The following technologies and products are covered in SAN Storage our research. All matrices and products are updated with • EMC Compellent Storage Center, EqualLogic Storage announcements and product changes. Last updated: System, Unity, VMAX All Flash, VMAX3, VNX SAN, XtremIO th September 25 , 2017 • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Systems, DX8700-8900 S3, DX500 S3, Comparison Matrices (Standard PDF & DX600 S3, DX200 S3, DX100 S3

Interactive) • HDS VSP G-1500 and F-1500, VSP Midrange, HUSVM HPE StoreServ 3Par 20000, 10000, 8000 (All Flash), • Archive Software • HPE StoreServ 8000, 20000, XP7, StoreVirtual 4000, MSA • Archive Systems 2040 • Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Virtual • Huawei OceanStor 1800, 6800, S2200T • Disk-to Disk VTL Deduplication (Entry, Midrange, High End) • IBM DS8000, XIV, V7000, V5000, V3700 • Hyper-Converged • DCS3700, DS3500 • NAS Storage (Entry, Midrange, High End) • IBM FlashSystem 900 • Open Storage Platform (Formerly Virtual SAN) • IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R • • InfiniDAT InfiniBox • SAN Storage (Entry, Midrange, High End) • NetApp AFF, FAS, EF550 Flash Array, EF560 Flash Array, • Solid State Storage (New Design, Adapted Design) E2800 Storage System, FAS2500, FAS8000 & AFF8000, (Archived) E2600, E2700, E5400, E5500, E5600 SolidFire • Storage Resource Management • HPE Nimble AF Series, CS Series • Storage Virtualization Solutions • Gemini

• Oracle FS1 Evaluation Guides • Pure Storage FlashArray • Archive Systems • Tegile IntelliFlash (bought by ) • Archive Software • Tintri VMStore • • Violin Memory All-Flash Array (Archived) • Hyperconverged • X-IO iglu blaze • NAS Storage • Object Storage NAS Storage • Open Storage Platform (Formerly Virtual SAN) • Coho Data DataStream • SAN Storage • Dell EMC Compellent FS8600, PowerVault NX • Solid State Storage • Dell EMC (archived), Isilon Systems IQ Series, Unity

• Storage Characteristics and Tiering VNX(e) NAS, VMAX3, VMAX All-Flash Storage for VDI • • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Systems • Storage Overview DX100/200/500/600/8700/8900 S3

• Storage Virtualization • Hitachi HNAS, HUS

• VTL Storage • HPE StoreEasy, 3PAR StoreServ 7000/8000 All Flash/20000 • Huawei OceanStor 9000/2600-2200/6800/18000 Workbooks • IBM Scale Out NAS-SONAS (Archived), ESS • Archive Software & Systems for Files • Windows Storage System (WSS) • Data Protection • NetApp AFF, FAS, FAS2000/2500, FAS3200/V3200, • Hyper-Converged FAS6000/V6000/6200/V6200, FAS8000 • NAS • Oracle ZFS • Object Storage • Pure Storage FlashBlade • Software Defined Storage (Formerly Virtual SAN) • Tintri VMstore • SAN Storage Array • Solid State

• Storage Resource Management • Storage Virtualization

EvaluatorGroup.com ©2017 Evaluator Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Object Storage • IBM Storage Insights • IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center • Caringo Swarm • NetApp OnCommand • Cloudian Hyperstore • SolarWinds Storage Manager • Data Direct Networks Web Object Scaler • Veritas InfoScale • Dell EMC Atmos, Centera, ECS • Hitachi Content Platform • HGST ActiveStore (formerly Active Archive) Storage Virtualization • IBM COS • DataCore SANSymphony-V • NetApp StorageGRID Webscale • EMC VPLEX, ViPR • Quantum Lattus • FalconStor FreeStor Storage Server • Scality RING Organic Storage • Hitachi VSP G1000 Virtualization • SwiftStack Swift • IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) / Spectrum Virtualize

• NetApp V-Series Archive • ASG Digital Archive Software Defined Storage (Formerly Virtual SAN) • Caringo Swarm • Atlantis Computing USX • CommVault Simpana OnePass • DataCore SANSymphony-V • EMC Centera, Cloud Tiering Appliance • Dell EMC ScaleIO • HGST ActiveStore • Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform • HP StoreAll (Archived) • HPE StoreVirtual VSA • Hitachi Content Platform • IBM Spectrum Accelerate • IBM Information Archive (Archived) • Maxta MxSP • Komprise • NetApp SolidFire Element X • NEC HYDRAstor HS6-4000 • Nexenta NexentaStor • NetApp SnapLock • Quantum StorNext • Nexsan Assureon • SoftNAS Cloud Storage Gateway • Quantum StorNext • StorMagic SvSAN • Rocket Arkivio Autostor • VMware VSAN

