NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays and StarWind Storage Appliance are both high-performance storage solutions. StarWind Storage Appliance seems to have the upper hand due to its superior features and favorable pricing.
Features: NetApp EF-Series offers impressive speed, reliability, and strong performance stability. StarWind provides flexibility, scalability, and a comprehensive feature set, giving it an edge in functionality.
Room for Improvement: NetApp EF-Series users suggest enhancements in the management console, ease of use, and more robust support options. StarWind users point out the need for better documentation, a more intuitive interface, and advanced training resources.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp EF-Series has a straightforward deployment process but receives mixed reviews on customer service. StarWind's deployment is more complex but is counterbalanced by responsive and helpful customer service.
Pricing and ROI: NetApp EF-Series has higher initial setup costs but provides good ROI. StarWind offers competitive pricing and rapid ROI, making it an attractive choice for cost-sensitive buyers.
Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.
The NetApp EF560 all-flash array is an all-SSD storage system for applications that demand extremely high levels of performance and reliability. Requiring just 2U of rack space, the EF560 all-flash array combines extreme IOPS, microsecond response times, and up to 12GBps of bandwidth with leading, enterprise-proven availability features.
For SMB and Enterprises who are looking for high performance primary storage for server virtualization, VDI, database and Big Data scenarios, or inexpensive secondary backup tier, our solution is StarWind Storage Appliance. It unifies commodity servers, disks and flash, and associated software into an easily scalable storage platform.
Additionally, the appliance features an optional gateway to Azure public cloud, which helps to implement an effective Disaster Recovery plan or meet regulatory requirements. StarWind SA scales up by adding individual disks and flash modules, or JBODs, while adding ready controller nodes allows scaling out.
StarWind SA targets those, who need high-performance primary storage or secondary storage for backup. In case there is a whole virtualization infrastructure to build from scratch, StarWind HCA will come in handy. Otherwise, if all the required hardware is present, StarWind Virtual SAN will be enough to build a high-performance virtualization setup.
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