The following technologies and products are covered in SAN Storage our research. All matrices and products are updated with • Dell EMC EqualLogic Storage System, PowerMax, Storage announcements and product changes. Last updated: Center, Symmetrix VMAX, Unity, VMAX All Flash, VMAX3, December 2018 VNX SAN, VNXe, XtremIO Comparison Matrices • Fujitsu ETERNUS AF Systems, DX Systems • Hitachi Unified Storage, VSP G1000, VSP G-1500 and F-1500, • Archive Software VSP Midrange G and F Series • Converged Infrastructure • HPE 3PAR 8000 StoreServ, 3PAR StoreServ, 3PAR StoreServ • Data Protection Systems 10000, 3PAR StoreServ 7000, MSA 2040, Nimble AF Series, • Data Protection Software Nimble CS Series, StoreVirtual 3200/4000, XP 9500, XP7 • Hyperconverged • Huawei OceanStor 18000/2600/2200/Dorado/Midrange • NAS Storage (Entry, Midrange, High End) 5000 & 6000 • Object Storage • IBM DCS3860, DS3500/DCS3700, DS8000, FlashSystem • SAN Storage (Entry, Midrange, High End) 900/9100/A9000 and A9000R/V9000, Storwize • Scale-out data Protection V3700/V5000/V7000, XIV Storage System • Software Defined Storage • InfiniDAT InfiniBox • Storage Resource Management • Kaminario K2 • Storage Virtualization • NEC M-Series • NetApp AFF, E2700, E2800, E5500, E5700, EF550 Flash Evaluation Guides Array, EF570 Flash Array, FAS, SolidFire • Archive Software • Nimbus Data Gemini • Archive Systems • Oracle FS1 • Converged Infrastructure • Pure Storage FlashArray • Data Protection Systems • Tegile IntelliFlash (bought by Western Digital) • Hyperconverged • Tintri VMStore • NAS Storage • Violin Extreme Performance Storage Platform • Object Storage • SAN Storage NAS Storage • Scale-out Data Protection • Dell EMC FS8600, Isilon, PowerMax, PowerVault NX, Unity, • Software Defined Storage VMAX All Flash, VMAX3, VNXe • Storage Characteristics and Tiering • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Systems, DX100 S3, DX200 S3, DX600 • Storage Overview S3 • Hitachi HNAS and VSP NAS, Unified Storage (HUS), HNAS Product Selection Guides 3200/4000 • Archive Software for Files • HPE 3PAR 7000/8000, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreEasy • Data Protection Systems • Huawei OceanStor 18000/2600/2200/9000/Midrange 5000 • Hyperconverged Appliance & 6000 • NAS • IBM ESS, Spectrum NAS • Object Storage • Microsoft Windows Storage NAS OS • SAN Storage • NetApp AFF, FAS • Storage Resource Management • Oracle ZFS • Storage Virtualization • Pure Storage FlashBlade • Tintri VMstore EvaluatorGroup.com ©2018 Evaluator Group, Inc. 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Object Storage • NetApp OnCommand • • Caringo Swarm SolarWinds Storage Manager • Cloudian Hyperstore • Data Direct Networks Web Object Scaler Storage Virtualization • Dell EMC Centera • DataCore SANSymphony • Dell EMC ECS • Dell EMC ViPR, VMAX3 FAST.X, VPLEX • HGST ActiveScale (formerly Active Archive) • FalconStor FreeStor Storage Server • Hitachi Content Platform • IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) / Spectrum Virtualize • IBM COS • NetApp FlexArray • NetApp StorageGRID Webscale • Quantum Lattus • Scality RING Organic Storage Software Defined Storage (Formerly Virtual SAN) • SwiftStack Swift • DataCore SANSymphony-V • Dell EMC ScaleIO Archive Systems & Software • Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform • HPE StoreVirtual VSA • Atempo Digital Archive • IBM Spectrum Accelerate • CommVault File Archive • Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct • Dell EMC Cloud Tiering, SourceOne for File Systems • NetApp SolidFire Element X • Komprise • Nexenta NexentaStor • Moonwalk • SoftNAS Cloud Storage Gateway • Quantum StorNext • VMware vSAN • Rocket Arkivio • Veritas Enterprise Vault • ZL Tech Unified Archive Open Storage Platform Hardware • Open Storage Platform Server-based Storage Hardware Data Protection Systems • SanDisk InfiniFlash IF150 • X-IO ISE • Dell EMC Avamar, Data Domain, IDPA, RecoverPoint • ExaGrid EX Series • Hitachi Protection Platform Hyperconverged • HPE D2D StoreOnce • Cisco Hyperflex • IBM ProtecTier • Datrium DVX • InfiniDAT InfiniGuard • Dell EMC VxRack SDDC, VxRack System FLEX, VxRail • NEC HYDRAstor Hyperconverged Appliance, XC Series Hyperconverged • Quantum DXi Series Appliance • Veritas NetBackup Appliance • HPE Hyperconverged 250/380 • HPE Simplivity • IBM Hyperconverged System Storage Resource Management (SRM) • Lenovo Converged HX Series, ThinkAgile VX Series • Aptare Storage Console • Maxta MaxDeploy & MxSP • Arxscan Arxview • Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform • CA SRM • Pivot3 Hyperconverged Infrastructure • Dell EMC SRM • Scale Computing HC3 Hyper-Converged Appliance • Hitachi Command Suite • VMware VSAN • IBM Spectrum Control, Storage Insights • VMware Ready Nodes • Micro Focus Storage Operations Manager Converged