• Veritas Enterprise Vault

Open Storage Platform Hardware Data Protection • Open Storage Platform Server-based Storage Hardware • Commvault Simpana 10 • SanDisk InfiniFlash IF150 • Dell AppAssure • X-IO ISE

• EMC Avamar, Data Domain, RecoverPoint • Exagrid Backup Storage Appliance • Hitachi Protection Platform Hyperconverged • HP D2D StoreOnce • Atlantic Computing Hyperscale • IBM ProtecTier • Cisco Hyperflex • NEC HYDRAstor • Dell XC Series • Quantum DXi Series • EMC VxRail • Veritas NetBackup Appliance • Hypergrid Hyperconverged Appliance • HPE ConvergedSystem 250-HC StoreVirtual Storage Resource Management(SRM) • HPE Hyperconverged 250/380 • HPE Simplivity • Arxscan Arxview • Maxta MaxDeploy • Aptare Storage Console • Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform • CA SRM • Pivot3 Hyperconverged Infrastructure • EMC ViPR SRM • Scale Computing HC3 Hyper-Converged Appliance • HPE Storage Essentials • VMware VSAN • Hitachi Command Suite • VMware Ready Nodes Comparison Matrices The following is a list of products covered in each Comparison Matrix. Matrices are updated frequently and this information is subject to change. These are available as standard PDFs with an interactive, flash-based version available as well.

Archive Software • Dell EMC DD6300 / DD6800 • Exagrid EX1000E-32000E • Arkivio (Rocket Software) AutoStor • HP StoreOnce 3000/4000/5000 • ASG (Atempo) Digital Archive • FalconStor VTLGA • Commvault File Archive • FalconStor VTLCA • EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance • HPE StoreOnce 3000 / 4000 / 5000 • EMC SourceOne for Files • Quantum DXi4700 • IBM HSM • HDS Protection Platform S1500 • Komprise Rubrik • Moonwalk • • Veritas NetBackup 5230 / 5330 • Quantum StorNext

• Veritas Enterprise Vault Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication High End Archive Systems • Dell EMC DD9300 / DD9800 • FalconStor VTL/FDS • Caringo Swarm (formerly CAStor) • Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8000 • Crossroads StrongBox • HPE B6500 • EMC Centera • Hitachi HDS Protection Platform • HGST Active Archive • IBM TS7650G / TS7760 • HPE StoreAll • NEC HS8-5000 • HDS HCP • Quantum DXi8500 / DXi 6900 • Imation Assureon • NEC HYDRAstor HS6-4000/HS8-5000 • NetApp with Snaplock Hyperconverged • Atlantis Computing Hyperscale Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Virtual • Cisco Hyperflex • EMC DDVE • Dell EMC XC Series • FalconStor OBDVA • Dell EMC VxRail • HP StoreOnce VSA • HPE HC250 / HC380 • Quantum DXi V Series V1000 / V2000 / V3000 • Maxta MaxDeploy HC Reference Architectures • Nutanix NX Series 1000 / 3000 / 6000 / 8000 • Pivot3 Hyperconverged Infrastructure Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Entry • Scale Computing HC Series Level • Simplivity CN Series • Dell EMC DD2200 • Exagrid EX1000-7000 NAS Entry Level • HP StoreOnce 3000 / 3100 / 3520 • Dell NX400 / NX3000 • IBM ProtecTIER TS7620 / TS7610 • EMC VNXe3200 • NEC HydraStor HS3510-8 / HS3510-16 / HS3510-24 • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX100 S4 / DX200 S4 • Quantum DXi4700 • HPE StoreEasy 1450 / 1550 / 1650 / 1850 • Huawei OceanStor 2600 / 2200 Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Mid • NetApp FAS2554 / FAS2552 / FAS2520 Range • NetApp FAS2650 / FAS2620 Comparison Matrices • Maxta MxSP • Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct NAS Mid Range • NetApp SolidFire Element X • Dell EMC Isilon NL400, 36NL, 72NL, 108NL • Nexenta NextentaStor • Dell EMC Unity 300 / 400 / 500 / 600 • Quantum StorNext File System • Dell EMC VNX 5200 / 5400 / 5600 / VG2 Gateway • SoftNAS Cloud Storage Gateway • Fujitsu ETERNUS DC500 S3/ DX600 S3 • StorMagic SvSAN • HPE StoreServ 8000 / 9000 • VMware VSAN • HPE StoreEasy 3000 • HDS HNAS 4080 / 4060 / 3090 / 3080 SAN Entry Level Huawei OceanStor 6800 v3 • • Dell EMC EqualLogic • IBM V7000 Unified • Dell EMC SCv3000 / 3020 • NetApp AFF A300 / A200 • Dell EMC VNXe3200 / VNXe1600 • NetApp FAS8200 • Fujitsu ETERNUS • NetApp FAS8040 / FAS8020 • HPE MSA Oracle ZFS Storage System • • HPE StoreVirtual

