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  • "It's perpetual licensing and maintenance is a recurrent cost."
  • "The price of the Cisco MDS Series is high."
  • "Pricing cannot be considered an advantageous trait of the solution since it is expensive. I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

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    Top Answer:The product is easy to use.
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    out of 15 in Enterprise SAN
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    Average Words per Review
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    8.8
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    684
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    Also Known As
    Cisco MDS 9100, Cisco MDS 9222i, Cisco MDS 9700
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    Overview

    Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches have met and often exceeded the demanding requirements for storage area networks for more than a decade. They offer a combination of performance, non-stop operations, and multiprotocol flexibility.

    The Connectrix family of directors and switches moves your vital business information to where it's needed securely, with the highest performance, the highest availability and unsurpassed reliability. Connectirx is the only storage networking platform that offers the widest range of connectivity networking options and Dell EMC E-Lab guaranteed interoperability testing. Connectrix products can connect physical or virtual servers through Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) technology. Connectrix enables all application environments from Oracle, Microsoft and SAP to local backup/restore, and business continuity/disaster recovery solutions over distance.
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government10%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Educational Organization10%
    Government9%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business50%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise63%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Cisco MDS Series is ranked 1st in Enterprise SAN with 8 reviews while Dell Connectrix is ranked 3rd in Enterprise SAN. Cisco MDS Series is rated 9.0, while Dell Connectrix is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Cisco MDS Series writes "Simple deployment, reliable, and scales well". On the other hand, Cisco MDS Series is most compared with HPE SN6000, IBM SAN384B, Pure Storage FlashArray and Dell PowerVault, whereas Dell Connectrix is most compared with HPE SN6000.

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