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Comparison Matrices (Standard PDF & Interactive) • ArchiveSoftware• ArchiveSystems• Disk-to-DiskVTLDeduplicationVirtual• Disk-to-DiskVTLDeduplication (Entry,Midrange,HighEnd)• NASStorage(Entry,Midrange,HighEnd)• ObjectStorage• SANStorage(Entry,Midrange,HighEnd)• SolidStateStorage(NewDesign,AdaptedDesign)• StorageResourceManagement• StorageVirtualizationSolutions& SoftwareDefinedSolutions• VirtualSAN
Evaluation Guides• ArchiveSystems• ArchiveSoftware• BasicVMWarevSpherePerformance
Process• DataDeduplication• NASStorage• ObjectStorage• SANStorage• SolidStateStorage• StorageCharacteristicsandTiering• StorageforVDI• StorageOverview• StorageVirtualization• VirtualSAN• VTLStorage
Workbooks• ArchiveSoftware&Systemsfor
Files• DataProtection• NAS• ObjectStorage• SANStorageArray• SolidState• StorageResourceManagement• StorageVirtualization• VirtualSAN
Solid State Storage • CiscoInvicta• EMCXtremIO•EMCVNXFlashSAN•FujitsuETERNUSDX200S3• Fusion-ioioControl(NexGen)n5-SPX• HitachiUnifiedStorageVM• HP3PARStoreServ7000All-Flash• HuaweiDorado• IBMFlashSystem• KaminarioK2•NetAppFAS,FAS8000• NetAppEF540,EF550FlashArray,E560• NexGenn5• NimbleCSSeries• NimbusDataGemini• PureStorageFlashArray• SolidFire• TegileIntelliFlash• TintriVMstore• ViolinMemoryAll-FlashArray
Ourmaterialsaredesignedtowalkyouthroughproductselection,beginningwithEvaluationGuidestooutlinegeneraelrequirementsandconcludingwithdeep-dive
reviews.Thisdocumentisupdatedmonthlywithnewproducts.
Last updated: 18 March 2015
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SAN Storage•DellCompellentStorageCenter,EqualLogic•EMCSymmetrixVMAX(e,)VMAX3, VNX(e),VNXSAN,VNX(e)SAN•FujitsuEternusDX60/80/90/100/200/500/600S3 FujitsuEternusDX410/DX440S2 FujitsuEternus8000,DX8700S2• FujitsuDX60S3•HitachiUnifiedStorage(VM) HitachiVirtualStoragePlatformG1000•HPMSA2040,HP3PARInFormOS 3PARStoreServ7000/10000,7000AllFlash StoreVirtual4000 XP7,XP9500DiskArray• HuaweiOceanStorS2200T,6800,18000• IBMDCS3700/3860 IBMDS3500/3700/3800/5000/8000 IBMStorwizeV3700/5000/7000 IBMSVC,XIV• NetAppDataONTAP NetAppE560 NetAppE2600/2700/5400/5500 NetAppFAS2500/8000,FASw/SANfocus
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NAS Storage• CohoDataDataStream• DellCompellentFS8600,PowerVaultNX• EMCCelerra,DART,IsilonSystemsIQSeries VNX(e)NAS,VMAX3• FujitsuDX100/200/500/600S3• HitachiHNAS,HUS• HPStoreEasy,3PARStoreServ7000• HuaweiOceanStorN8500• IBMScaleOutNAS-SONAS,ESS• MicrosoftWindowsStorageSystem(WSS)• NetAppDataONTAP• NetAppFASw/NASfocus FAS2000/2500,FAS3200/V3200, FAS6000/V6000/6200/V6200,FAS8000• OracleZFS
Storage Virtualization• DataCoreSANSymphony-V• EMCVPLEX,ViPR• FalconStorNSSSANVirtualization• HitachiVSPG1000Virtualization• IBMSANVolumeController(SVC)• NetAppFAS3200/V3200, FAS6200/V6200,V-Series
Archive• CaringoSwarm• EMCCentera,CloudTieringAppliance• HPStoreAll• HitachiContentPlatform• IBMInformationArchive• NECHYDRAstorHS6-4000• NetAppSnapLock• NexsanAssureon• QuantumStorNext
Data Protection• EMCAvamar,DataDomain,RecoverPoint• IBMProtecTier• HPD2DStoreOnce• NECHYDRAstor• QuantumDXiSeries
Virtual SAN• DataCoreSANsymphony-V• EMCScaleIO• HPStoreVirtualVSA• MaxtaMxSP• StarWindVirtualSAN• StorMagicVirtualSAN• VMwareVirtualSAN ©
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Storage Resource Management(SRM)• AptareStorageConsole• CASRM• EMCViPRSRM• HPStorageEssentials• HitachiCommandSuite• IBMTivoliStorageProductivityCenter• NetAppOnCommand• SolarWindsStorageManager• SymantecVeritasOperationsManager
Object Storage• CaringoSwarm• CleversafedsNet• DataDirectNetworksWebObjectScaler• EMCAtmos,Centera,ECS• HitachiContentPlatform• HGSTHimalaya• HPStoreAllStorage• NetAppStorageGRIDWebscale• QuantumLattus• ScalityRINGOrganicStorage• SwiftStackSwift
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Comparison MatricesThefollowingisalistofproductscoveredineachComparisonMatrix.Matricesareupdatedfrequentlyandthisinformationissubjecttochange.TheseareavailableasstandardPDFswithaninteractive,flash-basedversionavailable.