• Huawei OceanStor 2600/2200 v3 NAS High End • IBM DS3500 / DCS3700 • Dell EMC FS7610 / FS8600 • IBM Storwize V5000 / V3700 • Dell EMC VNX 5800 / 7600 / 8000 / VG8 Gateway • NetApp FAS2500 / FAS2600 • Dell EMC Isilon • NetApp E2800 • Dell EMC VMAX / eNAS Data Service • HDS HNAS 4100 SAN Mid Range • HPE 3PAR StoreServ 20000 • Dell EMC SC Systems Huawei OceanStor 9000 / 18000 • • Dell EMC Equalogic PS • IBM Elastic Storage Server / Spectrum Scale • Dell EMC VNX • NetApp FAS8060 / 8080 / 9000 • Dell EMC Unity • Oracle ZFS Storage System • Fujitsu ETERNUS

• HDS VSP F-Series / G-Series Object • HPE Nimble AF / CS • Caringo Swarm (formerly CAStor) • HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8000 / StoreVirtual 4000 • Cloudian HyperStore • Huawei OceanStor 6800 v3 • Data Direct Networks Web Object Scaler (WOS) • Huawei Dorado 5000 / 6000 v3 • Dell EMC Atmos • IBM DCS3860 • Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage • IBM Storwize V7000 / V5000 • HGST Active Archive/ActiveScale • NetApp AFF A300 / A200 • Hitachi Data Systems HCP • NetApp FAS8000 / FAS8200 • IBM Cloud Object Storage • NetApp E5500 / E5600 • NetApp StorageGrid Webscale • PureStorage //m • Quantum Lattus • Scality Ring SAN High End • SwiftStack Swift • Dell EMC VMAX All Flash / VMAX3 /VMAX

• Dell EMC XtremIO Software Defined Storage • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8700 / DX900 S3 • Atlantis Computing USX • HDS VSP G1500 / F1500 / HPE XP7 • DataCore SANSymphony-V • HPE StoreServ 20000 • Dell EMC ScaleIO • Huawei OceanStor 18000 V3 • Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform • IBM FlashSystem A9000 / V9000 • HPE StoreVirtual VSA • IBM DS8880 / DS8880F • IBM Spectrum Accelerate • IBM XIV Comparison Matrices • IBM Spectrum Control • NetApp OnCommand System Manager SAN High End (cont.) • SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor • InfiniDAT InfiniBox • Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager • Kaminario K2 • NetApp AFF / FAS8000 / FAS9000 / SolidFire Storage Virtualization • Oracle FS1 • Data Core SANsymphony-V 10 • Pure Storage FlashArray • Dell EMC FAST.X • Tegile IntelliFlash • Dell EMC ViPR 2.4

• Dell EMC VPLEX Solid State: Adapted Designs (Archived) • FalconStor FreeStor • EMC VMAX All Flash • HDS VSP Series • Fujitsu ETERNUS AF650 • IBM SVC and VCS • HP 3PAR StoreServ • NetApp FlexArray • HDS HUSVM • HDS VSP F-Series • Huawei Dorado • IBM DS8888 • NetApp EF550 / EF560 • NetApp AFF • Oracle FS1

Solid State: New Designs (Archived) • EMC DSSD D5 • EMC XtremIO • HDS HFS • IBM FlashSystem 900 / A9000 / A9000R / V9000 • Kaminario K2 • NexGen n5 • Nimble AF Arrays • Nimble CF Series • Nimbus Data Gemini/Gemini X • PureStorage FlashArray • SolidFire SF • Tegile IntelliFlash • Tintri VMstore • Violin Memory 6000 Series / Flash Storage Platform 7000

Storage Resource Management • Aptare StorageConsole 9.1 • Arxscan Arxview • CA Storage Resource Manager (Mainframe r12.6, Open Systems r12.7) • Dell EMC ViPR SRM 3.5 • HPE Storage Essentials Suite 9.7 • HDS Command Suite 8 • IBM Storage Insights