Our materials are designed to walk you through product Solid State Storage selection, beginning with Evaluation Guides to outline • EMC XtremIO generaelrequirements and concluding with deep-dive • EMC VNX Flash SAN reviews. • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX200 S3 This document is updated monthly with new products. • Hitachi Unified Storage VM, VSP-G Last updated: 24 September 2015 • HP 3PAR StoreServ 8000 All-Flash • Huawei OceanStor Dorado • IBM FlashSystem Comparison Matrices (Standard PDF & Interactive) • Kaminario K2 • Archive Software • NetApp FAS, FAS8000 • Archive Systems • NetApp EF540, EF550 Flash Array, E560 • Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Virtual • NexGen n5 • Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication (Entry, Midrange, High • Nimble CS Series End) • Nimbus Data Gemini • Hyper-Converged • Oracle FS1 • NAS Storage (Entry, Midrange, High End) • Pure Storage FlashArray • Object Storage • SolidFire • SAN Storage (Entry, Midrange, High End) • Tegile IntelliFlash • Solid State Storage (New Design, Adapted Design) • Tintri VMstore • Storage Resource Management • Violin Memory All-Flash Array • Storage Virtualization Solutions & • Software Defined Solutions • Virtual SAN

Evaluation Guides SAN Storage • Archive Systems • Dell Compellent Storage Center, EqualLogic • Archive Software • EMC Symmetrix VMAX(e,) VMAX3, • Data Deduplication VNX(e), VNX SAN, VNX(e) SAN • Hyper-Converged • Fujitsu Eternus DX 60/80/90/100/200/500/600 S3 • NAS Storage Fujitsu Eternus DX410/DX440 S2 • Object Storage Fujitsu Eternus 8000, DX8700 S2 • SAN Storage • Fujitsu DX60 S3 • Solid State Storage • Hitachi Unified Storage(VM) • Storage Characteristics and Tiering Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2015 Evaluator • Storage for VDI • HP MSA 2040, HP 3PAR InForm OS • Storage Overview 3PAR StoreServ 7000/8000/10000/20000, • Storage Virtualization 7000 All Flash • Virtual SAN StoreVirtual 4000 • VTL Storage XP7, XP9500 Disk Array • Huawei OceanStor S2200T, 6800, 18000 • IBM DCS 3700/3860 Workbooks IBM DS3500/3700/3800/5000/8000 • Archive Software & Systems for Files IBM Storwize V3700/5000/7000 • Data Protection IBM SVC, XIV • Hyper-Converged • NetApp DataONTAP • NAS NetApp E560 • Object Storage NetApp E2600/2700/5400/5500 • SAN Storage Array NetApp FAS2500/8000, FAS w/ SAN focus • Solid State • Storage Resource Management • Storage Virtualization • Virtual SAN

EvaluatorGroup.com 303.221.7867 NAS Storage Storage Resource Management(SRM) • Coho Data DataStream • Aptare Storage Console • Dell Compellent FS8600, PowerVault NX • CA SRM • EMC , DART, Isilon Systems IQ Series • EMC ViPR SRM VNX(e) NAS, VMAX3 • HP Storage Essentials • Fujitsu DX100/200/500/600 S3 • Hitachi Command Suite • Hitachi HNAS, HUS • IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center • HP StoreEasy, 3PAR StoreServ 7000 • NetApp OnCommand • Huawei OceanStor N8500 • SolarWinds Storage Manager • IBM Scale Out NAS-SONAS, ESS • Veritas InfoScale • Microsoft Windows Storage System (WSS) • NetApp DataONTAP • NetApp FAS w/ NAS focus FAS2000/2500, FAS3200/V3200, Storage Virtualization FAS6000/V6000/6200/V6200, FAS8000 • DataCore SANSymphony-V • Oracle ZFS • EMC VPLEX, ViPR • FalconStor NSS SAN Virtualization • Hitachi VSP G1000 Virtualization • IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Object Storage • NetApp FAS3200/V3200, • Caringo Swarm FAS 6200/V6200, V-Series • Cleversafe dsNet • Data Direct Networks Web Object Scaler • EMC Atmos, Centera, ECS • Hitachi Content Platform • HGST Himalaya • HP StoreAll Storage Virtual SAN • NetApp StorageGRID Webscale • DataCore SANsymphony-V • Quantum Lattus • EMC ScaleIO • Scality RING Organic Storage • HP StoreVirtual VSA • SwiftStack Swift • Maxta MxSP • StarWind Virtual SAN • StorMagic Virtual SAN • VMware Virtual SAN ©2015 Evaluator Group Inc. All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2015 Evaluator

