AFAs: Which Solution Is Best?

IT Central Station users review the highest reviewed solutions in the all-flash storage array market by IDG Connect Ltd on February 17, 2021

All-Flash Storage Arrays: Which solution is best?

The rules are changing. IT organisations are now being held to a higher standard and are under more pressure. And, as they are placed under increasingly complex circumstances, IT should be leveraging innovations that deliver fast, superior access to data. These organisations would especially benefit from a high-performing, agile storage infrastructure.
Over 388,000 professionals have used IT Central Station research to inform their purchasing decisions. Their latest paper looks at the highest rated all-flash storage array vendors, profiling each and examining what they can offer enterprise.

Here’s a breakdown of the key players currently active in the market:
 
Pure Storage FlashArray:
Average Rating: 9.2
Top Comparison: NetApp AFF (All flash FAS)
Overview: The world’s first enterprise, all-NVMe flash storage array.

NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS)
Average Rating: 8.9
Top Comparison: Pure Storage FlashArray
Overview: Combines all-flash performance with unified data management from flash to disk to cloud.

Dell EMC Unity XT
Average Rating: 8.6
Top Comparison: HPE 3PAR StoreServ
Overview: Delivers the ultimate in simplicity and value, enabling organisations to speed deployment, streamline management, and seamlessly tier storage to the cloud.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ
Average Rating: 8.6
Top Comparison: Dell EMC Unity XT
Overview: Accelerates business agility by boosting application performance with over 900,000 IO/s at less than 0.7ms latency.

HPE Nimble Storage
Average Rating: 9.0
Top Comparison: HPE 3PAR StoreServ
Overview: By combining predictive analytics with flash storage, it simplifies operations.

IBM FlashSystem
Average Rating: 7.9
Top Comparison: Dell EMC Unity XT
Overview: Enterprise computer storage systems that store data on flash memory chips.

Pure Storage FlashBlade
Average Rating: 8.8
Top Comparison: Pure Storage FlashArray
Overview: The industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos.

Dell EMC SC Series
Average Rating: 7.8
Top Comparison: Dell EMC Unity XT
Overview: Provides a unified platform for the ultimate in performance, adaptability, and machine-driven efficiency.

HPE Primera
Average Rating: 9.0
Top Comparison: HPE Nimble Storage
Overview: A new storage platform designed to deliver superior simplicity, availability, and performance for mission-critical applications.

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
Average Rating: 7.9
Top Comparison: NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS)
Overview:  An all-SSD storage system for applications that demand extremely high levels of performance and reliability.