Dell EMC PowerStore is a midrange next-generation data storage solution. It is designed with a data-centric, intelligent, and adaptable infrastructure and helps consolidate storage and virtual server environments. The Dell EMC PowerStore platform includes two major configurations, including PowerStore T and PowerStore X. Dell EMC PowerStore enables you to deploy the appliance and consolidate data and applications and supports both flash and SCM Optane devices.
When we compared it with the other solutions, the pricing of PowerStore was equal. The pricing is good.
The price of Dell EMC PowerStore could be better, it is a bit expensive.
When we compared it with the other solutions, the pricing of PowerStore was equal. The pricing is good.
The price of Dell EMC PowerStore could be better, it is a bit expensive.
Pure Storage FlashArray is the world’s first enterprise-class storage array that runs exclusively on the nonvolatile memory express (NVMe) protocol for memory access and storage. It represents a totally state-of-the-art type of storage technology. It offers users shared accelerated storage that delivers cutting-edge features in the realms of performance, simplicity, and consolidation. Pure Storage is fresh and modern today and will be for the next decade. Without forklift upgrades or planned downtime, Pure Storage takes the work out of storage ownership and delivers unprecedented customer satisfaction.
We feel that the pricing is fair and the licensing process was easy for both.
For pricing, you have to take into account their performance on deduplication and compression in a $/GB comparison.
We feel that the pricing is fair and the licensing process was easy for both.
For pricing, you have to take into account their performance on deduplication and compression in a $/GB comparison.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is a top-ranking HCI software, cloud management tool, and Software Defined Storage (SDS) tool that is marketed as the foundation for users' hybrid clouds. It offers a powerful and secure hyperconverged infrastructure to deliver all data and applications at any scale and on any cloud. The solution offers a complete software stack that allows users to unify their hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
The NetApp A-Series and C-Series are AFF storage arrays that deliver high performance, scalability, and simplified data management for a wide range of workloads. They are designed for organizations that need to improve the performance and agility of their applications, while also reducing costs and complexity.
It's expensive but we think over time all the prices are going to go down.
Once we did get into the NetApp ecosystem, we realized that the cost effectiveness was greater than we originally thought.
It's expensive but we think over time all the prices are going to go down.
Once we did get into the NetApp ecosystem, we realized that the cost effectiveness was greater than we originally thought.
Dell EMC Unity XT is one of the best all-flash storage arrays on the market today. Dell EMC Unity XT arrays are designed for performance, optimized for efficiency, and built for a multi-cloud world. In addition, they support digital transformation, enabling businesses to reach the full potential of their data capital quickly and easily. Dell EMC Unity’s All-Flash and Hybrid Flash storage platforms provide the performance, efficiency, enterprise-class software, and virtualization integrations required for running a wide range of virtualized applications.
The price is good for commercial grade storage arrays.
Licensing is easy since all the software is included.
The price is good for commercial grade storage arrays.
Licensing is easy since all the software is included.
IBM FlashSystem products are enterprise computer data storage systems that store data on flash memory chips. Unlike storage systems that use standard solid-state drives, IBM FlashSystem products incorporate custom hardware based on technology from the 2012 acquisition of Texas Memory Systems. This hardware provides performance, reliability, and efficiency benefits versus competitive offerings.
Pricing can be considered as per market competition.
The total storage capacity vs price is still quite high for the IBM Flash Array.
Pricing can be considered as per market competition.
The total storage capacity vs price is still quite high for the IBM Flash Array.
HPE Nimble Storage is a highly effective All-Flash Storage Array solution that aims to enable organizations to reliably store and access their data. Organizations across a wide variety of industries trust Nimble Storage to assist them with all of their data storage-based needs. It both tracks all of the IT architecture that an organization uses and protects that architecture from a variety of digital threats.
From a price/performance perspective, Nimble simply can’t be beat. From a TCO perspective, the stability alone pays for itself.
Competitive. No licensing. Since everything is included.
From a price/performance perspective, Nimble simply can’t be beat. From a TCO perspective, the stability alone pays for itself.
Competitive. No licensing. Since everything is included.
HP StoreOnce Backup is a data backup solution that provides a consistent, high-performance, scale-out architecture for your entire enterprise. Reduce the amount of backup data capacity by 95 percent, and choose between powerful dedicated appliances for data centers, or flexible virtual appliances for smaller and remote offices.
The price puts me off. It's definitely on the high side.
There are costs for additional storage and space.
The price puts me off. It's definitely on the high side.
There are costs for additional storage and space.