Infrastructure Data Protection Software • Dell EMC VxBlock • Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery • Hitachi Unified Compute Platform CI • Dell EMC Avamar • HPE ConvergedSystem 750 • Dell EMC NetWorker • IBM VersaStack • IBM Spectrum Protect • NetApp FlexPod Converged Inrastructure • IBM Spectrum Protect Plus • Pure Storage FlashStack • Veeam Backup and Replication • Veritas NetBackup Scale-out Data Protection • Cohesity DataPlatform • Commvault HyperScale • ExaGrid EX Series • Igneous Hybrid Storage Cloud • NEC HYDRAstor • Rubrik Cloud Data Management 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 Data Protection Systems • Arkivio (Rocket Software) AutoStor • Dell EMC Data Domain • Atempo Digital Archive • Dell EMC IDPA • Commvault File Archive • ExaGrid EX Series • Dell EMC SourceOne for Files • Fujitsu Eternus • EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance • HPE StoreOnce • IBM HSM • Hitachi Protection Platform • Komprise • InfiniDAT InfiniGuard • Moonwalk • IBM TS7700 and ProtecTIER • Quantum StorNext • NEC HYDRAstor • Veritas Enterprise Vault • Quantum DXI Series • Veritas NetBackup Appliances Converged Infrastructure • Dell EMC VxBlock System 1000 Hyperconverged • HPE ConvergedSystem 750 • Atlantis Computing Hyperscale • Hitachi Unified Compute Platform CI • Cisco Hyperflex • IBM VersaStack • Dell EMC XC Series • NetApp Flexpod • Dell EMC VxRail • Pure Storage FlashStack • HPE Simplivity HC380 • IBM Hyperconverged System Data Protection Software • Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series • Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery • Lenovo ThinkAgile Converged • Dell EMC Avamar • Maxta MaxDeploy • Dell EMC NetWorker • NetApp HCI • IBM Spectrum Protect • Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform • IBM Spectrum Protect Plus • Pivot3 Hyperconverged Infrastructure • Veeam Backup and Replication • Scale Computing HC Series • Veritas NetBackup • VMware Ready Nodes NAS Entry Level • IBM Cloud Object Storage • • Dell EMC PowerVault NX400 / NX3000 NetApp StorageGrid Webscale • • Dell EMC VNXe3200 Quantum Lattus • • Fujitsu Eternus DX100 S4/DX200 S4 Scality Ring • SwiftStack Swift • HPE StoreEasy 1450/1550/1650/1850 • Huawei OceanStor 2600 / 2200 • NetApp FAS2554 / FAS2552 / FAS2520 Software Defined Storage • NetApp FAS2650 / FAS2620 • DataCore SANSymphony-V • Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform • HPE StoreVirtual VSA NAS Mid Range • IBM Spectrum Accelerate • Dell EMC Isilon NL400, 36NL, 72NL, 108NL • Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct • Dell EMC Unity 300 / 400 / 500 / 600 and F Series • Nexenta NextentaStor • Dell EMC VNX 5200 / 5400 / 5600 / VG2 Gateway • SoftNAS Cloud Storage Gateway • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX500 S3/ DX600 S3 • NetApp SolidFire Elemtn X • HPE StoreServ 8000 / 9000 • HPE StoreEasy 3000 SAN Entry Level • HDS HNAS 4080 / 4060 / 3090 / 3080, VSP G-Series • Dell EMC EqualLogic • Huawei OceanStor 6800 v3 • Dell EMC SCv3000 • NetApp AFF A300 / A220 • Dell EMC VNXe • NetApp FAS8200 • Fujitsu ETERNUS • NetApp FAS8040 / FAS8020 • HPE MSA • Oracle ZFS Storage System • NPE Nimble Adaptive Flash • Tintri VMStore • HPE StoreVirtual • Huawei OceanStor 2600/2200 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 F800 • NetApp E2800 • Dell EMC Isilon H400/H500/H600 • Pure Storage //m / //x • Dell EMC Isilon A200 / A2000 • Dell EMC Isilon S210 / X410 / HD400 SAN Mid Range • Dell EMC VMAX / All Flash eNAS Data Service • Dell EMC SC Systems • HDS HNAS 4100 • Dell EMC Equalogic PS • HPE 3PAR StoreServ 20000 • Dell EMC VNX • Huawei OceanStor 9000 / 18000 • Dell EMC Unity • IBM Elastic Storage Server / Spectrum Scale • Fujitsu ETERNUS • IBM Spectrum NAS • Hitachi VSP F-Series / G-Series • NetApp AFF A800 / A700 / A700s • HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8000 / 9000 / StoreVirtual 4000 • NetApp FAS8060 / 8080 / 9000 • HPE Nimble All Dlash • Oracle ZFS Storage System • Huawei OceanStor • Pure Storage FlashBlade • Huawei Dorado • IBM DCS3860 Object • IBM Storwize V7000 / V5000 • Caringo Swarm (formerly CAStor) • NEC M-Series • Cloudian HyperStore • NetApp AFF A300 / A200 • Data Direct Networks Web Object Scaler (WOS) • NetApp FAS8000 / FAS8200 • Dell EMC ECS Appliance • NetApp E5700 • HGST ActiveScale • Pure Storage //m • Hitachi HCP • Pure Storage //x Storage Virtualization SAN High End • DataCore SANsymphony-V • • Dell EMC PowerMax Dell EMC FAST.X • Dell EMC VPLEX • Dell EMC VMAX All Flash / VMAX3 • • Dell EMC XtremIO FalconStor FreeStor • • Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8700 / DX900 S3 Hitachi VSP • IBM SVC and VCS • Hitachi VSP G1500 / F1500 / HPE XP7 • • HPE 3PAR StoreServ 20000 NetApp FlexArray • Huawei OceanStor 18000 V5 • IBM FlashSystem 9100 / A9000 Scale-out Data