Archive • Caringo Swarm • CommVault Simpana • EMC Centera, Cloud Tiering Appliance • HGST Active Archive Hyper-Converged • HP StoreAll • Hitachi Content Platform • Dell XC Series • IBM Information Archive • HP ConvergedSystem 200-HC StoreVirtual • NEC HYDRAstor HS6-4000 • Maxta MaxDeploy • NetApp SnapLock • Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform • Nexsan Assureon • Scale Computing HC3 Hyper-Converged • Quantum StorNext Appliance • Veritas Enterprise Vault • Simplivity OmniCube • VMware EVO:RAIL

Data Protection • Commvault Simpana 10 • Dell AppAssure • EMC Avamar, Data Domain, RecoverPoint • IBM ProtecTier • Hitachi Protection Platform • HP D2D StoreOnce • NEC HYDRAstor • Quantum DXi Series • Veritas NetBackup Appliance EvaluatorGroup.com 303.221.7867 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.

Archive Software Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication • Arkivio (Rocket Software) AutoStor • ASG (Atempo) Digital Archive Mid Range • BridgeHead File Archiving Agent • EMC DD2500 • Commvault Simpana OnePass • EMC DD4200/DD4500 • EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance • Exagrid 1000E-21000E • EMC SourceOne for Files • HP StoreOnce 4000 • IBM TSM HSM • HDS Protection Platform • Quantum StorNext 5 • FalconStor FDS-600 • SGI DMF • FalconStor VTL-600 • Veritas Enterprise Vault • Quantum DXi6800 • Veritas NetBackup Appliance

Archive Systems • Caringo Swarm (formerly CAStor) • Crossroads StrongBox Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication • EMC Centera • HGST Active Archive High End • HP StoreAll • EMC DD990, DD7200 • HDS HCP • FalconStor VTL/FDS • NEC HYDRAstor HS6-4000 • Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8000 • NetApp with Snaplock • HP B6200/6500 • IBM TS7650G • NEC HS8-40 • Quantum DXi8500, DXi6700 • HDS Protection Platform Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2015 Evaluator Virtual • FalconStor FDS-VA • FalconStor VTL-VA Hyper-Converged • HP StoreOnce VSA • Dell EVO: RAIL • Quantum DXi V Series • Dell XC Series • CommVault Simpana 10 Dedupe • EMC VSPEX BLUE Standard/Performance • Fujitsu PRIMEFLEX • HP ConvergedSystem 200-HC • HP ConvergedSystem 240-HC/242-HC StoreVirtual Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication • Hitachi UCP 1000 Entry Level • NetApp Flexpod EVO: RAIL • EMC DD160, DD2200 • Maxta HC Reference Architectures • Exagrid EX1000-7000 • Nutanix NX Series 1000/3000/6000/9000 • HP StoreOnce 2700 • SUPERMICRO SYS-2028TP • IBM ProtecTIER TS7620 • Scale Computing HC Series • NEC HydraStor HS3-40 1000/2000/4000 • Quantum DXi4700 • Simplivity CN Series 2200/3000/5000