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is an AI-driven storage solution that prevents issues before they occur by learning and adjusting in real time. The solution offers a tier-1 all-flash foundation for mission-critical workloads. HPE 3PAR StoreServ was designed with more than 3M IOPS and consistent sub-ms latency. It aims to transform midrange and enterprise deployments with solutions that scale from a few TBs to more than 20PBs. In addition, the solution is built to modernize data centers and is made to handle unpredictable workloads effortlessly. By implementing HPE 3PAR StoreServ, you gain automated and rapid provisioning, hardware-accelerated deduplication and compression, and a multi-tenant design.
It's very reliable and it was cost competitive with other arrays at the time that we purchased it.
To be more competitive, as customer, we need a more aggressive price that includes all the licenses available.
It's very reliable and it was cost competitive with other arrays at the time that we purchased it.
To be more competitive, as customer, we need a more aggressive price that includes all the licenses available.
HPE introduces HPE Primera, a new storage platform designed to deliver superior simplicity, availability, and performance for mission-critical applications
HPE Primera advances the HPE Intelligent Data Platform, a portfolio of products and solutions designed to help customers transition from delivering storage to unlocking business value with intelligent data
The price of this solution is good for medium-sized and large businesses.
From what I see, this is competitively-priced and HPE are doing their best to stay competitive.
The price of this solution is good for medium-sized and large businesses.
From what I see, this is competitively-priced and HPE are doing their best to stay competitive.
NetApp FAS series is an enterprise-level storage system that provides a wide variety of data management services, including data protection, block and file storage, and data management.
it’s not an inexpensive solution and it may not be for the cost-sensitive customer.
The process for going to cluster mode is expensive.
it’s not an inexpensive solution and it may not be for the cost-sensitive customer.
The process for going to cluster mode is expensive.
Dell EMC PowerMax is the world’s fastest storage array. With end-to-end non-volatile memory express (NVMe), real-time machine learning, seamless cloud mobility, and up to 350GB per second bandwidth, PowerMax features high-speed smarts to power your most critical workloads. PowerMax is true modern scale-up and scale-out storageת designed for mission-critical applications of today and tomorrow – including databases and transaction processing applications as well as real-time analytics workloads that demand uncompromising uptime and extremely low latency.
The cost is expensive. While VMAX now has good pricing, PowerMax is a little expensive.
Our costs are on a yearly basis.
The cost is expensive. While VMAX now has good pricing, PowerMax is a little expensive.
Our costs are on a yearly basis.
FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.
We used a reseller for the purchase.
Our customers have seen a reduction in TCO.
We used a reseller for the purchase.
Our customers have seen a reduction in TCO.
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Our main issue with the Hitachi G-Series is what we consider to be an archaic software licensing scheme and high maintenance costs.
Pricing could be better, because the cost is very high.
Our main issue with the Hitachi G-Series is what we consider to be an archaic software licensing scheme and high maintenance costs.
Pricing could be better, because the cost is very high.
To meet enterprise storage requirements, ThinkSystem All-Flash DM Series systems provide high performance, superior flexibility, and best-in-class data management. DM Series runs on ONTAP data management software, which gives customers unified storage across block-and-file workloads. It accelerates your business while improving the efficiency, flexibility, and reliability of your IT operations.
The price of the Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is good.
I believe it's highly competitive.
The price of the Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is good.
I believe it's highly competitive.
The DE All-Flash Series delivers the performance of more than 2,000 15k rpm HDDs, yet requires only 2% of the rack space, power, and cooling. Because it consumes 98% less space and power, DE Series can significantly improve the overall efficiency of your IT operations while continuing to meet your performance requirements.
The pricing for this solution is good compared to HP or Dell EMC.
The pricing is fair and low compared to other products in this category.
The pricing for this solution is good compared to HP or Dell EMC.
The pricing is fair and low compared to other products in this category.
OceanStor Dorado V3 is the industry's first all-flash storage that puts NVMe into commercial use. It is specially designed for enterprises' mission-critical businesses, meeting the most-demanding performance and reliability requirements of databases, VDI, server virtualization, and SAP HANA.
This product value matches its price.
It's roughly affordable.
This product value matches its price.
It's roughly affordable.
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.
We pay approximately $50,000 USD per year in licensing fees.
Our licensing fees are $500,000+ USD.
We pay approximately $50,000 USD per year in licensing fees.
Our licensing fees are $500,000+ USD.
