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.
The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical.
There is no cost for software.
The other big advantage is that Ceph is free software. Compared to traditional SAN based storage, it is very economical.
There is no cost for software.
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.
MinIO is an open-source object storage system. It is designed to efficiently store and retrieve unstructured data, such as photos, videos, and backups. MinIO can be used as a standalone object storage server or as part of a larger system, such as a data lake or a private cloud, and can be deployed on-premise, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment, making it a flexible storage solution for a variety of use cases.
This is an open-source solution but I am using the licensed version.
This solution is open source so it is free.
This is an open-source solution but I am using the licensed version.
This solution is open source so it is free.
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.
Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon) storage solutions are designed to help manage data for enterprises of all types. Dell PowerScale systems are simple to install, manage, and scale to virtually any size and include a choice of all-flash, hybrid, or archive nodes. Dell PowerScale solutions stay flexible and reliable no matter how much storage capacity is added, how much performance is required, or how business needs change in the future.
We paid an additional fee to have Dell's ProDeploy Plus team implement it.
Pricing for this solution is reasonable.
We paid an additional fee to have Dell's ProDeploy Plus team implement it.
Pricing for this solution is reasonable.
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.
Enterprise-ready. Future-proof. Data-first.
Dell EMC ECS is too expensive.
We are not paying for the license at this stage.
Dell EMC ECS is too expensive.
We are not paying for the license at this stage.
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.
RETHINK YOUR DEFINITION OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE
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.
Huawei's OceanStor Dorado V3 all-flash storage is the ideal choice for enterprises' mission-critical business. It is the industry's first commercial use of NVMe all-flash storage, and it delivers high-performing, reliable, and efficient storage services.
The pricing is very competitive.
There are some costs in addition to the standard licensing fees, depending on the requirements.
The pricing is very competitive.
There are some costs in addition to the standard licensing fees, depending on the requirements.
Innovation to break decades of data storage trade-offs.
We acquired VAST Data as a one-time, capital purchase.
Price-wise, VAST Data is not the cheapest, not the most expensive one.
We acquired VAST Data as a one-time, capital purchase.
Price-wise, VAST Data is not the cheapest, not the most expensive one.
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.
HPE Synergy, the first platform built from the ground up for Composable Infrastructure, offers an experience that empowers IT to create and deliver new value instantly and continuously. It is a single infrastructure that reduces operational complexity for traditional workloads and increases operational velocity for the new breed of applications and services. Through a single interface, HPE Synergy composes physical and virtual compute, storage, and fabric pools into any configuration for any application. As an extensible platform, it easily enables a broad range of applications and operational models such as virtualization, hybrid cloud, and DevOps. With HPE Synergy, IT can become not just the internal service provider but the business partner to rapidly launch new applications that become the business.
The Nutanix platform came in a little more expensive than the Synergy.
Nutanix was really hard to implement, and it was very pricey compared to what we get from Synergy.
The Nutanix platform came in a little more expensive than the Synergy.
Nutanix was really hard to implement, and it was very pricey compared to what we get from Synergy.
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.
Qumulo is a data storage and management platform that promotes object-based storage for users, backup archives, and surveillance. Its primary use case is to provide a cost-effective and feature-rich solution for managing large data.
The price of the solution is in the middle range compared to others. We look at the price per terabyte.
The price of Qumulo is reasonable.
The price of the solution is in the middle range compared to others. We look at the price per terabyte.
The price of Qumulo is reasonable.
Store and manage unstructured data at scale using NetApp StorageGRID for secure, durable object storage. Place content in the right location, at the right time, and on the right storage tier, optimizing workflows and reducing overall costs for globally distributed rich media.
Buying the solution is expensive, but it saves you money down the line when you factor in the logistics of not having to buy tapes.
The price is attractive.
Buying the solution is expensive, but it saves you money down the line when you factor in the logistics of not having to buy tapes.
The price is attractive.
The chassis itself, with no blade server inside, so expensive. The C7000 model costs around $100,000.
The prices for the HPE Virtual Connect Modules are expensive compared to other I/O Modules available.
The chassis itself, with no blade server inside, so expensive. The C7000 model costs around $100,000.
The prices for the HPE Virtual Connect Modules are expensive compared to other I/O Modules available.
The cost of Scality RING8 could be less expensive. It is difficult for smaller businesses to afford it.
The initial cost (CAPEX) to set up the infrastructure is expensive due to the specific hardware required.
The cost of Scality RING8 could be less expensive. It is difficult for smaller businesses to afford it.
The initial cost (CAPEX) to set up the infrastructure is expensive due to the specific hardware required.
Cloudian HyperStore lets you start small and grow to hundreds of petabytes on-premises simply by adding nodes. Leverage the proven interoperability of the industry’s only 100% native S3 API.
Our fees are approximately half a dollar per gigabyte.
The solution is cheap.
Our fees are approximately half a dollar per gigabyte.
The solution is cheap.
Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.
The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage.
I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten.
The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage.
I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten.
It makes much more sense for individual licenses for distributed environments
Make sure you work with a vendor partner than can get you a substantial discount off of list pricing.
It makes much more sense for individual licenses for distributed environments
Make sure you work with a vendor partner than can get you a substantial discount off of list pricing.
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.
For over 10 years, Tintri has been unburdening IT teams of tedious, manual data management with the most advanced, AI-enabled solution on the market. With a commitment to ongoing R&D, Tintri delivers an infrastructure solution built for today’s future-ready, integrated operations from the ground up. We are redefining what data management and analytics look like for today’s dynamic workloads.
Tintri arrays are cheaper then other vendors while still providing an excellent level of performance.
With any SAN purchase, the sizing procedure is the most important step.
Tintri arrays are cheaper then other vendors while still providing an excellent level of performance.
With any SAN purchase, the sizing procedure is the most important step.
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.
Hitachi Content Platform is an object storage solution that enables IT organizations and cloud service providers to store, share, sync, protect, preserve, analyze and retrieve file data from a single system. It is more efficient, easier to use, and capable of handling much more data than traditional file storage solutions. HCP automates day-to-day IT operations like data protection and readily evolves to changes in scale, scope, applications, storage, server and cloud technologies over the life of data. In IT environements where data grows quickly or must live for years, decades or even indefinitely, these capabilities are invaluable.
The pricing could be better.
Pricing is comparable to other solutions in the market.
The pricing could be better.
Pricing is comparable to other solutions in the market.
The product is not expensive.
The product is not expensive.
We have had a 40 to 50 percent reduction in CAPEX on the acquisition of new hardware, which is probably conservative.
COST_SAVING; We have had a 40 to 50 percent reduction in CAPEX on the acquisition of new hardware, which is probably conservative.
We have had a 40 to 50 percent reduction in CAPEX on the acquisition of new hardware, which is probably conservative.
COST_SAVING; We have had a 40 to 50 percent reduction in CAPEX on the acquisition of new hardware, which is probably conservative.
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.
DDN Storage Fusion Architecture® (SFA®) appliances are purpose-built to deliver scalable flash performance and capacity to flexibly meet your changing business demands. The SFA NVMe platforms deliver 100% NVMe storage with multiple high-speed connectivity options.
Pavilion HyperParallel Data Platform
The licensing fees are very reasonable.
The licensing fees are very reasonable.
Protect against security threats, data leakage and cyberthreats more completely and with detailed event logging. Process and track data movement and change events in real time. Find compromised or at-risk data faster and retrieve data more easily.
