Corporation 555 St. Charles Drives, Suite 202 Fujitsu America, Inc Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 1250 E Arques Avenue Phone: (866)463-9726 Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Website: http://www.nexsan.com Phone: (408)746-6000 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.fujitsu.com

Midrange Array Storage Provider Contact Information continued

Oracle Corporation Pillar Data Systems 500 Oracle Parkway 2840 Junction Ave Redwood City, CA 94065 San Jose, CA 95134 Phone: (303)272-9480 Phone: (408)503-4000 Website: http://www.oracle.com/storage Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.pillardata.com Overland Storage, Inc. 4820 Overland Avenue Xiotech Corporation San Diego, CA 92123 6455 Flying Cloud Drive Phone: (888)343-7627 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Email: [email protected] Phone: (952)983-3000 Website: www.overlandstorage.com Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.xiotech.com

Plans for Future Midrange Array The downside was that as DCIG did its weighting and scor- Buyer’s Guides ing of the Midrange Arrays found in this Buyer’s Guide, since nearly every Midrange Array supported these features, these features failed to provide some of the differentiation The DCIG Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide— between the Midrange Arrays that DCIG hoped to achieve. A First While differentiation was still present, DCIG looks to change The 2010 DCIG Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide was a first in how it evaluates these base line features going forward. an important way. To the best of DCIG’s knowledge, it was DCIG will still evaluate and confirm that Midrange Array the first time any analyst firm had attempted to quantify on an models included in future Buyer’s Guides cover these individual basis what features on a midrange arrays mattered features because the assumption can now be made that to end users, how these features should be scored and they should be present. weighted and then ranked and then published these results. As a result, points may no longer be awarded merely for the This forced DCIG to spend a fair amount of time simply support of these features and may in fact be deducted from documenting what storage providers offered midrange the final score. So if a specific model lacks any of these arrays, what models each provider had available and then commonly supported features, it may be called out on that sorting through the different features on each one. As DCIG model’s data sheet to illustrate the absence of that feature. did this, it had to first verify that certain features that end- users may assume are present on all midrange arrays actu- New Features and Variables ally is true across them. One of the main reasons that DCIG chose Midrange Arrays as the focus of its first Buyer’s Guide was that the features In the process of doing this, DCIG found that across the found in Midrange Arrays are constantly changing from spectrum of midrange arrays covered in this Buyer’s Guide, year to year. Even as DCIG prepared this Buyer’s Guide, the following features were implemented and/or supported support for new features such as deduplication, thin provi- at or near 100% across all Midrange Arrays: sioning, SSDs and other storage networking protocols are • Controllers fit in 19” rack showing up.

• Support for RAID Levels that were RAID 1, 5, or 6 As these features become more widely adopted and imple- • Support for LUN Masking mented in different ways, DCIG is already looking ahead to the 2011 Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide and what it might • 24×7 phone support do to score and weight certain features differently in the next • Email home support one. These features will only be included if some means to • Support for SNMP objectively score and weight them can be arrived at but here are some of our initial thoughts as to how DCIG might score • Hot swappable fans and weight certain features in the next Buyer’s Guide. • Hot swappable power supplies CPUs • Hot swappable disk drives This time DCIG did not look at the CPUs found in the controllers. However some models use commonly • Battery backups available Intel processors. Others use their own ASICs. • RoHS compliant What type of CPU is used in the midrange array controller can have an impact on the features it can support, how There were some upsides and downsides to first quantify- they are supported, its performance and its price. ing what features were standard across Midrange Arrays. The upside is that users can now be reasonably sure that SSDs whatever Midrange Array they purchase from the list found SSDs were already covered in this Buyer’s Guide but only in this Buyer’s Guide will support all of these features. This at a superficial level. SSDs are evolving to become more creates a base line of expectations. than as just a storage device but be deployed as a large

cache where the most active data is stored. Already Thin Provisioning midrange arrays are changing how they implement SSDS Thin provisioning support was covered in this Buyer’s to better support this emerging use case for SSDs. Guide but only at a basic level. Many storage providers now support thin provisioning and implement it in different Snapshot Integration with Backup Software ways. How they implement thin provisioning impacts how More organizations recognize the value of doing much storage capacity is utilized and how easily it can be disk-based snapshots of their data that is located on reclaimed if freed. midrange arrays. Snapshots increase the success rates of backups, give organizations longer windows of time Storage Tiering to complete backups and do faster recoveries. Now As new technologies like SSD become more common, the challenge is managing these midrange array-based this will force more organizations to implement some snapshots. Backup software is where more are looking type of storage tiering to take advantage of SSDs to perform this task. performance benefits while minimizing its associated costs. SSDs will most likely be done in conjunction Server Virtualization Integration with FC, SAS and SATA disk drives so a deeper dive Server virtualization is driving the adoption of midrange into what options storage providers use to implement arrays in large part because so many virtual server storage tiering may be in order in the next Buyer’s Guide. deployments include either a FC or iSCSI SAN to maximize storage use. So as this trend continues, it is becoming more important for users to quantify how specific midrange arrays support virtual operating systems such as Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere and others.