Dell EMC SC Series arrays provide a unified platform for the ultimate in performance, adaptability and machine-driven efficiency. SC Series software delivers modern features that help you meet aggressive workload demands using the fewest drives necessary. With an open, future-ready design, SC Series storage integrates seamlessly with applications and infrastructure, enabling you to scale on a single platform and add capabilities without forklift upgrades.
It's a very affordable solution.
The scalability seems a bit more expensive than even buying a brand new one so far. That has been kind of a drawback.
It's a very affordable solution.
The scalability seems a bit more expensive than even buying a brand new one so far. That has been kind of a drawback.
It is costly but worth it.
It is great when a product can deliver high-end performance capabilities while offering a very competitive price point.
It is costly but worth it.
It is great when a product can deliver high-end performance capabilities while offering a very competitive price point.
Zadara is a powerful enterprise-level storage solution whose design enables it to handle every aspect of a user’s data storage needs. It can be deployed in any location, using any protocol, and storing any data type that an organization requires. With Zadara, organizations can do everything that they were able to do with more traditional systems in a cheaper and more efficient way.
For our use, it's appropriately priced and overall, it's proved to be very cost-effective against other tier-one vendors.
The pricing is very competitive and the fact that they have very compelling discounts for multi-year commitments is great.
For our use, it's appropriately priced and overall, it's proved to be very cost-effective against other tier-one vendors.
The pricing is very competitive and the fact that they have very compelling discounts for multi-year commitments is great.
Your data is a gold mine. Get the most out of it - faster - with AFF A800. Designed for NVMe media, further accelerated with NVMe/FC connectivity to the host, AFF A800 all-flash systems deliver an incredible sub-200 microsecond latency. Providing more than 11.4M IOPS and 300GB/s throughput in a single cluster, AFF A800 redefines the limit of what’s possible with artificial intelligence and deep learning.
Considering the requirements and the situation, I don't feel that this is an expensive product.
There are licenses for the use of this solution, such as commercial licenses.
Considering the requirements and the situation, I don't feel that this is an expensive product.
There are licenses for the use of this solution, such as commercial licenses.
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.
It's a lot cheaper than what the other vendors have for the same type of environment. It saves us money.
It's a way to get relatively low-cost, very high-performance, low-latency block storage as a point solution.
It's a lot cheaper than what the other vendors have for the same type of environment. It saves us money.
It's a way to get relatively low-cost, very high-performance, low-latency block storage as a point solution.
IBM FlashSystem 9100 combines the performance of flash and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) end-to-end with the reliability and innovation of IBM FlashCore technology and the rich features of IBM Spectrum Virtualize - all in a powerful 2U enterprise-class storage system. Providing intensive data driven multicloud storage capacity, FlashSystem 9100 is deeply integrated with the software defined capabilities of IBM Spectrum Storage allowing you to easily add in the multicloud solutions that best support your business.
The price of the FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is reasonable.
There are pricing options from the mid-rand to the high-range, of which the suitability depends upon the requirements.
The price of the FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is reasonable.
There are pricing options from the mid-rand to the high-range, of which the suitability depends upon the requirements.
Western Digital through its IntelliFlash arrays delivers high-performance storage with a complete range of features and connectivity options, including inline compression and deduplication, application and VM consistent snapshots, replication, RAID, data encryption, VMware vCenter integration, and multi-protocol support for SAN (FC, iSCSI) and NAS (NFS, SMBv3). IntelliFlash arrays deliver high availability through dualredundant and hot-swappable components, active/active or active/passive controllers, non-disruptive software upgrades, eMLC flash, and proactive cloud-based monitoring, analytics, and intelligence. A RESTful API provides scripted or programmatic control.
I recommend the full bundle software in order to have all the functionality. It is more expensive to purchase it one by one.
This is an expensive solution.
I recommend the full bundle software in order to have all the functionality. It is more expensive to purchase it one by one.
This is an expensive solution.
The Oracle FS1-2 flash storage system, Oracle’s premier preferred SAN storage solution, delivers enterprise-grade storage capabilities that are optimized for flash media and coengineered with Oracle software. Using the Quality of Service Plus (QoS Plus) feature, the Oracle FS1-2 flash storage system places data across flash and disk storage to maximize performance, efficiency, and cost based on usage profiles and business priorities. The Oracle FS1-2 flash storage system takes application-engineered storage to a new level by providing out-of-the-box tuned storage provisioning profiles for Oracle Database and key applications, including Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange, and VMware support including VAAI. With the Oracle FS1-2 flash storage system, you can consolidate storage while achieving predictable performance for multiple diverse workloads in enterprise computing or multitenant environments.