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Object • Caringo Swarm (formerly CAStor) NAS Entry Level • Cleversafe dsNet • Dell NX400/NX3000 • Data Direct Networks Web Object Scaler (WOS) • EMC VNXe3200/VNXe3300 • EMC Atmos • HP StoreEasy 1430/1530/1630/1830 • EMC Centera • HDS F1140/F1120 • EMC Elastic Cloud Storage • NetApp FAS2554/FAS2552/FAS2520 • HP StoreAll • NetApp/IBM FAS2240-2-3/FAS2220/FAS2050, • HGST Amplistor N3600/N3400/N3220-N3240 • HGST Active Archive • Hitachi Data Systems HCP • NetApp StorageGrid Webscale • Quantum Lattus • Scality Ring • SwiftStack Swift NAS Mid Range • Coho Data DataStream 1000h • EMC Isilon NL400, 36NL, 72NL, 108NL • EMC VNX 5200/5400/5600, VG2 Gateway • Fujitsu Eternus DX500, DX600 • HP StoreServ 7000 • HP StoreEasy 5000 • HP StoreEasy Gateway 3000 SAN Entry Level • HDS HNAS 4080/4060/3090/3080 • Dell EqualLogic PS • HDS HUS 110/130/150/HUSVM • EMC VNXe • IBM V7000 • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60/100/200 • NetApp V7000 Unified • HP MSA • NetApp/IBM FAS3270/FAS3250/FAS3220, • Huawei OceanStor S2200T N6220/N6270/N6250 • IBM DS3500 / DCS3700 • NetApp FAS8040/FAS8020 • IBM Storwize • Oracle ZFS • NetApp FAS2500 All rights reserved. Inc. Group ©2015 Evaluator • NetApp E2700

NAS High End • Dell Compellent FS8000 • Dell EqualLogic FS7600/FS7610 SAN Mid Range • Dell Compellent • EMC VNX 5800/7600/8000, VG8 Gateway • Dell Equalogic PS • EMC Isilon S210, X410 • EMC VNX • EMC VMAX3 eNAS Data Service • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX500/66 • HDS HNAS 4100 • HDS HUS-Block, HUSVM • Huawei OceanStor N8500 • HDS VSP G-Series • IBM Elastic Storage Server • Huawei OceanStor 6800 • IBM SONAS • HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 • HP 3PAR StoreServ 20000 • HP StoreVirtual4000 • NetApp FAS6290/FAS6250/FAS6220 • IBM DCS3860, DS5000 IBM N7950T (FAS6290) • IBM Storwize V7000/V5000 • NetApp FAS8060/FAS8080 EX • NetApp FAS8000, FAS3200 • Oracle ZFS • NetApp E5500

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SAN High End Storage Resource Management • EMC VMAX3 • Aptare StorageConsole 9.1 • EMC VMAX • CA Storage Resource Manager (Mainframe r12.6, • Fujitsu Eternus DS8700, DS8900 S3, Open Systems r12.7) DS8400 S2 • EMC ViPR SRM 3.5 • HP 3PAR StorServ 10000 • HP Storage Essentials Suite 9.7 • HP 3PAR StorServ 20000 • HDS Command Suite 8 • HDS / HP VSP G1000/XP7 • IBM Storage Insights • HDS / HP VSP/P9500 • IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.2 • Huawei OceanStor 18000 • NetApp OnCommand System Manager, Insight 6/7, • IBM DS88870 Report • IBM DS8880 • Veritas CommandCentral Storage 5.2 • IBM XIV • Veritas InfoScale • NetApp FAS6200 • Veritas Operations Manager 6 • NetApp FAS8000 • SolarWinds (TekTools) Storage Manager 5.7

Solid State: Adapted Designs Software Defined Storage & Storage • EMC VNX F5000,F7000 Virtualization • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX200F • Data Core SANsymphony-V 10 • HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200c/7450c • EMC ViPR 2.2 • HP 3PAR Storeserv 8450/20450/20850 • EMC VMAX3 FAST.X • HDS HUSVM • EMC VPLEX • HDS VSP G1000 • FalconStor NSS 7.5 • Huawei Dorado • HDS HUSVM • NetApp EF550 • HDS VSP G1000 • NetApp FAS8000 • IBM SVC 7.4 • Oracle FS1 • NetApp V-Series – FlexArray OnTap 7.3/8.2 • SolarWinds (TekTools) Storage Manager 5.7 Solid State: New Designs • COHO DataStream • EMC XtremIO • IBM FlashSystem 900 • IBM FlashSystem V9000 • Invicta Appliance, Invicta Scaling System • Kaminario K2 • Fusion-io (NexGen) ioControl • NexGen n5 • Nimble Storage CS Series • Nimbus Data Gemini/Gemini X • PureStorage FlashArray • SolidFire SF • Tegile IntelliFlash • Tintri VMstore • Violin Memory 6000 Series, Concerto 7000 • Windows Flash Array

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