Archive Software•Arkivio(RocketSoftware)AutoStor•ASG(Atempo)DigitalArchive•BridgeHeadFileArchivingAgent•CommvaultSimpanaOnePass•EMCCloudTieringAppliance•EMCSourceOneforFiles• IBMTSMHSM•QuantumStorNext5•SGIDMF•SymantecEnterpriseVault
Archive Systems•CaringoSwarm(formerlyCAStor)•CrossroadsStrongBox•EMCCentera•HPStoreAll•HDSHCP•NECHYDRAstorHS6-4000•NetAppwithSnaplock• ImationNexsan–Assureon
Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Virtual•FalconStorFDS-VA•FalconStorVTL-VA•HPStoreOnceVSA•QuantumDXiVSeries•CommVaultSimpana10Dedupe
Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Entry Level•EMCDD160,DD2200•ExagridEX1000-7000•HPStoreOnce2700• IBMProtecTIERTS7620•NECHydraStorHS3-40•QuantumDXi4700
Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication Mid Range•EMCDD2500•EMCDD4200/DD4500•Exagrid1000E-21000E•HPStoreOnce4000•FalconStorFDS-600•FalconStorVTL-600•QuantumDXi6800•HDS-SepatonS2100Series1K/2K
Disk-to-Disk VTL Deduplication High End•EMCDD990,DD7200•FalconStorVTL/FDS•FujitsuETERNUSCS8000•HPB6200/6500• IBMTS7650G•NECHS8-40•QuantumDXi8500•SepatonS2100-ES3
NAS Entry Level •DellNX400/NX3000•EMCVNXe3200/VNXe3300•HPStoreEasy1430/1530/1630/1830•HDSF1140/F1120•NetAppFAS2554/FAS2552/FAS2520•NetApp/IBMFAS2240-2-3/FAS2220/FAS2050, N3600/N3400/N3220-N3240
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NAS High End•DellCompellentFS8000•DellEqualLogicFS7600/FS7610•EMCVNX5800/7600/8000,VG8Gateway•EMCIsilonS210,X410•EMCVMAX3eNASDataService•HDSHNAS4100•HuaweiOceanStorN8500•IBMElasticStorageServer• IBMSONAS•NetAppFAS6290/FAS6250/FAS6220 IBMN7950T(FAS6290)•NetAppFAS8060/FAS8080EX
Object•CaringoSwarm(formerlyCAStor)•CleversafedsNet•DataDirectNetworksWebObjectScaler(WOS)•EMCAtmos•EMCCentera•EMCElasticCloudStorage•HPStoreAll•HGSTHimalaya/Amplistor•HitachiDataSystemsHCP•NetAppStorageGridWebscale•QuantumLattus•ScalityRing•SwiftStackSwift
SAN Entry Level •EMCVNXe•FujitsuETERNUSDX60/100/200•HPMSA•HuaweiOceanStorS2200T• IBMDS3500/DCS3700•IBMStorwize•NetAppFAS2500•NetAppE2700
SAN Mid Range•DellCompellent•DellEqualogicPS•EMCVNX•FujitsuETERNUSDX500/66•HDSHUS-Block,HUSVM•HP3PARStoreServ7000, StoreVirtual4000• IBMDCS3860,DS5000 StorwizeV7000/V5000•NetAppFAS8000,FAS3200,E5500
SAN High End•EMCVMAX3•EMCVMAX•FujitsuEternus•HP3PARStorServ10000•HP/HDSVSP61000/XP7,VSP/P9500•HuaweiOceanStor18000• IBMDS8000,XIV•NetAppFAS6200,FAS8000
NAS Mid Range•CohoDataDataStream1000h•EMCIsilonNL400,36NL,72NL,108NL•EMCVNX5200/5400/5600,VG2Gateway•HPStoreServ7000•HPStoreEasy5000•HPStoreEasyGateway3000•HDSHNAS4080/4060/3090/3080•HDSHUS110/130/150/HUSVM•NetAppV7000Unified•NetApp/IBMFAS3270/FAS3250/FAS3220, N6220/N6270/N6250•NetAppFAS8040/FAS8020
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Storage Resource Management•AptareStorageConsole9.1•CAStorageResourceManager(Mainframer12.6,OpenSystemsr12.7)•EMCViPRSRM3.5•HPStorageEssentialsSuite9.7•HDSCommandSuite8• IBMTivoliStorageProductivityCenter5.2•NetAppOnCommandSystemManager,Insight6/7,Report•SymantecCommandCentralStorage5.2•SymantecVeritasOperationsManager6•SolarWinds(TekTools)StorageManager5.7
Solid State: Adapted Designs•EMCVNXF5000,F7000•FujitsuETERNUSDX200F•HP3PARStoreServ7200c/7450c•HDSHUSVM•HuaweiDorado•NetAppEF550•NetAppFAS8000
Solid State: New Designs•CiscoInvictaAppliance,InvictaScalingSystem•EMCXtremIO•IBMFlashSystem•KaminarioK2•Fusion-io(NexGen)ioControl•NexGenn5•NimbleStorageCSSeries•NimbusDataGemini/GeminiX•PureStorageFlashArray•SolidFireSF•TegileIntelliFlash•TintriVMstore•ViolinMemory6000Series,Concerto7000 WindowsFlashArray
Software Defined Storage & Storage Virtualization•DataCoreSANsymphony-V10•EMCViPR2.2•EMCVPLEX•FalconStorNSS7.5•HDSHUSVM•HDSVSPG1000•IBMSVC7.4•NetAppV-Series–FlexArrayOnTap7.3/8.2•SolarWinds(TekTools)StorageManager5.7
